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BOARD
RECRUITMENT
PACK
County Sports Partnership Network
April 2016
www.campbelltickell.com
Board Recruitment
YOUR APPLICATION
Dear Applicant
Thank you very much for your interest in the County Sport Partnership (CSP) Network Board. On
the following pages you will find information about the Board positions at the CSP Network, along
with details of the selection process, to assist you in completing and tailoring your application. In
order to apply you should submit:
 An up-to-date CV which shows your full career history – we recommend that this is no longer
than three pages;
 A supporting statement explaining why you are interested in this role detailing how you are a
good candidate for this post, how you meet the skills we are seeking and how you fulfil the
person specification – we recommend that this is no longer than two pages;
 The declaration form – but completion of the equalities section is not mandatory, this is
requested for monitoring purposes in line with our commitment to equality and diversity; and
 Indicate on the declaration form if you cannot attend any of the interview dates.
Please note that applications can only be considered if all the documentation is complete. Please
send your application, preferably in MS Word format by email to: [email protected]
Applications must be received by 9am on 3 May 2016.
You will receive an acknowledgement within 24 hours of receipt and we suggest that if after that
time you have not heard from us, you telephone the office (020 3434 0990) to ensure that it has
arrived. Using a secure email address and putting the job title/organisation in the subject line
reduces the chances of any email going into spam.
Please do contact me if you wish to have an informal discussion about the role/organisation or if
you have any other questions to help you decide whether to apply. You can contact Radojka on
020 3434 0990.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Radojka Miljevic
Partner
Bill Barkworth
Senior Associate Consultant
[email protected] www.campbelltickell.com 020 3434 0990
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CONTENTS
Welcome letter from the CSP Network
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About this process and the context
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About us
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The CSP Network team
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Role profile
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About the role
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Key dates and the selection process
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Media advertisement
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The Government’s sport and physical activity strategy
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WELCOME LETTER
Dear Applicant
The world of County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) is changing. Over the last decade our network has
become an important part of the sport and physical activity landscape across England. For some
time we have been developing from earlier models of multi-agency collaboration to independent
organisations looking to diversify their income and meet wider social outcomes. More recently, a
new and exciting Government strategy for sport and physical activity will have a radical impact in
the longer term on how our sector designs and measures the impact of its work.
As the umbrella body representing the interests and development of CSPs, we want to ensure that
our own governance is appropriately dynamic, visionary and in line with the high standards
expected from publicly funded organisations. With that in mind, we have decided to embark on a
process of Board renewal to bring fresh energy to our work and generate a shared momentum for
all that we need to lead and achieve.
This is a really exciting time to get involved with the Network – following the recent publication of
a game changing new Governemnt strategy for sport, as well as a Government commissioned
independent review of CSPs being under way.
We are looking for candidates who will bring the specific expertise outlined in this pack, but who
also importantly bring drive, commitment, the ability to ask intelligent questions and who can
hekp us become more enterprising whilst retaining our collaborative culture. Some of you may
have access to important networks or contacts in other sectors relevant to our work and can
enhance our strategic and political influence through your gravitas. Others may bring a strong
geographic overview of sports and physical activities.
You will need to be committed to our aims and values, and to equality and diversity. We’d like to
encourage a diverse Board – of thought, experience and background, and make-up.
Whatever you bring, we’d ask that you’re realistic about making time for the Board member role,
about helping us to make governance a fruitful but enjoyable experience, and about working in a
way that helps us to pull the best out of each other.
This pack is designed to help you understand more about us, but do use our recruitment
consultants to help answer any questions you may have.
Yours faithfully
Richard Saunders MBE
Chair
CSP Network
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ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND THE
CONTEXT
CSP Network Board
The purpose of the Board is to enable the CSP Network to achieve its mission and charitable
objects through effective leadership, governance, influence and accountability.
The Board members are both the charity trustees and the company directors of the CSP
Network, which is a charitable company registered with both the Charity Commission and
Companies House.
The Board’s key roles are:
Leadership – to provide effective leadership to CSPs and key stakeholders, guiding, upholding
and protecting the values, integrity and reputation of the CSP Network.
Governance – to ensure the CSP Network complies with its Articles of Association/governing
documents, governance best practice, and any other relevant legislation or regulations,
safeguard the assets and continuity of the organisation.
