Hiring of an Executive Director

Task 24 Staffing and Organisation VT Takeda GSK UMCU M13M27Staffing activities including recruitment will begin following the approval of the business plan by the GetReal EPMT D24 The first person in post will be the Executive Director who will work remotely D25 A selection committee will be appointed from the Think Tank Task Forces and the GetReal Initiative Partners Once in place the Executive Director in partnership with the support of the GetReal Initiative members will identify and appoint interim Board members The Executive Director and the interim Board members will be accountable for appraising the business plan and making appropriate modifications based on the outputs of WP1 They will finalise the organisational structure covering all roles required including business development website management financeITHR support fund raising These final business plans D26 will be reviewed and approved by the GetReal General Assembly M27 For the last 36 months of the IMIfunded project the Executive Director and interim board members will gradually transition tasks from WP1 and WP3 It is also envisioned that the new Board will actively work to expand ongoing activities introduce tiered membership fees and arrange a GetReal Conference to increase revenue potential prior to the end of the project termTogether the newly appointed team will be accountable for finalising the staffing and initiating marketing activities from M20 to ensure there is sufficient governance in place and revenue available to sustain all activities from M32 onwards