Independent Member of its Nominations Committee
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Scotland
- Closing 15th January 2021
- Advertised from 18th December 2020
Role
Trust seeks Independent Member of its Nominations Committee
The National Trust for Scotland is looking for an independent member to join its Nominations Committee.
The Nominations Committee is responsible for ensuring that the Trust adopts open and transparent processes in filling vacancies within the Trust’s governance. The Committee is composed of three members of the Board of Trustees and two independent members. The Committee is chaired by one of the independent members.
It is important that the Nominations Committee reflects the diversity of the Trust’s stakeholders. This is achieved by drawing upon the wide-ranging backgrounds of the elected Trustees and complementing those with two carefully selected independent members. Independent Members should have experience and expertise of leadership and corporate governance at an executive and/or non-executive level in other organisations of a similar scale and complexity as the Trust in the public and charity sector.
The expected time commitment of the post is at least four meeting days per year in addition to preparation and travel time.
Application notes
For further information on the role description and person specification, please go online to nts.org.uk/vacancies. Interested candidates should in the first instance, send a covering e-mail and CV to the Trust Secretary at TrustSecretary@nts.org.uk.
Applications close Friday 15th January 2021 at noon. Please note that emails will not be monitored between noon on Christmas Eve through to Tuesday 5th January.
Top job! Director of Finance and Administration
- Full time
- £50,000 – £60,000
- Edinburgh
- Closing 1st February 2021
The Organisation
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Company is Scotland’s leading producing theatre. With a strong reputation for excellence in both classical and contemporary work it is committed to developing Scotland’s considerable indigenous talents while presenting the best of international drama.
Whilst Covid may have changed the landscape it certainly has not reduced the company’s ambition as it continues to play a vital role in the artistic life of Edinburgh and develop its reputation as a leading theatre company.
The Role
To support the company’s ambitious vision, they are looking to recruit into the newly created role of Director of Finance and Administration. Tasked with overseeing the delivery of all aspects of the company’s corporate activity including Finance, Management Reporting, Human Resources, IT services, risk management, governance and compliance, key priorities of the role include:
• Ensuring the company has sound financial management and planning enabling it to operate sustainably and efficiently meeting key artistic and business objectives
• Developing new and improved financial and management reporting enabling more informed and improved strategic decision making
• Working with senior management colleagues to create and embed a culture of sound financial management, including increased ownership and accountability, to ensure the efficient delivery of all aspects of the Company’s operations
• Ensuring the development and delivery of forward-looking Management Information System Strategy to meet the company’s business needs for the next 5 to 10 years, including the implementation of new finance system
• The development and maintenance of effective and efficient systems and procedures, utilising digital technology where appropriate, to drive excellence, efficiency and effectiveness across all operational activities
• Leading and co-ordinating the use, review and development of the organisation’s risk register to ensure an active process of risk management at governance, strategic and operational levels
As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will help support the organisation’s future ambitions, manage the delivery of their artistic programme and act as the Company Secretary for The Royal Lyceum Theatre Company Limited and its commercial subsidiaries.
Your experience
You will be a fully qualified accountant with a proven track record of robust financial management with some experience gained within the charitable or culture sectors. With direct involvement in providing financial information and analysis to allow informed decision making, you will also be an accomplished communicator able to build and maintain strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders. The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate:
• An excellence understanding of financial governance and risk
• Highly analytical skills coupled with the ability to get “behind the numbers” to allow well informed decisions
• Direct experience of presenting financial information to both financial and non- financial audiences coupled with the ability to ‘talk finance’ in a language that the business understands
• Previous experience of continuous improvement, developing robust financial controls, systems and procedures and embedding best practice as appropriate
• Strong IT skills with experience of utilising IT to deliver operational efficiencies and ideally direct involvement in implementing a new finance system
• Knowledge of HR best practice
We are Scotland’s Armed Forces Children’s Charity
Enable | Empower | Thrive
Young people are at the heart of everything we do. Our ambitious, innovative and impactful projects enable children and young people, from Armed Forces communities across Scotland, to develop in confidence, find their own voice and speak up for what they feel most passionate about. What’s more, our services support our children and young people to realise their potential and explore a wide range of positive futures. Our charity also awards grant funding to Armed Forces families and now, more than ever, we remain passionate and committed to supporting families living through considerable crisis as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. This is your opportunity to join our charity as a Trustee, and we are looking for your passion, commitment and drive to support Armed Forces children and their families thrive across Scotland, during an exciting period of organisational change and development in services.
About the role
We are looking for Trustees who share our vision and values and who have the energy, integrity, passion and skills to drive forward a successful and dynamic future for our charity. Our Trustees are volunteers, who are responsible for the strategic direction of the charity’s services, business plan and organisational policies as well as monitoring the performance of the CEO and team. Our Board of Trustees meet four times a year and consists of up to nine members.
We warmly encourage applications from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences, and we are particularly keen on candidates with knowledge and expertise within children’s social care, young people’s mental health and wellbeing as well as children’s rights. As a military charity, it is also important that we strive to ensure those who have served or have gained considerable experience working within the veterans sector are reflected within our Board of Trustees.
JOIN OUR BOARD AT SCOTTISH WOMEN’S AUTISM NETWORK
The Scottish Women’s Autism Network (SWAN) was formed in 2012 with a mission to ensure that Scotland is a home where autistic women and girls can flourish. We empower autistic women and girls by running peer-support local groups across Scotland, manage online forums, work to raise levels of knowledge and understanding through participatory and lived-experience research. We then share what we learn, work collaboratively with other charities, other organisations and with Scottish Government, to advise, inform, educate and advocate.
SWAN now seeks three new trustees to join the current Board of six members. The role of Treasurer will become vacant in January 2021 and, as such, good accounting skills would be required. In addition, post a Board skills audit SWAN is looking to recruit individuals with general business skills with a focus on fund-raising, business development, marketing, and or legal, and the ability to be a strong advocate for the charity.
Read more about the work of the Scottish Women’s Autism Network via the website at swanscotland.org
The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for an experienced, passionate and dedicated Digital & Campaigns Manager to join the team. We want you to help us deliver this unparalleled celebration of the performing arts, which brings some of the most exciting and creative artists working today to audiences from around the world.
As part of the Marketing & Campaigns team, the Digital & Campaigns Manager will develop and implement an effective digital campaign strategy and continue to grow the Festival’s digital position in a vibrant arts landscape.
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