UKBJJA Board of Directors – Roles & Responsibilities
The Directors are responsible for the strategic management of the UKBJJA, on a voluntary basis. Directors are elected from Member Club representatives to serve a period of four years. (Any director may be re-elected for a maximum of two consecutive terms).
All directors:
- Must be Members of the UKBJJA, and if a club owner/promoter their business(es) also members at time of election
- Must abide by Constitution, Code of Conduct and all relevant UKBJJA Policies
- Must not be disqualified from being a Director
- Must be included on Companies House company records
- Must act within powers granted by UKBJJA Constitution
- Must exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence
- Must have good standing and reputation in the UKBJJA Community and must not bring the UKBJJA into disrepute
- Must act in a way most likely to promote success of Association for the benefit of its members and other stakeholders
- Must have appropriate skills, qualifications or experience for the position applied for
- Must not use position for personal gain or abuse of power
- Must declare potential conflicts of interest
- Must pass appropriate background checks (e.g. Enhanced DBS; AccessNI; PVG; Disclose Scotland)
- Must complete Safeguarding and other Director training as required by the UKBJJA and have a track record of upholding good safeguarding practice
- Must attend 1 board meeting per month
- Must be committed to volunteering towards 1 event per quarter or 20 hours quarterly as required by the association
Regional Development Directors (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
- Identifies opportunities for growth and promotion of Association in relevant country
- Ensures regional activities are compliant with relevant local laws and relevant local sports council guidance
- Liaises with local Sports Council
- Supports regional championships
- Organise, run and support at least one event per quarter to increase participation in their countries (including but not limited to junior development camps, kids’ competition events, national training events etc).
- Drives membership outreach and relations in territory
- Fosters national stakeholder and local government relationships in territory