Welcome to Advantage West Midlands' Board appointments page. Below you will find information relating to the activities of the Board.
The next round of recruitment is due to open in summer 2010. Further details can be found on the RDA Appointments website.
Public bodies such as Advantage West Midlands need board members to help make important decisions that shape the quality of our lives and public services. Boards that have a diverse mix of people and talent make the best decisions.
The About Time Public Leaders courses, sponsored by the Government Equalities Office, are designed to support the government’s aim to increase the diversity of public body board members and the pool of talented individuals ready to take up public appointments, with wider representation including women, ethnic minorities and disabled people.
More details of these courses can be found on the Government Equalities Office (Opens in new window) website.
The role of Board members
As a group, Board members are there to:
- contribute to the development of the West Midlands Economic Strategy and the Corporate Plan
- ensure Advantage West Midlands delivers its part of the strategy through the Corporate Plan
- ensure that its partners deliver their part
- have collective responsibility for making decisions, supporting the Agency in delivering them and standing by those decisions
And as individuals to:
- have a strategic overview as well as focus on specific areas
- represent Advantage West Midlands on key groups and associated Boards
- act as advocates for Advantage West Midlands and for the region
- attend Board meetings and other meetings
- abide by the seven principles of public life.
What's it like to be a Board member?
Access the following links (pdfs) to read interviews with some of our current Board members, talking about their experiences at Advantage West Midlands: