Non Executive Director - SFTi Nominated hubco Director
4 days ago
Scotland
Non-Executive Director – SFTi Nominated hubco Director The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) is seeking to appoint a remunerated, non-executive director to act as Scottish Futures Trust Investments’ (SFTi) ‘A’ director on five hub company boards and as a director on four Subhub company boards. Background The hub Programme is a well-established, long-term strategic delivery approach for community infrastructure. It has a national reach, and its public/private operational structure is built across five geographical areas. Public bodies involved in the programme include health boards, councils and the emergency services. The hub delivery model provides a platform for enabling positive change in the delivery of public sector services, for achieving key infrastructure investment outcomes, and for improving programme and project delivery. The hub Programme is managed by the Scottish Futures Trust, Scottish Government’s centre of infrastructure expertise. SFTi has 10% shareholdings in the five hub companies. Role and duties The ‘A’ director (as defined in the Shareholder’s Agreement of the relevant hub Company on behalf of Scottish Futures Trust Investments Limited) will be on the boards of the following companies: • hub South West Scotland Limited, • hub West Scotland Limited, • hub East Central Scotland Limited, • hub South East Scotland Limited, • hub North Scotland Limited The director on behalf of SFTi will also be on the boards of the following companies: • hub North Scotland (Alford) Limited, • hub North Scotland (FWT) Limited, • James Gillespie’s Campus Subhub Limited, • Aberdeen Community Health Care Village Limited As a director you will be a member of the relevant Boards. The Boards are responsible for overall supervision and control of the activities of the Company/project. It will be your duty as a director of the Company to take decisions (and exercise your other powers and responsibilities as a director) in good faith and in such a way as you consider is in the best interests of the Companies. The directors of the Company are required to use all reasonable endeavors to ensure they are: • Complying with the Shareholders Agreement at all times and in particular the needs for shareholder consents under Clause 12 (Shareholders' Consent) and any Corporate Governance Protocol which the Company adopts, • Exercising proper control over the Company's services, activities, assets, staff and consultants, • Ensuring the Company acts in accordance with its articles of association, • Conducting the Company's affairs with honesty and integrity, • Managing the Company's resources prudently, including public and private money which is invested in the Company, • Ensuring conditions attached to offers of grants/loans are adhered to, • Ensuring adequate record keeping and adhering to all administrative requirements imposed by company legislation and other relevant legislation, and, • Complying with all applicable statutes, rules and regulations As director on the boards of the hub Companies and Subhub Companies, your principal duties will be to: SFTi: • Attend each of the scheduled hub Companies’ and Subhub Companies’ regular board meetings over the course of the year (either in person or online), reading, preparing and actioning papers as required. Attending ad hoc board and other relevant company meetings as and when required. Report back to SFTi as required, • Adhere to SFTi’s Investment Management Policy and other relevant policies as appropriate to your ‘A’ director role and director role on each of the hub Companies’ and Subhub Companies’ boards hub Companies and Subhub Companies: • Encourage the creation and further development of robust strategic planning, and constructively challenge and help develop proposals at a strategic level, • Review and monitor detailed plans and budgets and as far as you are reasonablyable to do so, ensure the relevant hub Company’s/Subhub Company’s financial reporting disciplines are in place and working adequately, • Scrutinise the performance of the relevant hub Company's/Subhub Company’s management to meet agreed goals and objectives and monitor the reporting of performance, • Be satisfied on the integrity of the relevant hub Company's/Subhub Company’s financial information and financial controls and systems of risk management are robust and defensible, • Bring to the attention of other directors if you consider there to be opportunities from time to time to secure efficiencies, or to improve financial performance, and, • Bring to the attention of other directors any concerns you have you are being prevented or hindered in any way from performing the “A” director's/director’s key roles and/or key tasks. About You Candidates will ideally have PPP experience and /or knowledge, although it is desirable not essential. You should also have prior non-executive board experience and a knowledge of good governance and Director duties under the Companies Act. You will have a can-do attitude and be willing to cover some of the more hands-on responsibilities such as project and payment approvals, aligned to the role. Time Commitment The role requires circa 75 days commitment per year, including board meetings, strategy days, board calls, project approvals, board preparation, payment authorisations and other matters arising. Application Process Eden Scott is retained by SFT. Please submit your CV and covering letter to . For a confidential discussion and to hear more about the opportunity, then please contact Iain Atkinson on 07714 124 033. The closing date for applications is Friday 14 November 2025. Please note interviews will take place w/c 1 December 2025.