National Officers

Nominations are now open for Honorary Officers to serve 1st January – 31st December 2012 – please note that earlier in the year, the Career Development Group National Council agreed to discontinue with the presidential team this year and replace it with the roles of Chair and Vice Chair. The change acknowledged the difficulties we have experienced in the last couple of years in recruiting to the presidential team. In these more challenging times it is becoming increasingly difficult for individuals to give a 3 year commitment to the group (serving as Vice President, President and Past President). We are also conscious of the need to reduce the running costs of the group which inevitably results in fewer national officer posts. With this in mind we have decided to continue this for another year, with a view to this becoming a permanent feature.

Nominations are invited for the National Officer posts of:

(NB. one can stand for any position, but the current officers of the starred posts have indicated a wish to stand down in the coming year).

• Chair * (Previous experience as a CDG National Councillor, a divisional rep at National Council or as a Divisional Chair preferred). Support will be available from the Past-President.
• Vice Chair *
• Honorary Website Co-ordinator*
• Honorary Treasurer
• Honorary New Professionals Coordinator
• Honorary Membership & Marketing Officer*
• Honorary Learning Coordinator (must be a chartered member of CILIP)
• Honorary International Relations Officer
• Honorary Events Co-ordinator*
• Honorary Editor*

Click here to download role descriptions

Nominations must be submitted to Jon Scown – the Past President & Interim Chair by 14th November 2011:
Jon Scown
Libraries Centre,
Mount St, Bridgwater
TA6 3ES
Or JMScown@somerset.gov.uk

Click here to download the National Officer Nomination Form 2012

The official nomination form must be signed by two or more members of the Career Development Group, and countersigned by the nominee.

Nominations must include:

• details of service to the Career Development Group as an Honorary or Divisional Officer or Divisional committee member
• any active involvement within CILIP, its Branches and other Special Interest Groups
• CILIP membership number
• statement of not more than 200 words indicating what you could bring to the role (please note that the 200 word statement is not required from currently serving Honorary Officers who are seeking re-election to the same role.)

If there is only one nominee for a post, that person shall be declared elected. If more than one nomination for the same post is received, there is the possibility of role-sharing. In case of several nominations, or in roles where sharing may not be practical, a public election will be held. The candidate with the highest number of votes shall be elected.

Divisional Officers

A reminder that this year we are not asking for nominations for Divisional Officers
For Officer posts at divisional level we have been advised by CILIP that the individual committees should be free to decide how they recruit, as long as they abide by the CILIP Group Rules -
http://www.cilip.org.uk/filedownloadslibrary/governance/general%20regulations%20-%20appendix%20f%20part%202%20-%20group%20rules.pdf

Equal Opportunities Policy

As part of its Equal Opportunities policy, the Career Development Group welcomes nominations from all members, and in particular from currently under-represented groups such as members from diverse ethnic backgrounds. We will respect and affirm diversity of all kinds and will challenge and confront discrimination and prejudice.

Find out more and download nomination forms and role descriptions at www.cilip.org.uk/cdg – please also feel free to e-mail the current National Councillors for more information about their posts