Becoming a Trustee with Scouts Scotland is an excellent opportunity to help make an impact on the lives of young people in Scotland.
We are seeking nominations for Elected Member Trustees who are interested in supporting the development of our youth and adult members. It doesn’t matter what your current role is in Scouting, as long as you are over 18 years old on 5 November 2016, then you can be nominated.
Scouts Scotland would like to recruit Trustees who have particular expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- Organisational and cultural change
- Strategy development and strategic planning
- Youth policy development
- Business management
- Charity fundraising
- Property management
- Marketing
We are striving to secure a more diverse Board and would be particularly keen to receive nominations for individuals with the appropriate skills from groups that are currently underrepresented on the Board such as women, members from minority ethnic communities and young adults.
Why should I join the Board?
“As an Explorer Leader, it's really exciting to be involved at the highest level of decision making at Scouts Scotland, and understand how the decisions we make will make a difference to young people all across the country,” says Colin Hastie, Scottish Board Member and Chair of the Programme and Region Support Committee.
“It’s exciting to be a part of some of the initiatives being progressed at the moment, like the Youth Involvement Strategy, and the delivery of our Strategic Plan for 2018, and to see how this will change our movement for the better.”
Scouts Scotland welcomes nominations from young people for the Board. Callum Holt, 20, joined the Board of Trustees in 2014.
He says: “Being on the Board gives me the chance to meet young people and leaders from all across the country and find out how they're working towards the Scouts Scotland strategy, and see them be genuinely excited at the direction Scouting it going in! I would definitely encourage young people to join the Board – it’s a very different kind of adventure!”
What’s involved?
We’ve got two Board Member vacancies and each post holder will be expected to serve a three-year term.
You will be expected to attend approximately four Board meetings each year and will also contribute to the work of the Board through serving on key sub-Committees.
All new Board Members undergo induction training to make sure they’re up to speed with the requirements of the role.
What are the next steps?
You need to be nominated by two members of Scouts Scotland, one of whom must be a full member.
Nominations also need to be accompanied by a completed Candidate Information Form.
Please return your nomination by Monday 5 September.
Worth noting
Some Elected Member vacancies are subject to some geographic restrictions as no more than one serving member can be elected from any one District. For the 2016 election nominations can be accepted from all Regions but nominations cannot be accepted for those holding appointment in the following Districts:
- Eastwood (Clyde)
- Calder (Clyde)
- Kirkcaldy (East)
- Deeside (North East