Independent Chair and Non-Executive Directors – Swansea Bay Sports Park Ltd
Closing date – 31/08/26
Owned jointly by Swansea University and Swansea Council, Swansea Bay Sports Park Ltd is looking for experienced, values-driven individuals who can provide strategic leadership, independent challenge and specialist expertise to support the long-term success of SBSP, helping shape the future of sport, health and wellbeing across Swansea and the wider region.
Yn eiddo ar y cyd i Brifysgol Abertawe a Chyngor Abertawe, mae Parc Chwaraeon Bae Abertawe yn chwilio am unigolion profiadol, sy’n cael eu sbarduno gan werthoedd a all roi arweinyddiaeth strategol, her annibynnol ac arbenigedd arbenigol i gefnogi llwyddiant hirdymor Parc Chwaraeon Bae Abertawe, gan helpu i lunio dyfodol chwaraeon, iechyd a lles ar draws Abertawe a’r rhanbarth ehangach.
Chair
Lead the Board in setting the strategic direction of Swansea Bay Sports Park and help shape its future.
The Chair is responsible for leadership of the Board, ensuring its effectiveness in all aspects of its governance role. The Chair leads the Board in developing a professional and ethical culture in line with the values of the organisation.
The Chair is pivotal in creating the conditions for overall Board and individual Board member effectiveness, and ensures constructive relations between Board members and staff.
Time Commitment: 12 to 15 days per annum total estimate, spread across ad-hoc
calls and meetings ranging from one hour to a half day.
Location & Format: Meetings are conducted in a hybrid format, combining virtual
options (Teams/Zoom) with essential in-person attendance at the Swansea Bay Sports Park complex as required for key strategy sessions and stakeholder events.
Remuneration: The post is remunerated up to £5,000 per annum for the most suitable candidate. Reasonable travel and subsistence expenses incurred on official business will also be fully reimbursed.
Non-Executive Directors
Provide independent oversight, strategic guidance and specialist expertise as part of the Swansea Bay Sports Park Board.
Swansea Bay Sports Park Limited is seeking Non-Executive Directors (NED) to contribute to its Board by providing independent oversight, strategic guidance and constructive challenges, supporting the development and delivery of the vision and strategy of Swansea Bay Sports Park Limited.
The NEDs will play a critical role in supporting the organisation to thrive and realise its
ambitions, ensuring that the Board collectively fulfils its overall responsibility for strategic leadership, governance and appropriate management control of Swansea Bay Sports Park.
Time Commitment: 6-8 days per annum total estimate, spread across formal quarterly board meetings, committee assignments, ad-hoc calls and strategic sessions.
Location & Format: Meetings are conducted in a hybrid format, combining virtual
options (Teams/Zoom) with essential in-person attendance at the Swansea Bay Sports Park complex as required for key strategy sessions and stakeholder events.
Remuneration: The posts are non-remunerated (voluntary), however, reasonable travel and subsistence expenses incurred on official business, with prior agreement, will also be fully reimbursed.
Link for further information and applying – https://www.swanseabaysportspark.wales/about-us/jobs/
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