Role: Chair of Bay Venues Limited
Location: Tauranga
Closes: 23 May 2021
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Bay Venues Limited requires a new chair to join the board from 1 July 2021.
Bay Venues Limited is Tauranga City Council’s largest council-controlled organisation and plays a major role in making Tauranga better every day by contributing to the wellbeing of Tauranga city as the kaitiaki of community facilities. Council’s partnerships with its council-controlled organisations help us successfully deliver our community outcomes. We are committed to making a difference to people in our community through what we do as a council, and how we do it.
Bay Venues Limited manages and operates 24 venues within its portfolio, providing a high standard of sport, recreation, event and exhibition facilities, programmes and services to the community. These include Trustpower Baypark, Mount Hot Pools, University of Waikato Adams High Performance Centre and Baywave and a number of community centres, halls and pools.
The Board of Directors is responsible for developing and delivering the strategic and financial management of the company, as well as overseeing the management of Bay Venues Limited’s assets and resources.
Council recently approved changes to the governance Bay Venues Limited, including the appointment of a new, leaner board, with a strong focus on delivering community outcomes to Tauranga, while maintaining commercial outputs.
If you are excited by new challenges and believe you have the relevant governance experience and expertise to lead this board, and to make a difference and a genuine contribution to Bay Venues Limited and sports and events in our region, your interest in the position is welcomed.
Experience in a community leadership role, or links with and understanding of the Tauranga community and its agencies would be of value in this role, as would an ability to build and maintain genuine relationships within the community. Strong governance experience is essential, as is a commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of the organisation and the community.
Diversity is valued and the new Chair will typically have all or most of the following:
- Significant governance leadership skills, strength of character and the ability to think in a visionary and strategic manner. Ideally a member of the Institute of Directors New Zealand.
- Experience in driving culture change through complex organisations, and an ability to lead an appropriate cultural response to deliver the required outcomes identified in the strategic review.
- Experience in transforming organisations in times of change and uncertainty.
- Experience in a community leadership role, or links with and understanding of the Tauranga community and its agencies.
- Understanding and passion for the provision of high-quality services, programmes and events to targeted community organisations to help make Tauranga a vibrant, progressive place to live.
- Experience as director of a commercially focused organisation in the sport, recreation and/or events sector, in particular in the areas of finance, audit and risk.
- Experience in the management of high-value, high-utilisation assets and infrastructure.
- An understanding of the relevant health and safety legislation and its practical implementation.
- Demonstrated appropriate accountability and responsiveness to council’s governance (Commissioners) with a commitment to public sector ethos.
As a council-controlled organisation of Tauranga City Council, Bay Venues Limited operates autonomously but in a political environment, with a requirement to meet the expectations of both its shareholders and its community in accordance with an agreed Statement of Intent.
Meetings are held monthly in Tauranga, although additional meetings may be required. The remuneration for this role is currently under review and will be confirmed prior to appointment. Successful applicants will be appointed for a three-year term.
Expressions of interest should be addressed to:
Chief Executive
Tauranga City Council
Private Bag 12022
Tauranga 3143
Apply online via email to: josephine.meuli@tauranga.govt.nz. An information pack is also available on request. Applications close 5pm, Sunday 23 May 2021. All applications will be dealt with in strict confidence.
More information at www.bayvenues.co.nz and www.tauranga.govt.nz.
Tauranga City Council’s Appointment of Directors to Council Organisations Policy can be found here.
View Bay Venues Directors vacancies.