Position Available - Secretary General of the ASA

["Rollo Turner" <rollo.turner@dsl.pipex.com>]

The Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries (ASA) 
seeks a new Secretary General The ASA is looking for someone with 
good knowledge of the industry to take on the role of Secretary 
General when the present incumbent leaves later this year. The 
position of Secretary General is perhaps better described as 
Chief Executive of the ASA in case you were wondering what a 
Secretary General does!

The main requirements for the job are as follows:

Experience

Applicants should have experience at a senior level in a 
subscription agency, intermediary and/or journal publishing 
company and have a wide range of contacts in the industry. The 
role is international in scope and some travel is a requirement. 
There is no necessity to be resident in the UK.

The work entails:

* Writing and editing ASA News
* Designing and organising the annual conference
* Representing the ASA by writing papers, making presentations
   and attending appropriate meetings
* Representing the interests of the ASA on standards and other
   similar bodies and associations
* Representing the ASA to Publishers as required
* Handle, together with the Treasurer, the ASA finances
* Promote the ASA to potential new members and renew existing
   ones
* Organise AGM and committee meetings
* Undertake cooperative projects within the ASA
* Provide advice to members on non-competitive issues
* Liaise with the executive committee and membership through
   email and meetings.

If you would prefer to have an informal chat then please do 
contact me (or Peter Lawson) directly we will both be at UKSG and 
Peter at the London Book Fair - all discussions are, of course 
kept entirely confidential. (Rollo Turner +44 1494 534778 Email: 
rollo.turner@dsl.pipex.com or Peter Lawson - private +1 203 761 
9993 LawsonUS@aol.com, office +1 860 675 7834 
karger.lawson@snet.net)

Closing date for applications is April 18, 2008.

Rollo Turner
Secretary General
Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries
+44 (0)1494 534778
www.subscription-agents.org
rollo.turner@dsl.pipex.com