The National Trust for Scotland is looking for up to five members to join its Board from this September.

Our Trustees play a vital role in guiding the organisation, and together their collective expertise reflects the breadth and diversity of the Trust’s work.

This year, we are inviting applications from people with experience in the following fields:

• collections management;
• commercial and entrepreneurial activities in a consumer environment;
• commercial property and estate management;
• gardens and horticulture; and
• legal expertise

With major projects underway across our properties and as we look ahead to our Centenary in 2031, this is an exciting time to contribute to shaping the future of Scotland’s most treasured places.

Joining our Board offers a unique opportunity to influence the stewardship and protection of our nation’s heritage. We encourage applications from across our diverse membership and from individuals at all stages in their careers. If you share our commitment to Scotland’s natural, cultural and built heritage, we would be delighted to hear from you.

The One World Shop was established over 40 years ago and has played a lead role in the Fair Trade movement in Scotland, including helping Edinburgh and Glasgow become Fairtrade cities and Scotland to become a Fair Trade Nation.

As well as running a thriving city centre shop, we have an online shop and we support schools, faith groups and local businesses to learn about and sell fair trade products. We currently employ 7 paid staff and over 20 volunteers. Our aim is to reduce poverty in deprived areas of the world through trading fairly and we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and promoting low-carbon living.

We are seeking to appoint several new voluntary Management Committee members; we are particularly looking at people with skills and experience in any of the following:

• Human Resources
• Property, leases, surveying
• Retail sales and management
• Business management
• Finance, funding, ethical investment

Board meetings are held every two months by Zoom or occasionally in the shop.