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Job Title: Member of the Board of Environmental Standards Scotland Closing Date for Your Job Posting: 17/11/2025, 17:00hrs Salary: £212.The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy is looking to appoint one new Member to the Board of Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) from 1 March 2026. ESS mission is to ensure that Scotland s environmental laws and standards are complied with, and their effectiveness improved, to achieve Scotland s ambitions for the environment and climate change. The new Board Member will contribute to the governance and smooth running of ESS, helping to ensure that the objectives of the new Strategy are delivered over the next five years. Scottish Ministers particularly welcome applications from women, disabled people, LGBT+ people, people from ethnic minority communities and people aged under 50. LOCATION The main ESS office is in Edinburgh and meetings are currently held both in-person and through hybrid working arrangements where required. ensuring that the public body delivers its functions in accordance with Scottish Ministers policies and priorities
ensuring financial stewardship
holding the Chief Executive and senior management team to account
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE The Cabinet Secretary is looking for a Member who can put their skills, knowledge, understanding and experience to good use on the Board. You may have gained your skills through work, by being active in your community, in a voluntary capacity or through your own lived experience. Analysis and Decision Making
# Passion for the environment.
Analysis and Decision Making
# Passion for the environment.
In your online application you should also upload a two-page tailored career history.