Society begins the search for a new Chief Executive and Registrar
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has begun the search for a successor to its Secretary and Registrar, Ann Lewis, who has announced her intention to retire in the autumn (PJ, 27 January, p113).
An advertisement in The Pharmaceutical Journal this week offers
a six-figure salary for the post of “chief executive officer”.
However, the Society says that this title is for advertising purposes
only and the formal title will be “Chief Executive and Registrar”.
The advertisement has also appeared in the Sunday Times and can be found
on the “job vacancies” page of the Society’s
website.
The advertisement points out that the Society is undergoing a period
of extensive structural change following the Government’s proposals
for the regulation of health care professionals. It says that the Society
needs “an exceptional CEO with demonstrable drive and vision to
lead the change in both structure and culture to deliver a superb membership-driven
service”.
The advertisement lists the roles of the chief executive as:
• Driving a cultural and functional change process and leading the successful
transition following from the implementation of the White Paper proposals
• Leading the development of overall business strategy, including Royal
Pharmaceutical Society publications
• Directing the Society’s management and performance
• Being the public face of the organisation and building strong relationships
with government bodies
The ideal person for the post, say the advertisement, will have a track-record
of delivering successful change management programmes, either in the
public or private sector, will be a highly successful and business minded
general manager currently in a complex, yet focused professional or service
organisation that is preferably related to pharmacy or health care, will
be an effective public speaker and lobbyist, with personal credibility
and authority, and will be an exceptional leadership skills to inspire
and motivate teams through significant change.
Ann Lewis has been Secretary and Registrar of the Society since 1998.
Before that, she was a member of Council for more than 10 years and was
president of the Society for 1994–95 and 1995–96. |
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