Board Recruitment
At Diversifying Group, social change is our driving force and this means starting at the very top, diversifying Boards.
With Diversifying Group as your trusted recruitment partner, we’ll help you enrich your methodology and ensure long lasting, impactful change.
Diverse Boards that are inclusive of protected characteristics are proven to be more successful. We can help you get on the right track.
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FAQs
How do I get my first spot on a board?
It’s not easy but there are lots of differe pathways open to you.
- You can ask someone in your network if you can shadow them to gain some experience which will help
- You can take a course from a reputable source that can help you to establish connections like Getting on Board
- You can just apply. If you have the passion and the skill set required, then you should have as good as shot as anyone
Are organisations really open to diversifying their boards?
They are, we promise. We’ve not fixed the world yet but we’re making good progress and we, as an organisation, believe in the power of inclusion. We have on more than one occasion walked away from working with an organisation who we felt were being purely tokenistic, so the organisations we do chose to represent are always genuine.
I think I can add a lot to a board and really want to give back to my community but don’t seem to be getting past the application stage. Why is this?
It’s great that you have a passion for boards and for your community but getting on a board isn’t always easy. You also need to be able to answer yes to four key questions:
- Do you know what good governance looks like?
- Are you able to take a strategic viewpoint?
- Are you abe to demonstrate that you have a skill set which will complement the current board?
- Do you have the time to commit?
How do you ensure an inclusive process?
It’s not about lowering the bar, it’s about widening the gate. Our networks are so important to us because they’re a way to ensure that we have access to the widest possible talent pools of candidates.
From a client perspective we work on an exclusive basis with organisations from the very beginning of a recruitment process right to the end to ensure that everything from the language of their adverts to the make-up of their interview panels are free from unconscious bias and as inclusive as they can be.
What’s the expected time commitment and salary for a board role?
That’s a good question and one that doesn’t have a simple answer.
For organisations in the charity sector, the role is likely to be unremunerated and they’re likely to stipulate anywhere between 8-14 days per year as Trustee (though this can change dependent on the whether you join any committees or there’s another global pandemic!)
As a remunerated Non-Executive Director within parts of the public sector or profit sector, you could be looking at a yearly salary anywhere from £12,000 + (according to Glassdoor the current highest salary for a NED is £149,000!) but they will be expecting a bigger time commitment of at least three days a month, rising to two days a week.