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Amanda Watkin – Rotary GB&I General Secretary Column

Amanda Watkin – Rotary GB&I General Secretary Column

Amanda Watkin, Rotary GB&I General Secretary, describes the experience of building the Rotary GB&I support teams over the course of this year.

It’s been great to see the growing interest from across our membership in the roles that build our Rotary GB&I support teams. These are the teams that give information, advice and guidance to Rotary districts and clubs, complementing the full-time service teams at the Rotary Support Centre.

This year we had exceptionally high numbers of applications, showcasing not only the broad experience and knowledge of our members but their willingness to share time to help Rotary clubs develop membership, increase their impact to society supported by Rotary Foundation funding, and showing how to tell Rotary’s amazing stories particularly through digital mediums.

Rotary GB&I proudly operates an open application process for all our regional appointments, including applications to the newly-established Rotary GB&I Regional Board.

Applications are encouraged from all members as relevant experience comes from activities in Rotary and individual professional and personal life.”

This year new appointments have been confirmed for fifteen Rotarians joining the Specialist Advisor Teams (SATs) along with two new Board members and of course the Board Chair Nominee.

All take up their roles from July 1st, 2023 and join reappointed colleagues. In total we have 81 people voluntarily giving their time and talent to help Rotarians just like you!

One of the great benefits of Rotary membership is personal and professional development.

We experience this within our clubs and through service in the wider district administration and support teams.

Through Rotary we develop leadership and management skills alongside soft skills such as presentation skills and effective communication.

Rotary GB&I proudly operates an open application process for all our regional appointments.”

Online learning programmes are available for all members in the RI Learning Centre.

Learning from these training programmes is embedded when stepping up to deliver leadership and management roles in club, district or Rotary GB&I.

Each year vacancies for the broad range of available voluntary roles are advertised through newsletter communications and detailed in the members area of the Rotary GB&I website.

Applications are encouraged from all members as relevant experience comes from activities in Rotary and individual professional and personal life.

Next time you see our vacancies advertised, why not consider how you could support Rotary and send in your application!

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