CAA Council Members, Outline Roles and Responsibilities
Senior Vice-President
The role of the Senior Vice president is to support the President during their term in office and to deputise when the President is not available. This is not a ceremonial role, and the Senior Vice President is expected to engage themselves in the daily workings of the CAA as they will form part of the Executive Team composed of the President, the Immediate Past President, the Hon Secretary/Treasurer, and the Executive Director in taking decisions on a daily basis.
Regional Vice Presidents
1. Initiate and maintain regular contact with Member Organisations (MO’s) in the region.
2. Gather information on key issues affecting MO’s and feedback to CAA Council on a regular basis.
3. Develop a profile of each MO’s and help maintain the currency of the information.
4. Help communicate the CAA’s aims, objectives and priorities among MO’s
5. Work to ensure member retention.
6. Work with the President and the Senior Vice President to attract new members.
7. Support implementation of the Business Plan, including:
8. Support MO’s in their engagement with policymakers.
9. Support the CAA Awards programme, eg identifying jurors, attracting submissions, and generally promoting.
10. Support the CAA’s Education and Validation activities, including growth in the number of validated schools.
11. Support the CAA’s CPD activities including engagement with and participation from each MO.
12. Help to identify case studies and examples of best practice for publication.
13. Gather information on key events and activities and help identify opportunities for CAA engagement.
14. Promote inter disciplinary, cross-sector collaboration and help maximise the value of the Commonwealth network.
15. Encourage engagement with other institutes and international forums (eg UN Habitat etc)
16. Provide regular reports to CAA Council
17. Work collaboratively with other members of CAA Council
18. Generally, act in an ambassadorial capacity on behalf of the CAA.
Honorary Secretary & Treasurer
The role of the Honorary Secretary & Treasurer is to support the President and the Executive Director in the day-to-day workings of the CAA, to be the custodian of the CAA Constitution and ensure that its provisions are being respected, to keep books of accounts, make payments and receive dues from third parties, file financial reports to the CAA Council, the Auditors, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Charity Commission and issue invoices for payment of Membership Fees and acknowledge such payments when received.
Youth Representative
The role of the Youth Representaitve (age range 18-30) is to provide a conduit with the Commonwealth Youth for Sustainable Urbanisation network, to ensure that the work of both groups is effectively coordinated and that the voice of young members of the profession is effectively represented on Council. The Youth Representative will also be expected to develop strategic relationships with youth members among the CAA’s Member Organisations and to develop a programme of activity which responds to the needs of this constituency and is integrated with the 2024- 2030 CAA Strategic Plan.
Date last updated: 05 April 2024
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