Governance and Regional Structure

The Company

The Articles of Association , Objects and Powers and Company Rules  set out what the CDI can do and how it will operate.

The CDI is a company limited by guarantee and started trading on April 2 2013. The Articles, Objects and Rules were updated in 2015.

The Company Articles have been written in a manner that will enable the CDI to apply in due course for charitable status. The objectives of the CDI are:
The improvement of the quality and availability of career development services to adults and young people through:

(a) The promotion of public understanding of Career Development

(b) The development and maintenance of standards of professional practice in Career Development

(c) The provision of advice on Career Development to policymakers, practitioners and other interested parties

Governing documents of the CDI

• The Articles of Association: is the legal document. Lodged with Companies House. The Articles lay down the formal procedures of Governance
• The Company Rules: govern the day to day operations or the Institute. They can be amended by the members at a General Meeting, with the support of the Council and Board.

Details of the Membership Constituencies (2015).

The Constitution of the CDI

The CDI is a membership body, owned by its members, who ultimately decide how it will develop. The members do this informally through discussion and debate, and formally by electing members to the three key bodies. Some of these posts are elected by the full membership and some by constituency.

• The Company Board: manages the business of the Institute. It comprises six Directors elected by the full membership (including President, Vice-President, Hon Secretary and Hon Treasurer) and up to six co-opted ones.

Current Board Members are:

• The Professional Standards Committee: is the only standing committee of the CDI. It oversees and advises the Board on the maintenance of professional standards and qualifications. It is also responsible for dealing with complaints and disciplinary issues. It comprises a chair (elected by all the members); one representative from each professional and each national constituency.

CDI Council: A new Council, comprising the regional reps and chaired by the President/President Elect will be launched in 2019. It is envisaged that when the Council is fully operational, it will meet twice a year. This newly constituted Council will be an advisory body, feeding into decisions made by the PSC and the Board. The agenda for these meetings will ensure a two-way flow of information: enabling regional reps to share views and ideas from the grass roots with the executive and influence future developments and the sustainability of the CDI.

A longer term aim is to become a Chartered Professional Body, when membership and Professional Register have grown to an appropriate size and we have the administration and necessary quality and support systems in place.

The Board

New appointments - December 2018

Following the recent scheduling of elections we are able to report that as there was only one nominee for each post it was not necessary to submit the nominees to the membership for election. We are therefore pleased to announce the following members have been appointed to the CDI Board for a term of office of three years.Read a short statement from each appointee

President Elect:  David Cordle

Board Director:  Craig Garton

Board Director:  Kath Wright

Honorary Secretary:  Monica I Lemecha

Board Meeting Summary Minutes

CDI Board May 2016 summary minutes; CDI Board August 2016 summary minutes; CDI Board November 2016 summary minutes

PSC Meeting Action Notes

Council Meetings Action Notes

Summary of the May 2014 Council (Glasgow); Summary of the September 2014 Council (Cardiff)Summary of the September 2013 Council (London)

Summary of the January 2015 Council (London)

CDI Manifesto

Career development - Meeting the needs of individuals, society and the economy

Ahead of the 2019 General Election, we have prepared a concise five point manifesto based around the following statement:

Every citizen should have the right to build a career that allows them to meet their own needs and the needs of their family and to make a positive contribution to society and the economy. The right to build a decent career should not be limited by an individual’s background. Government has an important role to play in ensuring that individuals can gain access to the support that they need to build and develop their careers throughout their lives.

To support this statement the next government should:

1. Set out and implement a strategy for lifelong career development. 

2. Start career education earlier. 

3. Drive forward ‘Gatsby revolution’ that has been started in secondary schools and colleges. 

4. Place career development at the heart of post-compulsory education. 

5. Ensure that career development support is available to all young people, including those not in school or college, and to all adults both in work and those out of work.

We believe that a key aim of government should be to empower individuals to access decent work and build meaningful and productive careers. Where individuals are supported to build their careers there are benefits for the economy, society and the individual. For individuals, career development makes a positive contribution to earnings, wellbeing and enhanced quality of life. When skills and talents are valued and well used, productivity increases and employers and the whole of society gain.

We are asking members, individuals and organisations, of all political parties and none, to endorse our statement and share and promote it with colleagues, stakeholders and your local parliamentary candidates. You can download the full paper here.

Please share this paper with any prospective parliamentary candidates you meet or who knock on your door. We are all working to raise awareness; improve coherence and achieve greater investment in the career development sector.

We have collaborated with major partners Careers England and iCeGS at the University of Derby to develop this manifesto.