Join our Board of Management and Let Learning Flourish
City of Glasgow College is seeking to fill two vacancies on our Board. We are delighted to invite applications from people with a belief in the value of college education and a commitment to widening access, lifelong learning and the student experience.
Who Are We?
We are Scotland’s largest professional and technological education and skills college – and the third largest in the UK. The College traces its roots back to 1850 and our core purpose is to “Let Learning Flourish”. Our commitment to excellence, innovation and inspiration is recognised in Scotland, across the UK and throughout the world.
Our multi-award-winning, state-of-the-art, twin-site campus in the heart of Glasgow offers outstanding resources and opportunities for students to gain essential skills and nationally and internationally recognised qualifications – from entry-level to degree-level study, as well as chartered professional qualifications. We've prepared over 100,000 graduates for the world of work.
Our Board
Our Board, as the College’s governing body, is responsible for setting our strategic direction, ensuring its effective management and delivering high-quality learning and outcomes. Board members serve on a voluntary basis, with reasonable expenses reimbursed, and spend approximately 10 working days throughout the year to fulfil the core duties and responsibilities of their roles. Meetings are hybrid, take place in the late afternoon/early evening and last approximately two hours.
Make A Difference and Let Learning Flourish
Whether you have served on a Board before or this is the first time you have considered it, this is a fantastic opportunity to contribute your skills and experience and share your ideas to shape the future of the College. Together as a Board, you will play a pivotal role in guiding our strategies and upholding good governance – ensuring we remain an inspirational place of learning, an excellent place to work, and an innovative and valued partner with industry.
We Value Diversity
The College is committed to ensuring it represents the diversity of the city and region the College serves. We, therefore, encourage applications from groups currently under-represented on the boards of Scotland’s public bodies, including women, disabled people, those of different cultural and social backgrounds and people under the age of 50.
Together with Changing the Chemistry, we will host an online information session on Monday 24 May 2025 (17:00 – 18:00). This will be a great opportunity for people interested in applying to hear more about the College, the opportunity to serve on our Board and the benefits of doing so. To attend, please register on Eventbrite.
Working Rite
Working Rite is excited to present a unique voluntary opportunity to join our Board of Trustees from June 2025. We are at a pivotal moment in our journey, with a bold growth strategy for the next 3-5 years led by an ambitious CEO, a dynamic leadership team and exceptional front-line team. Together, we are empowering young people across Scotland with the skills, confidence, and support they need to thrive. Working Rite are now recruiting for a number of Trustee positions in addition to a Chair of Trustees.
Working Rite is a charity working with young people aged 15-25 to create positive choices for what comes next after school. We build connections with employers and create chances for young people to grow their skills and confidence in working environments. At Working Rite, our mission is to build trust-based relationships with young people, helping them become the best version of themselves. We are a charity dedicated to early intervention, deeper engagement, and sustained support, creating change that works and transforming young lives through:
* Choices Programme: Early intervention for school age 15-16-year-olds, nurturing pre-employability skills and boosting confidence.
* Chances Programme: Award-winning employability training for 16+, combining practical work skills with personal development through mentored work placements.
* Connections Mentoring: Offering long-term guidance to help young people transition into working life and achieve lasting success.
We are scaling our impact from supporting 250 young people annually to over 500 by 2027, focusing on Financial Sustainability, Operational Rigour, People & Culture, and Impact & Communications.
Role of the Trustee
As a Working Rite Trustee, we are seeking exceptional individuals with high-level experience, skills, and expertise to guide us on this transformative journey. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for social impact, this is your chance to contribute to meaningful change. We welcome expertise in:
* Communications, Media, PR or Social Media
* Finance
* Marketing & Communications
* Strategic Growth
* Project/Change Management
* Third Sector Experience
* Business or Public Sector Leadership with transferable skills
A positive, proactive attitude and collaborative approach is essential.
Role of the Chair
As Chair, you will provide strategic leadership to the Board and act as a critical partner to our CEO. You will set the tone for our governance, ensuring effective collaboration and guiding us through this exciting growth phase. Your role will include:
* Leading Board Meetings: Setting agendas, facilitating discussions, and ensuring productive outcomes.
* Strategic partnership with the CEO: Providing guidance, mentorship, and support to achieve organisational goals.
* External Ambassador: Representing Working Rite with funders, partners, and stakeholders to enhance our profile and build new connections.
* Governance Excellence: Ensuring compliance with regulatory and financial standards, fostering a culture of accountability and impact.
This role is ideal for a seasoned leader with board experience and a strong network in philanthropy, business, or the public sector.
Lead, implement and oversee a comprehensive donor stewardship framework that ensures all donors across all levels are appropriately thanked, recognised and receive high-quality communications about their giving and its impact. Understand, monitor and co-ordinate work being delivered by colleagues across different teams to ensure the framework operates effectively. Provide guidance on donor relations policies, with a particular focus on talent scholarships, overseeing the tracking and recognition of high-value gifts, managing donor engagement activities, and collaborating with colleagues to produce, write, and sign off on impactful donor communications and content.
The Alasdair Gray Archive
The Alasdair Gray Archive is an interdisciplinary arts organisation with public engagement and creative commissioning at its core. It was established in March 2020 following Alasdair Gray’s death late 2019 and in 2023 we became a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) with the registration number 052417. We have created a socially-conscious model of making using Alasdair’s approach as a methodology for creating new work. The Archive is generative and aims to amplify the social impact of creativity through a range of activities including public engagement, creative commissioning and education.
Skills:
We want to find new trustees with an interest and/or experience in:
* Fundraising and grant capture, alongside securing major gifts and philanthropic donations
* Legal (especially copyright and Intellectual Property)
* Bookkeeping
* PR and media development
We are looking for individuals who share our Organisational Values of Equity, Sharing and Openness. No prior board experience is necessary.
Scottish Policy & Research Exchange (SPRE)
SPRE is seeking new trustees to help shape the organisation as it moves into the next phase of its growth. SPRE exists to support more equitable public governance and positive outcomes for people and the environment in Scotland. We do this through a range of capacity strengthening activities aimed at supporting meaningful connections and learning between researchers, knowledge mobilisers, policymakers and practitioners.
SPRE is a values-led organisation seeking to live these values through our intersectional praxis. We are particularly keen to appoint new Trustees who align with these values and have strengths in any of the following skills and experience:
* Scottish politics and policy.
* Entrepreneurship and start-ups.
* Third sector governance.
* Business development and consultancy.
* Organisational policy development.
* Human resources and people matters.
* Experience as a Treasurer or with the financial governance of small charities.
We aim to recruit 5-7 Trustees, including a new Treasurer. We would welcome applicants with experience in setting up financial systems and good governance in a new, small organisation.
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