Can you support your fellowship?
ACA UK Intergroup’s serving officers give service at a national level to support the fellowship and reach the adult child who still suffers. We are a supportive and friendly community, currently seeking ACAs to fill the following roles:
Chair of ACA Intergroup
The Chair of ACA UK holds a key leadership position, ensuring that the group adheres to its mission whilst guided by the 12 Traditions.
The Chair fosters unity within the fellowship, as outlined in Tradition 1, by facilitating meetings, setting agendas, and ensuring that decisions reflect the collective will of the group (Tradition 2).
As the organization’s spokesperson, the Chair embodies the spirit of service, following Tradition 8, which encourages non-professional leadership while maintaining accountability.
The Chair also promotes Tradition 5 by focusing the group on its primary purpose: to carry ACA’s message to those who still suffer.
Above all, the Chair is responsible for ensuring that decisions are made with respect for the whole fellowship’s conscience (Tradition 2), allowing the collective voice of ACA UK to guide its direction.
- The Chair will need to update the WSO website with contact details
- Opens facilitates and closes the monthly meeting
- Schedules support for those in service at Intergroup with a monthly Serving Officers meeting
- Supports the incoming new Chair on rotation
This is a Serving Officer position so is subject to our recovery requirements.
Intergroup Service Officer roles are usually two years in duration. However, depending on the role, a commitment of one year may be sufficient. If you are interested in this role please email us to arrange an informal discussion.
Vice-Chair of ACA Integroup
The Vice-Chair supports the Chair in maintaining the integrity of ACA UK, particularly ensuring that decisions and actions remain aligned with the 12 Traditions.
In the Chair’s absence, the Vice Chair upholds Tradition 2 by facilitating meetings and ensuring decisions are made through group conscience. The Vice-Chair also helps maintain the fellowship’s autonomy (Tradition 4), while balancing this with cooperation and mutual respect for other ACA groups (Tradition 6).
The role also includes helping to ensure that ACA UK remains financially responsible (Tradition 7) and focused on service (Tradition 12), always upholding the spirit of anonymity and unity. In the absence of the Chair the Vice-Chair opens, facilities and closes the Intergroup meeting.
This is a Serving Officer position so is subject to our recovery requirements.
Intergroup Service Officer roles are usually two years in duration. However, depending on the role, a commitment of one year may be sufficient. If you are interested in this role please email us to arrange an informal discussion.
Chair of the Finance Committee of ACA
The Chair of the Finance Committee leads the Finance Committee (FC) in handling all financial matters on behalf of ACA UK. They lead on discussing any finance questions from the fellowship and puts together proposals to bring to Intergroup.
The Chair is responsible for keeping clarity in line with ACA’s Traditions — especially Tradition 7 (self-support through our own contributions) and Tradition 9 (creating service committees that answer to those they serve). They will also appoint members of the committee; a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6. The Chair must have completed the 12 Steps of ACA and attend the monthly Serving Officer and Intergroup meetings.
This is a Serving Officer position so is subject to our recovery requirements.
Intergroup Service Officer roles are usually two years in duration. However, depending on the role, a commitment of one year may be sufficient. If you are interested in this role please email us to arrange an informal discussion.
Meetings Administrator
The Meetings Admin adds new meetings to the website, makes changes to existing meeting listings that are requested, and helps ACAs running meetings with any questions they might have. This role is crucial in keeping our meetings info reliable for the 3,000+ ACAs who visit the meeting pages every month.
The Meetings Admin must maintain GDPR requirements and confidentiality, have good boundaries and patience. Someone with attention to detail and confidence using spreadsheets would be suitable for this role. No prior website editing experience is necessary. They will be supported by the Serving Officer group, the Web Editor and our Web Tech.
This is a Serving Officer position so is subject to our recovery requirements.
If you are interested in this role please email us to arrange an informal discussion.
Deputy Treasurer
This is a Serving Officer position so is subject to our recovery requirements.
Suggested Additional Requirements: Solvent, experience of service in ACA, ability to use spreadsheets. Helpful but not essential to have a background in accounting or finance or acting as Treasurer in a meeting or Intergroup.
Intergroup Service Officer roles are usually two years in duration. However, depending on the role, a commitment of one year may be sufficient. If you are interested in this role please email us to arrange an informal discussion.
Recovery Requirements for Intergroup Serving Officer Roles:
In the spirit of our Twelve Traditions and the principles of service, we invite trusted servants who are grounded in their recovery and willing to support our fellowship at a national level. The following guidelines aim to maintain unity, uphold accountability, and ensure a healthy structure that honours the group conscience.
Recovery Guidelines
To help ensure our national service remains grounded, consistent, and led with care, we ask that potential volunteers have 2 or 3 of the below gently suggested elements.
- Have held a service position at meeting level for at least 6 months and actively engaged in Group Business / Conscious meetings.
- Be actively cultivating emotional sobriety and grounded in an emotionally balanced recovery.
- (Optional, not essential) Have completed the Twelve Steps of ACA, ideally with a sponsor or fellow traveler. Whilst this ideally will have been within ACA, we will consider all recovery from other fellowships as ACA cooperates with all other 12 Step Fellowships.
For reference, ACA defines emotional sobriety as: “Developing self-awareness and learning to recognise, understand, and accept one’s feelings without reverting to childhood survival mechanisms. Emotional sobriety is about progress, not perfection, and involves healthier ways to regulate and express emotions as part of a balanced and fulfilling life.”
All experience will be considered. If you would like to have an informal conversation please reach out to: intergroup@adultchildrenofalcoholics.co.uk
