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Pension Board Member (Employer Representative)
- Management Board
- Unpaid
- Edinburgh
- Closing 29th October 2023
- Advertised from 26th September 2023
- Tenure: Expectation of a minimum of 3 years. 10 days per year (approx.)
Role
The Lothian Pension Fund administers the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in the Edinburgh and Lothians. It’s Pension Committee determines the overall policy objectives, strategy and operation of it and the Scottish Homes Pension Fund in accordance with relevant legislation and in the best interests of the members and employer bodies within the pension funds.
The Pension Board is made up of five employer and five member representatives, (our key stakeholders) who provide oversight and assist the LPF Pensions Committee in ensuring compliance with Pension legislation and the Pension Regulator code of practice.
We’re looking for applications for two Pensions Board (employer representation). Candidates eligible to apply for the employer representative role must be a member of Lothian Pension (a list of all employers is available onpage 115 of our annual report).
The opportunity
We are looking for applications to join our Pensions Board (as an employer representative): Candidates must a member of Lothian Pension Fund through their employer.
The Pension Board provides oversight and assists the LPF Pensions Committee in ensuring compliance with Pension legislation and the Pension Regulator code of practice.
Members of the Pension Board do not participate in the voting or decision making at Pensions Committee but they have access to all committee papers, attend Pension Committee meetings and have an opportunity to input into discussion and/or consideration of matters by the Pensions Committee as appropriate and assist the committee with regulation and compliance, whilst representing the perspective and insight from LPF’s key stakeholders, our scheme members and employers.
Essential Requirements
Credible experience and qualifications to perform the following duties are highly desirable for the appointed individuals:
- Able to provide independent scrutiny and sound judgement, providing challenge and support to ensure the Committee delivers on its strategic, business, and financial targets
- Uphold high standards of integrity and probity whilst representing the scheme member and employers of the Lothian Pension Fund
- Support the Pension Board chairperson in assisting the committee to instil the appropriate culture, values and behaviours
- Oversight of Pension Committee assurance models and compliance with requirements imposed in relation to the scheme and by the Pension Regulator
- Satisfy yourself on the integrity of financial information and that financial controls and systems of risk management are robust and defensible
- Scrutiny of any reports produced for the Pension Committee, including the annual report, fund performance and administration, actuarial report and valuations and the fund strategy
- Devote time to developing and refreshing your knowledge and skills.
This role will provide an ideal opportunity for someone interested in gaining board member/trustee experience.
Time Commitment
You will be expected to devote such time as is necessary for the proper performance Pension Board duties. This will include attendance at Pension Board and Pension Committee meetings (ordinarily held quarterly), as well as a strategic planning session held annually. You will also need to undertake a minimum of 21 hours of training annually. In addition, you will be required to consider all relevant papers before each meeting. Unless urgent and unavoidable circumstances prevent you from doing so, it is expected that you will attend all meetings.
The nature of the role makes it difficult to be more specific about the maximum time commitment. You may be required to devote additional time to the Board in respect of preparation and ad hoc matters which may arise, and particularly when LPF is undergoing a period of increased activity. At certain times it may be necessary to convene additional board meetings.
About the Organisation
Lothian Pension Fund (LPF) administers the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in Edinburgh and the Lothians. We’re asset backed and multi-employer scheme with around £9 billion assets and the second largest LGPS fund in Scotland, serving 9.,000 members and 63 employers.
We also manage the Scottish Homes Pension Fund on behalf of the Scottish Government. This a closed fund and has approx. 1,550 deferred and pensioner members with £0.16 billion investments.
Our investment team is unique in Scotland in holding FCA authorisation. We manage over 85% of assets in-house via internal equity, bond and other real asset portfolios (e.g., infrastructure, property and timberland investments).
We established a regulated investment company providing resourcing, operational support, governance and deal execution for our private markets and gained FCA authorisation in 2015. This enables collaboration with other LGPS funds on investment management, strategic investment advisory, private markets, and listed and indirect property investments.
In March 2017, we became the first UK Local Government pension fund awarded accreditation for the Pensions Administration Standards Association and have held the Customer Service Excellence Award for over ten years.
The day-to-day running of LPF is carried out by a specialist team who undertake pension administration, accounting and investment functions.
LPF colleagues are employed by an arms-length company, LPFE Limited (LPFE), which is wholly-owned by the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC).