Strategy – to set the strategic direction and strategic objectives of the CSP Network, develop,
approve and monitor the implementation of the Business Plan.
Financial – to take financial responsibility to safeguard the assets and continuity of the
organisation, agree strategic priorities for funding, investment and business development,
explore commercial opportunities, assess and manage risk and compliance, and ensure that
financial information is accurate and that controls, monitoring and reporting systems are robust
and defensible.
Partnership – to ensure that strategic relationships and alliances are developed at high levels
through effective partnership engagement, transparent communication, relationships and
satisfaction.
Advocacy and Influence – to champion and advocate the work of CSPs and the CSP Network,
engaging with and influencing key decision makers and influencers.
Delivery & Impact – to provide scrutiny and constructive challenge with regard to delivery plans,
policies, progress and impact.
The charity’s Articles of Association further outline the formal powers of the Board.
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The context for this recruitment process
A recent governance review has reinforced the need for CSP Network to strike an appropriate
balance between:
 supporting/representing while also stretching/challenging the network to maximise its
potential;
 seeking direction from member CSPs while also providing leadership taking account of the
wider context and collective purpose; and
 respecting CSPs’ independence while also facilitating collective action and impact.
As such our fundamental approach can be summarised as follows:
 The CSP Network Board has a dual role to support the long term success of CSPs which
requires it to lead a strong, well established and resourced umbrella body and central team.
 As a federated structure we celebrate the local ownership, presence and independence of
CSPs, while also championing the power of the network to provide national reach and a
holistic, inclusive approach – this is our key USP.
 We avoid directing CSPs and instead provide high quality ‘offers’ or ‘asks’ which CSPs
independently and voluntarily decide whether to pursue. However CSPs have agreed that at
times it may be appropriate to act collectively, for example to provide national reach and
coverage to meet external stakeholder needs and exemplify our unique selling point.
 CSPs have also agreed that there should be a set of expectations that CSPs sign up to as part
of their membership of the network, such as responding to consultations, contributing to
working groups and adopting network policies.
 As the umbrella body, the CSP Network Board seeks to reflect the views of CSPs in forming
policy and strategy. However at times the CSP Network Board also needs to lead and drive
the future direction of the network, taking account of the wider context and stakeholder
views. This is important so that at times the Network can be responsive and take a
dispassionate view of the potential opportunities that ongoing change will offer.
Board composition, appointment, expectations & induction
The Board seeks to provide a balanced ‘competency-based’ structure consisting of 11 Trustees,
and a blend of internal and external expertise, influence and contacts, within CSP staff teams
and Boards, and as well as those with no direct involvement with member CSPs. There are:
 Six members associated with CSPs (Board Members or staff) drawn from nominations from
member CSPs though also participating in an open process that places a focus on skills and
competencies;
 Four members not connected to CSPs, identified through an open process to meet identified
needs; and
 One Chair, drawn from nominations received from member CSPs or identified by the Trustees.
In addition a member of staff from Sport England is often invited to join Board meetings as a nonvoting observer.
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Government strategy
The Government has recently published a new strategy for sport and physical activity, ‘Sporting
Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation’.
At the heart of Government’s new sport strategy is a simple framework which sets out a set of
outcomes that define why government invests in sport and by which organisations should look to
measure impact:
1.
Physical wellbeing
2.
Mental wellbeing
3.
Individual development
4.
Social and community development
5.
Economic development
The strategy recognises the role that CSPs have played in much local partnership work over many
years, working closely with local authorities, schools and others. Many do an excellent job and are
rightly valued by local stakeholders, but their role varies from place to place. The Government is
explicit in supporting local organisations to work together in their areas so that local people can
get the most value from sport.
The Government has commissioned an independent review of the role played by CSPs in the
delivery of sport and physical activity at the local level, which will also consider the impact that
new structures in local government created through devolution deals have on local delivery of
sport and physical activity. This review will be completed by autumn 2016 to complement Sport
England’s new strategy.
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ABOUT US
The CSP Network is a nationwide network of 45 County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) which are
committed to Improving Lives by Growing Grassroots Sport and Physical Activity.
Collectively CSPs employ 670 staff and have a turnover of over £60 million. All CSPs provide a
consistent set of high quality services, in collaboration with partners, which we apply to produce a
diverse range of high impact solutions designed to meet local need.
As a registered charity and the umbrella body for County Sports Partnerships, the primary purpose
of CSP Network is to effectively lead, support and represent CSPs to enable the network to fulfil its
statutory and charitable obligations and achieve its mission:
‘Improving people’s lives by growing grassroots sport and physical activity’
To achieve this, the organisation undertakes the following key functions:

