We’re looking for new committee members from the private sector to help us achieve our ambitious plans for the region.
Committee Recruitment packThe Mayor of West Yorkshire with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, in partnership with the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (the LEP), are recruiting new private sector members for the following Committees:
• Business, Economy and Innovation
• Climate, Energy and Environment
• Culture, Arts and Creative Industries
• Place, Regeneration and Housing Committee
• Employment and Skills
• Business Investment Panel
It is an exciting time for the Combined Authority. Decisions previously taken in London will now be taken in West Yorkshire, by people who know and understand the region and the places within it. We now have greater influence and ability to invest in the things that matter locally, such as better transport, skills, housing and regeneration for the 2.3 million residents we serve. We’re looking for new committee members from the private sector to help us achieve our ambitious plans for the region.
To express an interest in joining us, please send your CV and a covering letter briefly explaining why you are interested in this opportunity and what area(s) of expertise you feel you could bring. CLOSING DATE: Friday 20 May 2022
To fulfil your duties as a committee member we would need: Your expertise, knowledge, leadership and skills to ensure our strategies and programmes of activity reflect the needs of local business and communities. Your support as an ambassador for the values and goals of the Combined Authority and promote West Yorkshire as a great place to work, live and do business.
Your attendance at quarterly Committee meetings plus occasional support with media interviews, promotional activity and events. In total this would be approximately one full day per month. There is also the opportunity to attend planning workshops throughout the year. Your commitment to serve for a term of three years with the option to renew for a further term dependent on circumstances.
A private sector member must:
1. live or work within West Yorkshire, and
2. be (or have been) employed by an organisation not included as central government, local government or a public corporate as defined for the UK National Accounts. Public Sector Classifications can be viewed on the Office for National Statistics website. Higher Education or Further Education Institutions are not classified as public sector organisations for this purpose.
To express an interest in joining us, please send
your CV and a covering letter briefly explaining why
you are interested in this opportunity and what
area(s) of expertise you feel you could bring to:
Boardrecruitment@the-lep.com
This is a brilliant opportunity to help us to achieve our ambitious plans for the region and influence the things that matter locally -better transport, skills, housing and opportunities for the 2.3 million residents we serve. Our Committees must reflect the vast and diverse region we serve and so I encourage and welcome applications that reflect the rich and wonderful heritage of West Yorkshire.
Mayor of West Yorkshire
The Business, Economy and Innovation Commitee is responsible for all activity across the economic, business and innovation agenda including:
• Developing policies, strategies investment plans and monitoring impact
• Progressing the Mayor’s pledges
• Decision making covering business and innovation activity
• Submitting funding bids and delivering and overseeing projects and programmes.
The Climate, Energy and Environment Committee is responsible for all activity to meet the Combined Authority’s ambition for the region to be net zero by 2038. This includes:
• Progressing the climate, energy and environment elements of the Strategic Economic Framework
• Progressing the Mayor’s pledges
• Submitting bids for devolved and other funding
• Working with key partners to develop and promote a shared understanding, approach and coherent strategies and policies.
The Culture, Arts and Creative Industries Commitee is a new Committee responsible for all activity covering the culture and creative sectors including:
• Progressing the Mayoral Pledge for a ‘Creative New Deal’ ensuring this sector is at the heart of our work on the recovery
• Developing policies, strategies investment plans and monitoring impact
• Decision making on regional investment and funding bids into cultural activity
• Working across all partners in culture, creative industries, sport for the benefit of the city region and to maximise impact, collaboration and diversity.
The Place, Regeneration and Housing Committee is responsible for:
• Developing policies, strategies investment plans and monitoring impact
• Progressing the Mayor’s pledges
• Submitting bids for devolved and other funding
• Working with key partners to develop and promote a shared understanding and approach.
This Committee brings employers together with local authorities and skills providers and their work is driven by the needs of employers and the region’s economy. This includes:
• Overseeing projects to address skills gaps in the region’s key industry sectors.
• Creating local leadership that drives improvements in skills and employment.
The Business Investment Panel is responsible for:
• Making recommendations to the Combined Authority and the LEP regarding public sector investments into businesses with operations in West Yorkshire
• This includes both existing West Yorkshire businesses with growth plans or inward investors that are considering the region for new operations
• Investments could be via grant, loan or equity, and all would require the BIP members to apply their experience and expertise of business finance and, to a lesser extent the rationale for public sector intervention, to support the appraisal of individual applications.
By joining one of our Committees you’ll play a key role in influencing policy and spending decisions that will make it easier for businesses to grow, attract investment in the region and create jobs for local people. I encourage you to get in touch and find out how you can help us to ensure that West Yorkshire is a great place to work, live and do business.
Chair of the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership and Chair of NP11
On 9 May Tracy Brabin was elected the first Mayor of West Yorkshire. With specific powers on transport, housing, regeneration, finance and policing, the Mayor will work with the Mayoral Combined Authority, council leaders, business representatives and partners for the benefit of the region.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority is committed to upholding the highest standards of governance and conducting its activities with the principles of openness and transparency.
We are committed to making our democratic processes as open and transparent as possible and making it easier for people living across the Leeds City Region to see how decisions that affect them are made and have their say.