Please Name Four Referees Who Will Support Your Application

Chief Guide Application Form

Please complete this form in full electronically and email it to [email protected] by 5pm on Sunday 26 November 2017.

Personal details Surname FORMTEXT Forename(s) Address Postcode Girlguiding membership number

Contact details Mobile number Home telephone number Email address What time of day – and how – would you prefer us to contact you?

Referees Please name four referees who will support your application: - Two guiding references from County Commissioner level or above or national lead volunteer - Two non-guiding references These referees must be aged 18 or over and must not be related to you.

Please ensure that your referees know that their reference for you: - Should be no more than 500 words and should express a view on the suitability of the candidate based on the role description and the person specification - is sent to [email protected] by 5pm on Sunday 26 November 2017 - has your name and the word ‘Reference’ in the title of the email.

Girlguiding referee 1 Name Address Role in Girlguiding How long have you known the referee? Relationship to you Tel. Email Membership number Chief Guide Application Form

Girlguiding referee 2 Name Address Role in Girlguiding How long have you known the referee? Relationship to you Tel. Email Membership number

Non-guiding referee 1 Name Address How long have you known the referee? Relationship to you Tel. Email

Non-guiding referee 2 Name Address How long have you known the referee? Relationship to you Tel. Email Chief Guide Application Form

Application Please complete the following three sections: A. Your guiding history and roles held B. Statement in support of your application C. What elements of the role you would intend to delegate

A. Your guiding history and roles held Please enter details below or provide a copy of your Go record. Guiding history and roles

B. Statement in support of your application Please complete your supporting statement, referring to the role description and person specification to outline how you feel you can fulfil the role. Please ensure you address each part of the specification in your statement. You should give evidence of the strength and depth of your ability to meet all of the essential criteria. Whilst a Deputy will be appointed, the Chief Guide, as the person with overall responsibility for delivery of the remit, will be expected to fulfil all essential elements of the person specification.

Your statement should run to no more than four pages of A4. Personal statement

C. What elements of the role you would intend to delegate Chief Guide Application Form

The post requires a broad range of skills, and we do not expect that one person can meet all of the requirements – this is why we have the post of Deputy Chief Guide (who will also join the Chief Guide on the Board of Trustees). It is our expectation that the two roles together will be able to fulfil all of the key aspects of the role. The Chief Guide may also choose to appoint one or more Assistant Chief Guides to fulfil other aspects of the role. Please indicate below what elements of the role description you would wish to lead and which you would be likely to delegate to the Deputy (and any Assistants).

Declaration By submitting this application form you confirm that:  You are aged 18 or over and that you are not prevented from serving as a charity trustee by reason of bankruptcy, unspent criminal convictions for offences of deception or dishonesty, or a legal order for removal/disqualification as a trustee or company director.  If appointed, you would agree to sign the Declaration of Eligibility form (in the Appendix below – you do not need to sign it now).  Your Go records are up to date.  You give your permission, should you be short-listed to the final stage, for your name and current role in Girlguiding to be made known to members of Council, the Board of Trustees and the Nominations and Governance Committee.

The information I have given in this application is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, accurate.

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APPENDIX Trustee declaration of eligibility I ACKNOWLEDGE that I have read the summary below and CERTIFY that on becoming a charity trustee of the Guide Association, I am not disqualified as a charity trustee under the Charities Act 1993 nor from working with children in a regulated position under the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (as extended to Scotland and Northern Ireland)

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Trustee Eligibility and Responsibility I am aware of the roles and responsibilities placed upon me as a trustee and the duties vested in the position. I duly confirm that I am unaware of any impediments that would render me ineligible to serve as a trustee. Specifically, I declare that: • I am aged 18 years or over at the date of this election or appointment • I am capable of managing and administering my own affairs • I do not have an unspent conviction relating to any offence involving deception or dishonesty • I have not been declared bankrupt and have not been the subject of equivalent proceedings in Scotland (known as sequestration) (you may make this declaration if the relevant bankruptcy or sequestration order has been discharged) • I have not entered into any compromise or arrangement with my creditors (e.g. an Individual Voluntary Arrangement or deed of arrangement), except one that has already been discharged. • I am not disqualified to act as a director under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 • I am not subject to an order made under section 429 (2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 • I have not been removed as a charity trustee or trustee for a charity by an order made by the Charity Commissioners or the High Court on the grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement • I am not subject to an order under section 7 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, preventing me from being concerned in the management or control of any relevant organization or body • I am not subject to a disqualification order under the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 • I am not disqualified under the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List