Provide leadership to challenge, stretch and inspire CSPs, whilst championing the local
ownership and independent nature of CSPs and the leadership role of their Boards.

Provide advocacy and promotion to position CSPs effectively and increase support amongst key
stakeholders.

Secure and develop programmes, funding & resources and facilitate collaboration within and
across the network to drive efficiencies, effectiveness, maximise commercial potential,
sustainability and impact.

Create tools, training and guidance and provide targeted support for individual CSPs when
needed to help CSPs continually improve and maximise their collective impact and to sustain
nationwide coverage.
Goals by 2020:
 Get 500,000 more adults regularly participating in sport
 Reduce the number of adults that are inactive by 250,000
 Get 1 million young people more active
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To support the delivery of our aims we have developed a number of strategic objectives and KPIs
within a balanced scorecard approach, which looks at both the umbrella body itself as well as the
health of the network as a whole:

Quality & Collaboration - Continually improving and innovating to improve standards and
collaborating to unlock our collective expertise.

Performance & Impact – Creating a value adding service offer demonstrating impact on
outcomes.

Stakeholder Value - The provision of attractive services to meet identified needs and
consistently delivering above expectations.

Financial Sustainability - To grow and diversify funding sources to increase impact and improve
sustainability.
CSP Network needs to be an effective organisation with sufficient resources and capacity to
deliver these services, and needs to be seen as a credible national organisation by other agencies.
MISSION
Improving lives by growing grassroots sport
and physical activity
VALUES
Collaborative – independent partnership builders acting with
integrity and brokering productive relationships
Enterprising – create and respond positively to change, innovate to
maximise impact and have a dynamic approach to sustainable
growth
High performing – committed to excellence, continuously improving
and maximising impact for our stakeholders
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THE CSP NETWORK TEAM
Lee Mason, Chief Executive
Work Experience: A
career in sports
management including
establishing and leading
the CSP for
Buckinghamshire &
Milton Keynes and
acting as a nonExecutive Director
including with the English Federation of
Disability Sport.
Lead Work Areas: Representing CSPs with key
stakeholders, growing the impact and guiding
the future direction of the network.
Nickin Couzens, Business and
Communications Manager
Work Experience:
Previously manager for
Oxfordshire Active Sports
Partnership, various
other sports
development roles for
Aylesbury Vale and South
Oxfordshire.
Lead Work Areas: Marketing and
Communications, Equity, Safeguarding, Women
and Girls.
Adrian Leadbury, Head of Operations
Work Experience:
Previously Director for
PRO-ACTIVE North
London CSP and
before that a variety
of sports development
roles across the UK.
Lead Work Areas:
Improvement, supporting CSPs to be high
performing, National NGB / club / coach /
volunteer development projects, and CSPN
operations.
Graeme Sinnot, Performance Insight
Manager
Work Experience: 3
years as a greenkeeper
and 6 years as
Performance and
Information Officer at
Leicester-Shire and
Rutland Sport.
Lead Work Areas: Driving high performance,
efficiency, growth and sustainability across the
network of CSPs.
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Steve Williams, Finance Director
Work Experience: Charity
and Not-for profit
organisations in sport,
healthcare and music, for
the last 25 years.
Previously commercial
organisations, including
Leica, Swarowski, Barratt
and Vickers Shipbuilding
Lead Work Areas: Finance
Charlie Crane, Partnership Manager
Work Experience:
Previously a consultant
for Press Red leading
national programmes
including Sport Makers.
Prior experience as Club
and Volunteer
Development Manager
for PRO-ACTIVE North
London CSP and various other sports
development positions for the British Heart
Foundation National Centre, Loughborough
College, a local authority, a national disability
sports charity and an School Sports Partnership.
Lead Work Areas: NGBs, Children and Young
People, Volunteering, Coaching and Business
Development.
Andrew Watson, Project Manager
(National Workplace Challenge)
Work Experience:
Previously Sports
Development Officer
at Leicester-Shire &
Rutland Sport from
2009 and at
Harborough District
Council from 2006.
Lead Work Areas:
Workplace Challenge including national
programme development and partnerships to
engage businesses in sport and physical
activity.
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BOARD MEMBER ROLE PROFILE
Technical skills being sought
All appointments to the Board will be competency based. CSP Network Board members should
have a commitment to the role and function of CSPs; understand the nature of federated
structures; have sufficient independence to take an objective and dispassionate view; offer a
range of business skills and competencies; and come with contacts and influence within
appropriate high level networks.
Among skills and know-how that we are keen to introduce to our Board are:
 Credibility, profile, networks & influence within national agencies, government departments
and the media. We want to extend our reach and influence and help raise the profile of the CSP
Network.
 Business Development & enterprise, including new service development, commissioning, grant
aid, fundraising and sponsorship. We need to help generate ideas about how we diversify our
funding to grow our impact, but also help our CSP members to do the same.
 Maximising and measuring social impact, so that we can help to reduce inequality.
 Customer insight & engagement & developing responsive services to help us become
‘customer centric’ in how we approach and design our work.
 Digital technology and data analysis, so that we can respond to a world that is changing,
whether using technology as a means of better understanding how we engage people or as a
route towards physical activity.
We are also seeking applicants who offer a significant track record of achievement in one or more
of the following sectors:
 sport;
 education;
 health;
 local government.
You would be able to guide cross sector links and broker partnerships.
Finally, in addition to other sector experience, we welcome a wide range of corporate skills (e.g.
finance, HR, Legal, organisational development etc.) from candidates.
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Core duties
1.
To ensure that County Sports Partnership Network:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Complies with its governing document, charity law, company law and any other
relevant legislation or regulations
Pursues its objects as defined in its governing document
Uses its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects:
2.
To contribute actively to the board of trustees’ role in giving firm strategic direction, setting
overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed
targets
3.
Assisting in communications with, and engagement of CSPs and other stakeholders, valuing
and drawing on the perspectives and contribution of our members and stakeholders.
4.
To safeguard the good name and values of the CSP Network
5.
Take full collective responsibility, respecting confidentiality and valuing the views of fellow
Board members and staff
6.
To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation
7.
To ensure the financial stability of the organisation and oversee the management of risk
8.
To protect and manage the property of the organisation and to ensure the proper
investment of its funds
9.
To appoint the Chief Executive and monitor his/her performance and remuneration
In addition to the above each trustee should use any specific skills, knowledge or experience they
have to help the Board make sound decisions. This may include:

