Independent Member, Standards Committee

Challenge. Assure. Uphold

RICS is the world’s leading professional body for land, property, infrastructure, valuation and construction. With members practising in over 140 countries, RICS’ professional standards shape competence, ethics and trust across the built and natural environment.

At the heart of RICS’ regulatory governance, reporting into the Standards and Regulation Board (SRB) sits the Standards Committee, providing oversight and assurance for how RICS professional standards are developed, approved, and maintained in the public interest.

We are now seeking up to five Independent Members to join the Standards Committee, bringing external perspective, professional rigour, and constructive challenge to standards governance.

These appointments are intended for Independent Members who are not RICS members, appointed to bring external perspective and challenge to standards governance. Independent members must be independent of any organisation that delivers, develops, or directly influences RICS professional standards, or that could otherwise compromise their ability to act solely in the best interests of RICS and the public.

Professional standards are critical to public confidence. For those with experience in regulation, governance, or standards development, this is well understood: standards define expected levels of competence and conduct, underpin trust between clients and professionals, and must be capable of standing up to scrutiny from regulators, courts, and governments.

Safeguarding standards in this context does not mean preserving the status quo, but ensuring that change is well‑evidenced, transparent, proportionate, and defensible.

In a rapidly changing world, shaped by technology, sustainability, and evolving societal expectations — standards must be robust, transparent, evidence‑based, and globally defensible.

The Standards Committee provides independent oversight and assurance to the RICS Standards and Regulation Board (SRB), ensuring that :

• Standards are developed through robust, transparent, and evidence‑based processes
• Decisions are proportionate, defensible, and aligned with the public interest
• Consultation approaches properly test standards with stakeholders
• Global consistency is maintained while recognising regional context.

• Exercise independent oversight and assurance over global professional standards, shaping how they are approved, maintained, and applied across land, property, infrastructure and construction in over 140 countries
• Contribute to public protection, helping ensure standards safeguard consumers, clients, and communities
• Apply your expertise in a governance role that values independent judgement, rigorous thinking, and constructive challenge
• Work at the intersection of regulation, professional practice, and public policy. Engaging with complex, high‑stakes decisions that matter
• Join a diverse group with collective expertise spanning regulation, consumer advocacy, economics, law, and technology, bringing a wide range of independent perspectives to RICS’ global standards governance.
• Influence the future of professional standards in response to emerging risks, technologies, and societal expectations
• This is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to standards governance at a global level, bringing your professional expertise to bear on decisions that shape trust, competence, and public confidence in the built environment.

Members of the Standards Committee are appointed to provide independent oversight, challenge, and assurance to the Standards and Regulation Board (SRB) in relation to RICS’ professional standards framework.

Working collaboratively with the Committee Chair, fellow independent members, and RICS’ executive and technical experts, you :

• Scrutinise proposals for new, revised, or withdrawn professional standards to ensure processes are robust, transparent, and evidence‑based
• Test quality and defensibility, ensuring decisions are proportionate, well‑reasoned, and capable of standing up to external scrutiny from regulators, courts, and governments
• Review consultation approaches, assessing whether evidence has been…