Role title

Member of Membership Assessment Advisory Panel.

Outline of role 

MAAP members will focus on routes to Chartered membership, the management of all of the Assessment of professional competence (APC) and the assessment of the APC. MAAP members will put forward suggestions to the Membership and Ethics Committee (MEC) on strategic changes to the membership assessment procedures, methods to ensure quality and consistency of assessments and to support assessors and candidates.

Read the MAAP role description. 

Eligibility criteria

There are nine members of MAAP, who represent different types of assessors, members and other stakeholders.

Members of MAAP must be a Chartered member or a Legal Associate or Legal Member, if they are applying to become the Legal Associate assessor representative.

Minimum time commitment

There are three meetings per year in February, June and September. The June meeting is normally held in-person at RTPI’s offices in Botolph Lane, London. The other two meetings are held online. Members will also be required to read Panel papers in advance of meetings and be prepared to participate in the meeting. There may be other smaller, ad hoc, requests on Panel members’ time throughout the year.

Length of term

The term length is two-years. Members can serve three terms (six years) before they need to step down from the Panel for at least one year, before they can reapply to join the Panel.

Impact of role

MAAP members support assessors and candidates, as well as the work of Membership team officers. Becoming a Chartered member is a significant step in a young planner’s career, it is often the first-time the planner will have significantly engaged with RTPI. It is also important the pipeline of young planners into the profession is maintained.

How to get involved

If you are interested in the work of MAAP, and possibly joining when there are opportunities, please contact the Membership team for more details.

When there are spaces available on MAAP, the Membership team will contact directly the groups of members who are eligible to apply, based on the particular role.

Opening and closing date

Opportunities are promoted to active Assessors as you need know the APC process, so if you’re interested, perhaps consider becoming an Assessor.  

Start date

This depends when opportunities arise.

Find out more

Contact the membership team on the details provided above.