Scrutinising Board papers

Leading discussions

Focusing on key issues

Providing advice and guidance on new initiatives or other issues in which the trustee has
particular experience
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Person specification
1.
A commitment to CSPs and the CSP Network
2.
A willingness to devote time and effort
3.
Strategic vision for the Network
4.
Good independent judgement
5.
An ability to think creatively
6.
A willingness to speak their mind
7.
An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of
trusteeship
8.
An ability to work effectively as a member of a team
9.
A commitment to work to Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity,
objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership
10. Specific Sector based expertise and experience eg grass roots sports development policy &
practice
11.
Charity/Business specific expertise and experience eg HR, Finance, Marketing, Business
Development, legal
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ABOUT THE ROLE
(For information purposes only)
1. Position and role
Position: Board Member.
Role: To contribute to the development, leadership and governance of the County Sports
Partnership Network (CSPN)
2. Remuneration
None of the roles are remunerated, but expenses are paid on production of appropriate receipts .
3. Time Commitment
These are voluntary positions. Time commitment includes attendance and preparation for 4-6
Board meetings, contribution to one Board Sub Group and up to two CSPN events annually as a
minimum.
Other appropriate contributions will be considered and agreed following appointment and may
include acting as the CSPN Board lead for a specific project or contract, or to represent the
Network time limited working groups or at conferences and events etc.
4. Development
On successful appointment to the Board, you will be required to undertake a skills audit. We will
have a full-day Board member induction session which you will be required to attend. You will
also be required to participate in an annual Board appraisal exercise.
5. Board meetings
The Board will meet 4-6 times per year. At the moment, it is expected that half of these meetings
will take place in London and the remainder in the north or the Midlands. Members will be
expected to attend meetings arranged by consensus by the group.
6. Tenure
The appointments are for an initial period of three years with the possibility to be re-appointed for
one additional term.
7. Selection, eligibility & appointment
A small panel of Board members delegated by the Board, comprising the Chair and two membrs of
the current Board who do not intend to continue, will conduct the final interviews, supported by
Campbell Tickell. For applicants from the Network, it is expected that your candidacy would have
the full support of your CSP (via the Chair of Chief Executive).
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KEY DATES AND
THE SELECTION PROCESS
Closing Date
9.00 am, 3 May 2016
First interviews
These will take place on 19 May 2016.
Final interviews
Final interviews will take place on 2nd and 3rd June 2016.
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MEDIA ADVERTISEMENT
Want to make a
difference to grassroots
sport and physical activity across England?
Join our new Board!
The CSP Network leads, supports and represents the interests of 45 County Sports
Partnerships which are committed to improving lives by growing grassroots sport and
championing active lifestyles. We are looking to recruit a new Board to help shape how CSPs
achieve real outcomes for local people.
This is a really exciting time to get involved with the
Network – following the recent publication of a gamechanging new Government sport and physical activity
strategy.
We are looking for candidates who will bring
expertise from sport, education, health and local
government, as well as general corporate skills, but
who also importantly bring drive, commitment, the
ability to ask intelligent questions and be
collaborative. Some of you may have access to important networks or contacts in other
sectors relevant to our work and can enhance our strategic and political influence through
your gravitas. Others may bring a strong geographic overview of sports and physical
activities.
Positions are non-remunerated but expenses can be paid.
Closing date for applications: 9am, 3rd May 2016
First interviews: 19th May 2016
For an informal discussion, please contact Radojka Miljevic via 020 3434 0987. You can download
a job pack from www.campbelltickell.com/jobs or by email at [email protected].
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