ADPH President
Principal responsibility: To Chair the ADPH Board of Directors; to lead the Association through the Board, Council and staff; to maintain a high profile and lead on advocacy.
Accountability: to the members through the Board and Council.
Duties:
- chair the Board and ensure its effectiveness and adherence to the Objects;
- work with the Board, Council and staff to create a vision for the Association and its work;
- maintain high profile advocacy for priority public health issues on behalf of the Association;
- line manage the Chief Executive including appraisal and performance management and oversee their development;
- chair the Board HR sub-committee ensuring adherence to best HR practice;
- liaise with the Chief Executive to ensure the Association adheres to its Objects and to Public Health principles at all times.
ADPH Vice-President
Principal responsibility: To deputise for the President; be Vice Chair of the ADPH Board and Chair of Council; to provide governance for the Association’s policy programme.
Accountability: to the members through the President, Board and Council.
Duties:
- deputise for the President as required;
- chair the Council, take account of its views and ensure its engagement;
- actively participate as Vice Chair and member of the ADPH Board;
- liaise with the Head of Policy to provide assurance for the Board on the programme of policy work, leading on specific high-profile areas of policy;
- liaise with the Head of Policy to ensure all policy work adheres to the Association’s quality and standards.
ADPH Treasurer
Principal responsibility: To have oversight of the budget and provide governance for the Chief Executive on financial matters.
Accountability: to the members through the President, Board and Council.
Duties:
- lead the Board in understanding financial issues and taking strategic financial decisions on funding and reserves;
- ensure regular and appropriate exceptional reporting on financial matters to the Board;
- maintain an overview of the Association’s financial affairs and ensure financial viability;
- liaise with the Chief Executive to ensure financial probity and governance;
- be a member of the Board HR sub-committee;
- support the Chief Executive in making major financial commitments and securing both long and short term funding.
Membership Secretary
Principal responsibility: To ensure that members receive the services that they have been promised and that they obtain value for money.
Accountability: to the members through the President, Board and Council.
Duties:
- liaise with the Chief Executive to ensure appropriate membership records are held and that data protection and confidentiality is assured;
- maintain an overview of members and assure that there is fairness and equity in the Association’s dealings with members;
- have oversight to ensure regular, relevant and useful communications are received by all members both for disseminating information and collecting feedback and opinions;
- support the Chief Executive in meeting the members’ expectations and needs where practicable and desirable.
ADPH Honorary Secretary (Constitutional Governance)
Principal responsibility: To assure that an appropriate constitutional framework is in place for the Association and that it is adhered to.
Accountability: to the members through the President and Council.
Duties:
- liaise with Chief Executive to ensure adherence to statutory regulation and Company and Charity law
- liaise with the Chief Executive to ensure appropriate governance systems are in place;
- maintain an overview of governance arrangements to ensure consistency and practicability;
- have oversight to ensure adherence to the governance systems by Board, staff and Council;
- be a member of the Board HR sub-committee;
- support the Chief Executive and President in dealing with governance issues that cannot easily be addressed by the governance framework.
ADPH Honorary Secretary (Infrastructure)
Ruth Tennant, DPH Solihull
Principal responsibility: To assure that appropriate arrangements are in place to support management of the organisation including HR policies, hosting and risk management, and that they are adhered to.
Accountability: to the members through the President and Council
Duties:
- liaise with the Chief Executive to ensure an appropriate risk assurance framework is in place and current;
- liaise with the President, Chief Executive and hosting organisation to ensure hosting is appropriate, sensitive and fit for purpose;
- be a member of the HR sub-committee;
- work with the hosting organisation over HR and employment issues particularly with reference to grievance and disciplinary matters;
- support the Chief Executive and President in dealing with management issues that cannot appropriately be addressed by staff.
ADPH Council members
Principal responsibilities: As a member of the ADPH Council, to support ADPH activity in relation to policy, networks and DPH development; to ensure constituency views are represented; and to foster good two-way communication between ADPH UK and local constituencies / ADPH Networks.
Accountability: to the members through the President and other members of the Council.
Duties:
- actively participate in ADPH Council meetings and undertake specific policy work;
- seek engagement, input and feedback for ADPH policy and activities from their constituency and/or ADPH Network;
- provide system leadership for the improvement of public health practice within their constituency in accordance with national guidance and support;
- provide updates and reports to the ADPH Sector-led Improvement Programme Board on behalf of their Network / constituency as required;
- attend ADPH Council workshops and the AGM to support the development of ADPH work;
- represent ADPH nationally where appropriate;
- ensure good two-way communication between the ADPH and their constituency / ADPH Network, in accordance with the principle that meetings of the ADPH (UK) Council will receive regular updates on network activity / local issues from Constituency Representatives; and similarly Constituency Representatives should provide regular updates on ADPH (UK) activity to their networks.
Current Representatives
- East of England – Louise Smith, Lucy Hubber
- East Midlands – Lucy Wightman, Derek Ward
- London – Tamara Djuretic, Somen Banerjee, Steve Whiteman
- North East – Amanda Healy, Alice Wiseman
- North West (Cheshire and Merseyside) – Eileen O’Meara
- North West (Cumbria and Lancashire) – Sakthi Karunanithi
- North West (Greater Manchester) – Andrea Fallon
- South East – Andrew Scott-Clark, Tessa Lindfield
- South West – Sarah Scott, Ruth Harrell
- West Midlands – Liz Gaulton, Liz Noakes
- Yorkshire & the Humber – Julia Weldon, Stephen Pintus
- Wales – Stuart Bourne
- Northern Ireland – Stephen Bergin
- Scotland – Susan Webb, Gabe Docherty
- Associate Membership – Allison Duggal, Claire Beynon