Join a board or committee

Join an RICS board or committee

These are exciting and challenging times for the built and natural environment and RICS is looking for committed and talented individuals join its Boards and Committees.

The role of our Boards and Committees is to support RICS’ Governing Council in delivering it’s strategy, and ensuring RICS delivers on it’s mission to create confidence in markets and effect positive change in the built and natural environment.

Our non-Executives play a vital role in shaping the future of RICS, and delivering against our ambitious plans; we need your drive, skills and expertise to help us achieve them.

Learn more about corporate governance at RICS RICS Global Appointments Model

Lead the future of our profession

We are calling on members to play a key role in the RICS transformation programme, working within our new governance structure. This is a superb opportunity to progress your career and increase visibility amongst new and existing professional networks. More information on the below roles will become available as applications open.

Roles

AVAILABLE ROLES IN…	PROCESS	APPLICATIONS OPEN
RICS Presidential team
Senior Vice President for July 2023–Dec 2023	To be elected by Governing Council	30 January 2023–27 February 2023
Senior Vice President for 2024	To be elected by Governing Council	30 January 2023–27 February 2023
RICS Governing Council
13 Geographic seats	To be elected	30 January 2023–6 March 2023
6 Professional Group seats
1 Young Member seat
Senior Independent member	To be appointed	TBC
3 co-opted members of Governing Council	To be co-opted	TBC
RICS Board
2 co-opted members of RICS Board	To be co-opted	TBC
Board committees
Knowledge and Practice Committee Chair (to also sit on RICS Board)	To be appointed	February 2023
Membership Services Committee Chair (to also sit on RICS Board)
Commercial Committee Chair (to also sit on RICS Board)
Audit, Risk, Assurance & Finance Committee member
3 Commercial Committee members
New governance panels in line with recommendations in Bichard RICS Review
Public Interest Panel roles	To be appointed	TBC
Technology Panel roles	To be appointed	TBC
Professional Group Panels
6 Chairs, sitting on Knowledge & Practice Committee Professional Group Panel members	To be appointed	TBC

Appointed candidates will be selected by a dedicated appointment panel as per the Global Appointments Model.
Co-opted candidates will be selected for their specialist input, as per the Global Appointments Model.
Elected candidates will be voted for by RICS membership or Governing Council (as applicable)

RICS is committed to diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from all backgrounds. If you have questions about any of the roles or the application process, please email governanceappointments@rics.org

Our Boards and Committees

RICS has two types of Boards and Committees; our governance Boards and Committees, these are enshrined in our Charter and Bye-Laws, and our discretionary Boards and Committees, who support our top-level governance bodies. Further details on these can be found below.

You can download the Charter and Bye-Laws on our corporate governance page.