About Us

Apex Scotland is a national charity and supports people who have experienced the justice system or are at risk of doing so, is recruiting a number of trustees who understand the role and importance of governance in the Third Sector. We are looking for people who act with integrity, compassion, honesty, and who are passionate about our work and the role of the Third Sector.

Apex Scotland supports individuals to develop skills, resilience and confidence that enables them to make positive choices to improve their personal outcomes. We understand our participants require support that is person-centred, recognising their own individual, unique needs and circumstances.

Our work is delivered by specialist, dedicated staff in various locations across Scotland who adopt a trauma informed approach putting participants at the heart of their decision making. We are proud of the impact we have and believe our work makes a meaningful, genuine and positive difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable in our society.

The Role

Following the appointment of a new CEO in July 2023 and the restructuring of the Senior Leadership Team at the start of 2024 Apex Scotland is embarking on a period of positive change to support the development of the charity, reposition the organisation and focus on strategic priorities.

As a Trustee you will have a key role in leading these developments and overseeing the implementation of our strategic plan.

Ideally you will have a deep understanding of the issues impacting those who have experienced the justice service and the stigma they face. You will also have an understanding of the current challenges being faced by the Third Sector. It is useful, but not necessary, to have experience of being a Trustee as training and support will be offered.

We are looking for people with the following skills and experience from throughout Scotland.

• Justice services
• Community engagement
• Fundraising
• Human Resources and staff development
• Compliance and mitigating risk
• Marketing and communications
• Lived experience of the justice system

Are you an exceptional leader, ambitious for change to improve victims’ and witnesses’ experiences of the criminal justice system? Leading charity VSS is looking for high calibre and committed professionals to join our Board of Trustees.

• We are looking for people with a proven track record in: Strategic planning or Strategic communications and business development or IT and digital or Health
• We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience, or from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities
• Download a Recruitment Pack today: victimsupport.scot/about-us/news-list/join-victim-support-scotland-as-a-charity-trustee

Thank you for your interest in applying to become a Member of the Lothian Pension Fund’s (LPF) Pensions Committee, which is hosted by its administering authority the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC). As one of our Pensions Committee Members, you would play an essential role in ensuring that the pension fund has strong governance in place now and in the future. ​

Acting in the best interests of the members and employer bodies of the pension funds, the Pensions Committee (Committee) exercises oversight of LPF and, for example, determines the overall policy objectives and strategy, and monitors the overall performance of LPF and the Scottish Homes Pension Fund in accordance with its separate statutory remit. It also, for example, oversees the effective management and administration of pension funds and determines the strategy for the investment of pension fund monies. ​

We are seeking applications for the Committee’s two external, non-elected, member seats. One of these is drawn from LPF’s membership and the other from LPF’s employer bodies. ​

​Although each member is sourced from those stakeholder groups, importantly they will be required to act in accordance with their separate duty to all the stakeholders of the pension funds collectively and are not appointed to represent one particular group.

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About LPF​

LPF administers the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in Edinburgh and the Lothians and is one of the largest pension funds in the UK. We’re a multi-employer scheme with around £10 billion assets and are over 157% funded as at our most recent actuarial valuation serving 79,000 records attributable to 81,500 members from 67 employers across a broad range of sectors.​​

​We also manage the Scottish Homes Pension Fund on behalf of the Scottish Government. This is a closed fund and has 1,550 deferred and pensioner members with £0.16 billion investments.​

LPF is unique in Scotland in operating an established FCA regulated in-house investment team. We manage over 85% of the fund’s assets via internal equity, bond and other real asset portfolios (e.g. infrastructure, property and timberland investments).​

​We also work closely with other LGPS funds delivering investment management and strategic investment advisory services across their portfolios (e.g. equities, bonds, private markets, and listed and indirect property investments). ​

​In March 2017, we became the first UK LGPS awarded accreditation for the Pensions Administration Standards Association and we’re proud to have held the Customer Service Excellence Award for over fifteen years.​

​The day-to-day running of LPF is carried out by a specialist team who undertake pension administration, accounting and investment functions. ​

​LPF colleagues are employed by an arms-length company, LPFE Limited (LPFE), which is wholly owned by CEC. ​

The opportunity​

We’re seeking applications for two external, non-elected, Committee seats; one drawn from LPF’s employer bodies (Employer seat) and one from LPF’s membership (Employee seat).​

​Committee membership is made up of five elected (Councillor) members of the CEC and two external, non-elected, members for which nominations are currently being sought.​

​To be eligible to apply for the role of external Committee Member Employee seat, you need to be either an active, deferred or retired member of the LPF.​

To be eligible to apply for the role of external Committee Member Employer seat, you need to work within an employer body that participates in the Fund and be nominated by your employer. ​​

The Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT) is a registered Scottish charity (No.SC042334) founded in 2011. SIFT promotes the sustainable development of Scotland's inshore waters so that they provide the maximum long-term socio-economic and environmental benefits to all Scotland’s coastal communities. Further information about SIFT’s activities can be found at its website sift.scot

To support SIFT's continued success, we are looking for new members of our board of trustees. SIFT would be pleased to receive applications from individuals with practical experience of working in marine fisheries, or who live and work in coastal communities, or who have a knowledge of charity finance.

SIFT's board members set and review SIFT's strategy and governance to ensure the charity meets its charitable objectives and legal obligations. Board members also provide advice to SIFT staff on projects on an ad hoc basis. There are four formal board meetings annually, which generally take place in Edinburgh or by teleconference. Trustees are unremunerated but any reasonable expenses they incur in the course of their work for SIFT will be reimbursed.