Non Executive Director

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

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 work spaces, 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, our facilities and our hybrid working approach please see the following link for a short video.

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:

• Experience in AI governance.
• Experience of delivering effective cyber security and operational resilience within a modern digital environment.
• Experience of leading a high performing public sector organisation through a period of reform.
• 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.

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