£9,400 per annum
18 days per year
SRUC is a specialist institution focused on the Natural Economy, with pan-Scotland
locations and a global reach. Formed in 2012, but built on a history of over 100 years, we
are a young institution with a long heritage. We are quite unlike any other institution, with a
tertiary education model (from FE to PhD), a world-class research base, knowledge
exchange and consultancy services. Therefore, we are uniquely placed to respond to the
global challenges facing us collectively, and we have the strength, courage and audacity to
do it.
Our vision is to become Scotland’s Enterprise University at the heart of our
sustainable natural economy. Our central purpose is to promote greater sustainability of
our natural resources, and of the sectors that build the skills to deliver this for the benefit of
Scotland as a whole. At SRUC, we believe in the power of collaboration between
government, business, academia, and communities – a synergy that catalyses growth and
resilience. Our aim is to ensure that every SRUC campus is a microcosm of this
collaboration; places where ideas are incubated, and enterprises are born that take root in
rural communities and generate prosperity.
SRUC is seeking to appoint up to five Non-Executive Directors. These appointments would
carry the responsibilities of a Company Director and Charity Trustee.
Board Members collectively provide high-level strategic oversight and ensure that adequate
control and monitoring arrangements exist to support executive management in exercising
proper stewardship and working towards agreed strategic objectives. Board Members are
asked to bring their expertise and experience to bear on this work. All members question
intelligently, debate constructively, challenge rigorously and decide dispassionately, having
listened sensitively to the views of others, inside and outside meetings of the governing
body.
The Board is entrusted with funds, both public and private, and has a particular duty to
observe the highest standards of corporate governance. This includes ensuring and
demonstrating integrity and objectivity in the transaction of business, and wherever possible
following a policy of openness and transparency in the dissemination of its decisions.
Board Members are expected to develop an understanding of SRUC, its teaching and
research mission and internal structure and culture. In addition, members are expected to
build understanding of SRUC’s relationships with relevant external agencies and the Scottish
and UK higher education systems.
Qualifications and experience required:
Candidates are sought who can assist in taking SRUC through the next stage of its
development.
Applications are particularly welcomed at this time from individuals with skills and experience
in the following areas:
? Audit and Risk
? Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
? Finance and accounting
? Property and Estates
? Research and Enterprise
? Rural Industries and the Natural Economy
? Tertiary Education
Applications are also invited from individuals who can demonstrate experience and skills in
the following areas:
? Communication and Marketing
? Cyber Security,
? Digital Transformation
For more information please visit www.aspenpeople.co.uk/sruc-ned
For a confidential discussion contact Gillian Blackadder, Katharine Price or Donogh O’Brien
on 0141 212 7555.
Closing date for applications: Monday 15 th January 2024