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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a recruitment campaign to appoint new members to the Architects Registration Board (ARB).
MHCLG is seeking to appoint four Architect Members and one Lay Member to fill a series of vacancies that have arisen or will soon arise due to existing Board members completing their tenures: two Architect Members in 2026 and two Architect Members and a Lay Member in 2027.
The Board plays a crucial role in ensuring that ARB delivers its statutory functions in the public interest. It also sets ARB’s strategic direction and oversees its performance. Together, Board members bring a wide range of experience and perspectives to support effective governance, robust decision-making, and public accountability.
This is an important time for the Board as ARB continues to deliver the ambitions set out in its Corporate Strategy. The appointments offer an opportunity to interested individuals to help shape the future of the profession and support its positive contribution to the built environment.
As an inclusive organisation, ARB is committed to equality of opportunity and to reflecting the diversity of both the profession and the public. ARB encourages applications from individuals from currently underrepresented backgrounds to help ensure that a broad range of perspectives informs its decision-making.
Alan Kershaw, ARB Chair:
“ARB’s Board plays a central role in ensuring that we deliver our statutory responsibilities effectively and in the public interest. As we continue to implement our Corporate Strategy and respond to the opportunities and challenges facing the profession, the contribution of Board members has never been more important.
Serving on the Board is a rewarding opportunity to help shape the future of architectural regulation and support a profession that makes a profound contribution to our built environment. I encourage anyone who shares our commitment to high standards, good governance and public confidence to consider applying.”
Candidates can apply for these roles using the Public Appointments website.
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ARB’s Board
ARB’s Board is responsible for providing strategic oversight and supporting the organisation in delivering its statutory duties in the public interest. The Board comprises 11 members appointed by the Privy Council, including an independent Chair, five lay members, and five architect members.
All members of the Board are appointed by the Privy Council after consultation with the Secretary of State and such other persons or bodies as the Privy Council thinks fit.
For more information about the ARB Board:
About ARB
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is an independent professional regulator, established by Parliament as a statutory body through the Architects Act 1997. It is accountable to government. The law gives ARB a number of core functions:
- To ensure only those who are suitably competent are allowed to practise as architects. We do this by approving the architecture qualifications required to join the Register of Architects.
- To maintain a publicly available Register of Architects so anyone using the services of an architect can be confident that they are suitably qualified and are fit to practise.
- To set the standards of conduct and practice the profession must meet and take action when any architect falls below the required standards of conduct or competence.
- To set requirements for and monitor the continuous professional development that architects must undertake, to provide assurance to the public about the continuing competence of the profession.
- To protect the legally restricted title ‘architect’.
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