Want to be a nima vice chair?

nima is seeking expressions of interest from people who could become new Vice Chairs of the organisation. We are seeking someone to help identify and coordinate our volunteers, another to lead our upskilling and education activities and a third to focus on stakeholder engagement and change management.

nima chair Dr Anne Kemp says:

“Volunteers have been and continue to be the lifeblood of nima. We couldn’t survive without them. Our challenge is being able to identify, mobilise and look after our volunteers so everyone works in the way that suits them best, delivers what is needed – and enjoys being associated with nima. The current group of Vice Chairs understand this need, but it just doesn’t have enough bandwidth to do this in the way we would like.

Vice Chair for volunteers

“We are therefore looking to appoint a Vice Chair who can lead on volunteer activity, building a team around them to help deliver voluntary effort. This will be a demanding role which would require a reasonable amount of time each week – realistically one day minimum. We envisage that the duties would include:

• identification of volunteers
• Identification of activities assigned to the volunteer and the VC they will work with
• planning of activities to support the volunteers and help them feel valued
• liaison with VCs on volunteer mobilisation, engagement and motivation
• volunteer performance monitoring and review, and
• volunteer reward and celebration.”

Vice Chair for upskilling and education

“Upskilling and education is a cornerstone of nima’s strategy, but we lack the capacity to drive this forward with our existing resource. We are therefore looking for an individual who can lead on our upskilling and education activities, building a team around them to help deliver what is required. Again, this will be a demanding role which would realistically require one day minimum per week. Duties would include:

• analysis of what is required to address the skills shortfall that exists across the
  industry, and what is currently available
• engagement of key stakeholders in the Upskilling and Education space
• scoping and prioritisation of projects to address the skills shortfall
• oversee and manage the projects in collaboration with the VC for Programme
  Management.”

Vice Chair for stakeholder engagement and change management

“Stakeholder engagement is an increasingly critical challenge for nima, particularly as – in partnership with the Construction Leadership Council – it pushes forward with the Information Management Initiative (IMI). We are seeking an individual who has expertise in change management and demonstrates good understanding of the key challenges: what prevents change and what can motivate change across the industry. This demanding role will realistically require one day minimum per week. Duties would include:

• stakeholder analysis/mapping
• change management research and strategy
• planning, implementing and measuring sustainable change management, and
• regular liaison with the VC for communications.”

If you are interested in taking on one of these roles, please review the role description and submit your expression of interest by midnight on Friday 4 April 2025. We will be reviewing the EoIs and looking to interview during late April with the intention to appoint the new Vice Chairs by mid-May.