Play a key role in helping to shape the future of BERA by voting in the BERA Council Elections. Voting opens Monday March 9th and closes March 27th.

There are currently 4 vacancies on BERA Council, with 1 position elected to the role of Treasurer.

All current BERA members will be sent links to the online ballot on Monday March 9th.

If you are a BERA member and require a postal ballot, please contact

Alex Lonie (alex.lonie@electoralreform.co.uk)
Electoral Reform Services
33 Clarendon Road
London, N8 0NW

Telephone: 020 8365 8909

BERA Council

BERA Council is the governing body of the Association and the members of the Council are, de facto, the Trustees of the Association as a registered Charity and Directors under Companies House regulations. The Council is the governing body of the Association and has ultimate authority and decision-making over all business including policy, planning and resources. BERA is a company limited by guarantee with registered company number 08284220 and regulated charity number 1150237. As such, any individual elected to BERA Council will be required to sign a declaration to confirm that they are not disqualified from acting as a charity trustee.

Council meets 3 times a year with one of those meetings being a residential Awayday. In addition to these meetings, Council members serve on a BERA committee which will meet up to 3 times a year. These committees are:

• Membership and Engagement Committee
• Academic Publications Committee
• Conference Committee

BERA Treasurer

The Treasurer serves for a four-year term. (S)he is also the Honorary Secretary of the Association. His/ her role is to:

• Oversee the Annual Budget of the Association in conjunction with the Executive Director;
• Work with the Executive Director to ensure robust financial monitoring is in place;
• Make periodic reports to Council on BERA finances;
• Oversee the production of the annual accounts to the AGM of the Association;
• Ensure any delegated budgets are properly spent and accounted for;

The Treasurer serves as an Officer of BERA and candidates should be able to make a commitment of a minimum of 12-15 days per year to BERA activities.

Further information about how BERA operates and the roles and responsibilities are available on our website: https://www.bera.ac.uk/about

If you want any further information or want to talk to us before standing, please contact Nick Johnson, Executive Director at n.johnson@bera.ac.uk

The term of office for all elected positions start in September 2015. However, successful candidates will be invited to the BERA Council Strategic Awayday as observers.