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Board Member appointments: Western Isles NHS Board NHS Western Isles is looking for two new members to join its Board.    If you are looking for a rewarding and worthwhile opportunity, and live in the Western Isles, we would like to hear from you.  Applications are invited from a wide range of people who have an interest in public service and are committed to the NHS in Scotland. Please pass on details of this opportunity to anyone else you think may be interested.   As a non-executive member of the Board, you will be expected to play a central role in guiding the strategies which address the health and social care priorities and care needs of the resident population and monitor the performance of the Board in delivering these. You will be offered the training you need to make a strong contribution.   For this position you must be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria which is of particular importance to NHS Western Isles at this time: - Appreciation of the variety of challenges in the delivery of health and care services in the Western Isles; - Ability to communicate effectively; and - Ability to contribute effectively to the decision making of the Board; NHS Scotland’s values are at the heart of everything that this organisation does. These values, as outlined in the Everyone Matters: 2020 Workforce Vision, are: care and compassion; dignity and respect; openness, honesty and responsibility; and, quality and teamwork and guide the work of the Board in all that it does. As a member of the Board, you will not only need to have the right skills, knowledge and experience for the role, but also be able to demonstrate behaviour aligned to these values.

  Appointment of up to three members to Bòrd na Gàidhlig.   Bòrd na Gàidhlig are the national language body - a statutory Non-Departmental Public Body established under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005. We are responsible for safeguarding the future of Gaelic in Scotland through the preparation and leading the delivery of the National Plan for Gaelic for Scottish Ministers, which sets out our objectives to promote and develop activities supporting the Gaelic language.   For further information about the work of Bòrd na Gàidhlig please follow this link www.gaidhlig.scot/en/.    TIME COMMITMENT AND REMUNERATION   Board members are expected to give an average of 3 days per month. The time commitment will vary from week to week, and may be a mix of daytime Board meetings, committee meetings, training days, reading documents and attending stakeholder events, which may on occasion require travel and overnight stays.   Board Member remuneration is £6,984 per annum, based on an average for 3 days a month and is subject to annual review. These appointments are not pensionable. Reasonable expenses incurred will be reimbursed.    All Board and Committee meetings are held online and are available for the public to view. Board members can attend meetings virtually from a variety of locations across Scotland.

Appointment of up to five members to Creative Scotland   Creative Scotland is the public body that supports culture and creativity in Scotland. We support a Scotland where creative activity is vibrant, valued and experienced by everyone inclusively. We are here to enable creative people, communities, places and activity to thrive. We distribute funding from the Scottish Government and the UK National Lottery with an annual budget in the region of £100m and a staff team of around 130 people.   For further information about the work of Creative Scotland please follow this link www.creativescotland.com.  

  Appointment of a Member of the Board of Scottish Water   Scottish Water is a public corporation established by the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002.  It is accountable to the Scottish Government for the provision of all public water and sewerage services to more than 2.56 million households and around 153,000 businesses in Scotland.  It is the fourth largest provider of water and sewerage services in the UK, with a workforce of more than 4000 and an annual turnover of roughly £1.4 billion.  Its retail subsidiary Business Stream operates in the competitive retail market for non-household customers in Scotland and England.   For further information please visit www.scottishwater.co.uk/    Remuneration and time commitment   Remuneration is £21,840 per annum for a time commitment of up to 4 days per month. Reasonable expenses incurred will be reimbursed. Appointments are non-pensionable.

  Appointment of Chair to Scottish Water   Scottish Water is a public corporation established by the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002.  It is accountable to the Scottish Government for the provision of all public water and sewerage services to more than 2.56 million households and around 153,000 businesses in Scotland.  It is the fourth largest provider of water and sewerage services in the UK, with a workforce of more than 4000 and an annual turnover of roughly £1.4 billion.  Its retail subsidiary Business Stream operates in the competitive retail market for non-household customers in Scotland and England.   For further information please visit www.scottishwater.co.uk/    Remuneration and time commitment   Remuneration is £104,566per annum for a time commitment of 2.5 days per week. Reasonable expenses incurred will be reimbursed. Appointments are non-pensionable.

  Appointment of the Chair of the Board of Crown Estate Scotland   Scottish Ministers are looking to appoint a new Chair of the Board of Crown Estate Scotland from 1 July 2023.   This is an incredibly exciting time to lead Crown Estate Scotland. The organisation has accomplished much since the management of the Scottish Crown Estate was devolved to Scottish Ministers in 2017, and the landscape in which Crown Estate Scotland operates continues to evolve.   In particular, this is due to the development and ongoing delivery of the world-leading ScotWind programme, but also the increasingly important role of natural assets in addressing the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity, proposals for land reform, reform of agricultural support, a growing focus on community wealth building, and the Scottish Government’s commitment to deliver net zero through a just transition.   We value very highly the benefits of having different experience and points of view on our Boards and Ministers are keen that people from all walks of life apply for public appointments.  For this appointment round, they particularly welcome applications from women, disabled people, LGBTI+ people, those from minority ethnic communities and people aged under 50.

