Post: Director to the Board

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Location: Edinburgh
Accountable to: Convener of the Board
Objective: The role of the Board of Directors is to work under the direction of the Convener to ensure probity, to provide governance and to work in partnership with the Chief Executive to achieve the aims of Children in Scotland. It meets five times per annum mainly in Edinburgh and includes the Annual General Meeting in November each year (usually outwith Edinburgh).

We have a specific gap for a Director with a background in IT and can strategically guide the organization to maximize effectiveness of the IT infrastructure and resources across the whole organization.

Responsibilities

The Director to the Board has primary responsibility to undertake the following:

1. To ensure that the organisation conducts its business in accordance with its Memorandum and Articles of Association and in adherence with relevant legislation.
2. To govern Children in Scotland within best practice frameworks.
3. To attend Board of Directors meetings and relevant sub-committees and contribute actively to the role of the Board of Directors in determining strategy, approving policy, and monitoring organisational performance.
4. To ensure that the organisation's resources are deployed in pursuance of its objects and that its finances are systematically accounted for, audited and made publicly available.
5. To oversee the management of existing services and the development of new ones.
6. To foster effective relationships between members of the Board of Directors, staff, service users, other stakeholders and others who are important to Children in Scotland.
7. To participate where appropriate in the recruitment of senior staff.
8. To safeguard the good name and the ethos of Children in Scotland and to promote the organisation and its work, along with fellow members of the Board of Directors and staff, to existing and potential funding agencies, donors, supporters and beneficiaries.
9. To contribute any specific skills, knowledge and experience to assist the Board of Directors to reach sound decisions. This may involve scrutinising reports and consultations, leading discussions, chairing of or attendance at working groups as well as providing specific advice and guidance on issues where you have particular expertise.

Person Specification

Members of the Board of Directors will be committed to the aims and ethos of the Association and to ensuring that its activities are in the interests of beneficiaries. Previous experience of committee work would be advantageous. 

Members will come from a range of backgrounds and experience including commercial and business management, marketing, law, child and family welfare and human resource management and public relations.

Members of the Board of Directors should have, or be prepared to gain, an understanding of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities inherent in the role.

To discuss the post informally, please contact Jacqueline Hughes on 0131 228 8484

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Appointment of successful candidates for posts which will have regular contact with children, young people and/or vulnerable adults will be subject to a satisfactory criminal records check.

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