Five Board Members

Crown Estate Scotland

Quarterly Board meetings in Edinburgh, usually in the Crown Estate Scotland office at Quartermile 2, Lister Square.

  • Location Quarterly Board meetings in Edinburgh, usually in the Crown Estate Scotland office at Quartermile 2, Lister Square.
  • Sector
  • Client Crown Estate Scotland
  • Job Type Permanent
  • Salary/Remuneration £300.00 per day
  • Reference GSe123508
  • Closing Date 5pm on Thursday 31st July 2025

Crown Estate Scotland’s purpose is ‘investing in property, natural resources and people to generate lasting value for Scotland’. The organisation is at the heart of Scotland’s journey to net zero and has a key role to play in promoting sustainable development across a range of assets and sectors.

Crown Estate Scotland is a self-financing Statutory Public Corporation accountable to the Scottish Ministers and to the Scottish Parliament. It is responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of land and property - called the Scottish Crown Estate - including seabed, coastline, commercial property and rural estates. Revenue profits from the Scottish Crown Estate are transferred to the Scottish Consolidated Fund for public spending and capital profits are reinvested in the Estate.

The diversity of the property, rights and interests comprising the Scottish Crown Estate means that decisions on investment, use and sale of assets have the potential to deliver significant economic, social, and environmental benefits for communities and business across Scotland. Community wealth building, impact investing, blue carbon (carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems), the transition to decarbonised energy and preventing nature loss are all areas of focus and opportunity for Crown Estate Scotland. The current corporate plan is here (extended until March 2026) and the most recent annual report and accounts are here.

BOARD MEMBER

Board Members provide active and effective direction, support and guidance to ensure that Crown Estate Scotland delivers effectively and efficiently and in accordance with the aims, policies and priorities of the Scottish Ministers. They provide a strong ‘challenge function’, carefully scrutinising planned and underlying assumptions before decisions are taken.  In exercising this function, where necessary, they will challenge other Board Members and senior officials.

Specific roles and responsibilities may vary but, unless otherwise agreed, Board Members will:

  • prepare for, and attend, meetings of Crown Estate Scotland and any relevant committees such as the Audit and Risk and Investment Committees;
  • contribute to strategic development and decision-making;
  • attend other meetings and events on behalf of Crown Estate Scotland as required;
  • assist in the development, approval and monitoring of Crown Estate Scotland’s corporate plans which demonstrate how Crown Estate Scotland contributes to Scottish Government’s National Outcomes;
  • establish good partnership working with other organisations and participate in stakeholder groups, discussion forums and open meetings (as required); and
  • carry out other tasks that may reasonably be required.

Documents

  1. Crown Estate Scotland - Members - Appointment Papers - Applicant Information Pack - 26 June 2025.pdf

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