Application notes
sparqs is a charity funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), working with Scotland's university and college sectors. Our purpose is to ensure students are partners in shaping the quality of learning, making positive change to their own and others’ experience, however and wherever they learn. It aims to foster a culture of partnership between students and staff which enables the Scottish education sector to respond to challenges and realize its ambitions to provide the best possible experience for each and every student.
Volunteer Chair of Trustee Board
We are looking for a chair of Trustees who will lead our Board with integrity, insight and enthusiasm. This is an opportunity to guide a highly-regarded charity into its next exciting chapter.
As our new Chair you will have:
- Experience of being a strategic leader, including experience of working with a board either as a CEO/Director reporting to board, or as a board member/chair.
- Commitment and enthusiasm to the work of sparqs in terms of a student-led approach, role of student engagement in quality enhancement and value of partnership approaches.
- Ability to represent and promote the organisation publicly, acting as an ambassador and networker to further the attainment of organisational aims.
- Ability to influence, at a senior level, partner, and other stakeholder organisations particularly in the Scottish post-16 education sector.
- Commitment to the positive value of diversity, promoting equality and challenging discrimination and willingness to play an active role in creating an environment that promotes these values.
If you believe you have the experience and qualities we are seeking to contribute to this important organisation, we very much look forward to hearing from you. Working in a diverse sector and with diverse students, we are keen to receive applications from people of all backgrounds and with all different kinds of life experiences.
Are you passionate about supporting families and children?
At Home-Start Edinburgh, we believe in the power of early intervention and the life-changing potential of strong, nurturing relationships. We're here for families with young children in Edinburgh facing challenging circumstances — whether it’s isolation, mental health struggles, or financial insecurity.
Our skilled staff and volunteers work alongside these families, empowering them to thrive.
Now, we’re looking for a Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees. As well as fulfilling the duties of a general Trustee, this is a great opportunity to provide your financial expertise and guidance to help us continue delivering this vital mission.
You will play a key role in overseeing the charity’s finances, ensuring sound financial management and governance, and help shape our strategic direction.
You’ll work closely with fellow trustees and staff to maintain financial health and stability, advise on budgeting and funding, and present financial reports to the Board.
This is a voluntary role requiring attendance at trustee meetings (around 5 per year) and occasional input between meetings.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has sound experience in finance, accounting, and business management
- Can interpret financial information and communicate it clearly
- Will share our vision and commitment to supporting families across the community.
Join us in making a lasting difference to local families.
From September 2026 and initially for three years
Due to the expiry of the term of office of the current Chair, COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland) needs a new Chair to provide strategic direction and governance.
As Scotland’s professional body for counselling and psychotherapy, COSCA aims to advance and support all forms of counselling, psychotherapy, and the use of counselling skills, build confidence in counselling and psychotherapy and protect the public in its use of services.
The Chair will be a facilitator, a diplomat, a communicator, a coach, a leader and a listener. The Chair will:
- attend and chair Board meetings (4 per annum)
- provide leadership and guide the members of the Board to set overall policy and targets and monitor outcomes
- understand the voluntary sector, governance of a charity, charity law and the funding of charities
- be committed to the advancement of counselling and psychotherapy and enthusiasm for COSCA’s work
- be a strategic thinker, be able to communicate well and work collaboratively with colleagues and the Chief Executive
- be willing to devote time and effort to the organisation and represent COSCA where appropriate.
Out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed.
Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.
By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as eLearning Officer you can help to be the difference between people just surviving and really living.
You will be part of Scotland’s leading health charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid to live life to the full again. Working as part of the Professional Engagement team, the CHSS eLearning service exists to ensure that people affected by, and those caring for, people with these conditions are supported with information they want, when they need it, and in a way that is appropriate for them.
As the CHSS eLearning Officer, within the professional engagement team, you will be responsible for supporting the processes involved in reviewing, developing and maintaining CHSS’s portfolio of eLearning resources.
The post holder will collaborate with the appropriate internal and external professionals, service users and advisory groups to ensure the content of all preexisting and new eLearning resources remain current, and evidence based.
For further information about the role, please contact Mairi Whiston, Health Information and eLearning Clinical Lead, Email: mairi.whiston@chss.org.uk.
CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organisational benefits including: company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.
CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination.
We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.
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