Non Executive ofertas em United States

Salary: £308 per day (Days Required: A minimum commitment of circa 16 days per annum)
Tenure: 3 years with a potential renewal for a further 3 years dependant on continuing needs
Location: Board activities take place in person in our offices in Meadowbank House, Edinburgh, EH8 7AU or St Vincent Plaza, Glasgow, G2 5LD. You must be able to attend both of our offices for in-person Board meetings. Some business is also conducted virtually via MS Teams. Travel costs to Board meetings and related expenses will be reimbursed.
Role reports to: Keeper and Chief Executive of the Registers of Scotland
Closing date: 23:59 on 10 March 2026
Number of Vacancies: Up to 3

About RoS

Registers of Scotland (RoS) manages 23 land, property and other legal registers which are a critical asset for the Scottish economy. We aim to provide the best public service for Scotland and are on a mission to make some of the oldest public land registers in the world into some of the most modern. We are committed to providing the best service to our customers through the creation of award-winning digital services, supported by the latest in cloud and AI technology.

If you join our advisory Board you will be joining an organisation that supports our colleagues by offering a range of modern work policies and workspaces, as well as encouraging a stimulating, inclusive, diverse, and equitable work environment, which we believe is crucial to achieving our mission. We are proud to celebrate our We Invest in People Gold Award, Investors in Young People Silver Award and We Invest in Wellbeing Platinum Award, alongside our zero gender pay gap and our status as a Disability Confident, and Race Equality Matters employer. We are a welcoming community that functions on supportive practices such as Agile Coaches, Business Analysts, UX specialists and more. Our team is ambitious, acts with integrity and demonstrates commitment to progress and impact. We nurture talent and reward success.

To get a taste of what we do, please see the following link for a short video.

About this Role

We have an exciting opportunity to appoint up to three new Non-Executive Advisory Board Members.

The RoS Board is an advisory function, with a role to provide strategic advice to the Keeper on:

• Setting and communicating RoS’ vision and values.
• Setting strategy and objectives for RoS and ensuring that the necessary financial, IT, physical and human resources are in place to deliver them.
• Setting a framework of prudent and effective controls that enable risk to be assessed and managed.
• Monitoring and improving RoS' performance.

Non-Executive Directors contribute strategic challenge, an external perspective, and specialist expertise to the Board’s discussions. The Board is supported by the Executive Management Team, the Audit and Risk Committee, and any additional subgroups established as required. An annual effectiveness review supports continual improvement in the Board’s governance and performance.

A number of the current Non-Executive Directors reach their maximum term in office in January 2027. We are therefore looking to appoint candidates to join the advisory Board in September 2026 to allow for handover.

The terms of reference for the Board can be found here.

We are seeking Non-Executive Advisory Board Members who, in addition to being able to provide broad strategic advice to support the development and delivery of the next corporate plan for RoS (which we are in the early stages of defining); bring one or more of the following specific areas of expertise, which will be particularly relevant to our future strategic direction:

1. Experience in AI governance.
2. Experience of delivering effective cyber security and operational resilience within a modern digital environment.
3. Experience of leading a high performing public sector organisation through a period of reform.
4. Proven track record of taking successful commercial and/or investment decisions using a clear risk management approach. Experience of delivering this in a public sector or public/private hybrid context would be an advantage.

You must also have commitment to the principles of public service, with the highest standards of personal propriety in relation to governance, accountability, risk and financial management.

Details of the current Non-Executive Board members can be found here. You can also watch these short videos, and read this blog from outgoing Non-Executive Directors Asim Muhammad and Mhairi Kennedy, about their time in the role.

RoS emphasises diversity in our Board, and we welcome applications from appropriately qualified candidates in all sections of the community, and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Information regarding our current Board diversity is published here.

For more information on the role, the full details on the essential capabilities and specific expertise/experience required, and how to apply, please refer to our full recruitment pack by clicking here.

How to Apply

To apply, click on 'Apply now’, complete our online application form, and submit:

A covering letter including a supporting statement (of no more than 1000 words) which addresses the following:

• Why do you want to join the RoS Board?
• How does your experience match the requirements of the role, including evidence of how you meet the defined leadership competencies (inspiring, passionate, strategic, collaborative).
• evidence of how you meet the essential capabilities,
• evidence of expertise and capability in one (or more) of the areas of specific expertise we are seeking.
• How you believe your skills and experience can add value to addressing the current risks and challenges that RoS is facing.

•A CV which sets out your career history and provides supporting evidence for where you have acquired the skills, knowledge, experience and specific expertise required for the role (we recommend no more than 2 pages in length).

• CVs that are not accompanied by a supporting statement will not be progressed or scored.
• We recommend that you work on your answers to the competencies using some form of word processing software such as MS Word or Google sheets; the system will “time-out” and sign you off if you are inactive or spend over a certain amount of time in the application without saving your progress.
• Your CV and Supporting statement should be submitted as a single MS Word file.

Assessment

Candidates whose CV and covering letter most clearly meet the selection criteria will be invited to a selection day involving an interview session and a short analytical exercise based on previous Board papers (full details to be provided on the day).

Candidates should anticipate needing to be available for two hours.

It is expected that the interview panel will consist of the following members:

- Jennifer Henderson, Registers of Scotland Keeper and Chief Executive
- Neil Mackay, Registers of Scotland Non-Executive Director
- Stephen Pathirana, Scottish Public Pensions Agency Chief Executive

The analytical exercise will be supported by members of the RoS Executive Management Team.

The selection panel will be conducted in person at RoS’ office at Meadowbank House in Edinburgh. Any travel and subsistence expenses incurred during the selection process are the responsibility of the applicant. If this presents a barrier to your application, please talk to us and we will do our best to support within reason.

Complaints
A public appointment is, typically, a Ministerial appointment to the Board of a public body, supported by the Public Appointments Team. As RoS is a unique type of Non-Ministerial Office, a Non-Executive Director at RoS does not constitute a formal public appointment and therefore the full recruitment and selection process is administered by RoS on behalf of the Keeper.

Security
Successful candidates will be required to provide a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland certificate dated within one year of the offer of appointment. This cost cannot be reimbursed by RoS.

Equal Opportunities
Along with your completed application (Supporting Statement and CV) please complete our Diversity and Monitoring application section. RoS is a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via talent@ros.gov.uk.