NHS Grampian is looking for one new member to join its Board.    For this position you must be able to demonstrate the following priority criterion which is of particular importance to NHS Grampian at this time: - Insight from your own experience of health inequalities and disadvantage If you are looking for a rewarding and worthwhile opportunity, we would like to hear from you.  Applications are invited from a wide range of people who have an interest in public service and are committed to the NHS in Scotland. Please pass on details of this opportunity to anyone else you think may be interested.   Through hospital and local based services, NHS Grampian is responsible for meeting the health needs of the half-million population spread over 3,000 square miles of city, town, village and rural communities. The Board oversees a budget of over £1 billion. Since April 2016 NHS Grampian’s fully integrated Health and Social Care Partnerships became fully operational across their three Local Authority areas of Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray and NHS Grampian works closely with the three Integration Joint Boards covering these areas.   As a non-executive member of the Board, you will be expected to play a central role in guiding the strategies which address the health and social care priorities and care needs of the resident population and monitor the performance of the Board in delivering these. You will be offered the training you need to make a strong contribution.

BOARD CHAIR APPOINTMENT   Do you want to play your part to develop good professional legal practice in Scotland?   Scottish Ministers are looking to appoint a new Chair to the Board of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC).   SLCC provide a single point of contact for all complaints against Scottish lawyers (solicitors, advocates, commercial attorneys and licensed conveyancers).  They investigate and resolve complaints about services and refer conduct complaints to the relevant professional body for investigation.    As a small and focused public body this is an ideal opportunity for someone stepping up to a chair role for the first time or for an experienced chair wanting to feel they are making a direct and immediate contribution to an organisation.  Knowledge of the legal sector is not essential, although we are looking for someone with good experience of governance and decision making.  

    Do you share our passion for cultural heritage and have the skills to help us realise our ambitions?   With a number of Trustees retiring this year, we are seeking two Trustees to join the Board of National Museums Scotland as it leads the organisation into a new phase of development aligned to a new Strategic Plan.

  Appointment of Convener to the School Closure Review Panels   Scottish Ministers are looking to make an appointment of Convener to the School Closure Review Panels.   Scottish Ministers particularly welcome applications from people with protected characteristics that are currently under-represented on the boards of Public Bodies, such as disabled people, LGBTI+ people, those from black and minority ethnic communities and people aged under 50.   About School Closure Review Panels   School Closure Review Panels are independent statutory bodies which have been created to enhance and strengthen the process of local authority school closures in Scotland. Scottish local authorities proposing to close a school within their area must do so in line with the requirements of the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”) and it is for the Scottish Ministers to decide whether the authority has met these statutory requirements.  The 2010 Act contains the power for Ministers to “call in” a local authority school closure decision, if there is evidence that the requirements may not have been met. On 30 March 2015 the School Closure Review Panels took over the responsibility from the Scottish Ministers of reviewing and determining certain local authority school closure decisions.  If the Scottish Ministers decide to call in such a local authority decision, they then refer the decision to the Convener of the Panels.  The Convener will appoint a Panel of three Panel Members to review and determine the closure decision.  The Panel must satisfying itself that, in taking the decision, the local authority has fulfilled its statutory responsibilities and that no material considerations relevant to the decision have been missed. School Closure Review Panels cannot become involved in any school closures unless and until the matter is called in by the Scottish Ministers.

The Scottish Sentencing Council is an independent advisory body which carries out a range of work concerning sentencing in Scotland.     Further information about the role and work of the Council can be found on the Council’s website: www.scottishsentencingcouncil.org.uk   The Council, including the chair, consists of 12 members.   The Lord Justice Clerk is the Chair of the Council by virtue of her office. The remaining members are composed of five judicial and three legal members, appointed by the Lord Justice General, and three lay members - one constable, one person with knowledge of victims' issues and one other person who is not qualified as a judicial or legal member (“the ‘open’ position”), appointed by the Scottish Ministers.   In November 2021, the Council published its third businessplan for the period 2021-24, which outlines the Council’s work programme over the coming three years and builds on progress since the establishment of the Council in 2015. Current priorities include the development of sentencing guidelines in relation to causing death by driving, sexual offences (with an initial focus on indecent images, rape, and sexual assault), domestic abuse, and sentence discounting.  The Council has published finalised guidelines on the principles and purposes of sentencing; the sentencing process; and the sentencing of young people.   Scottish Ministers are seeking enthusiastic and committed applicants who would like to be considered for appointment as the victims’ expert on the Council.   Applications are welcomed and encouraged from the widest possible range of eligible persons and particularly from protected groups covered by the Equality Act 2010.