Chair
Home Group Scotland
Remunerated - £13,700
For more information please see our dedicated recruitment microsite: https://www.aspenpeople.co.uk/homegroup/
As Chair of Home Group Scotland, you’ll lead the Board and make sure it fulfils its responsibilities effectively. You’ll set the Board’s direction, build a culture of accountability, drive performance and uphold the highest standards of governance.
As Chair, you’ll:
- Lead the Board, ensuring we deliver our mission, values and strategic goals.
- Help shape strategies that keep us strong for the future and ready for change.
- Be the main link between the Board and the Director of Scotland, building a positive working relationship and making sure leadership and management roles work well together.
- Represent Home Group Scotland at meetings with partners, regulators and MSPs.
- Carry out annual appraisals for Board members.
Our current strategy runs until 2027, and this is an exciting chance to shape what comes next. You’ll bring your leadership experience and help influence the future direction of Home Group Scotland and Home Group.
Your skills
- You are a strong strategic leader with commercial acumen.
- You communicate well and build positive relationships.
- Experienced in creating strategic partnerships across sectors.
- A sound understanding of Scottish government policy and the regulatory landscape.
- You’ve chaired before as a non-executive.
- You have led organisations through change.
Remuneration and time commitment
- Home Group Scotland Board
- Meets six times a year (a mix of in person and online).
- Has an in person, annual board development day.
- You’ll undertake annual appraisals of Home Group Scotland Board Members
- Home Group Limited pays £1,000 per annum for chairing this Board
- Home Group Limited Board
- Meets six times a year in Newcastle.
- Includes an overnight stay for training and dinner the evening before.
- Payment for this part of the role is £12,700.
- Governance and People Committee
- Meets four times a year, usually the day before the main Board meeting.
Alongside these formal commitments, you’ll need time for:
- Reading Papers
- Preparing for and reviewing meetings
- Ad hoc meetings and conversations with board members and senior colleagues
- Support with the recruitment of new board members and senior leadership
- Attending at least one in person customer engagement event per year
Please note all travel and reasonable expenses are covered
Term of appointment
- The term for this appointment is maximum five years.
How To Apply
For a confidential discussion please get in touch with David Currie or Nigel Fortnum at Aspen People on 0141 212 7555.
To apply for the role of Chair of Home Group Scotland, please send a tailored CV and covering letter (as one combined document). Your covering letter should make a compelling case for why you feel motivated to apply for this role within Home Group Scotland, as well as giving a concise overview of your most relevant skills and experience. Your letter should fill no more than two pages of A4.
Applicants must reside in and hold full right to work in the UK.
Stronger together
We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work! We welcome applications from everyone and are especially keen to hear from people currently under-represented in our organisation including people from ethnic minority backgrounds, those who identify as female, LGBTQ+ or registered as disabled.
Please upload your CV and covering letter (as one combined document) below.
Please note that you will receive an automatic acknowledgement of your application – if you do not receive this please contact Nicole Don at Aspen on 0141 212 7555.
Recruitment Timescales and Process
Closing date for applications is 9th February 2026
- Coffee chat with the Group Chief Executive and Director of Scotland – 2nd or 4th March 2026
- Final Interview – In person competency-based interview – 13th March 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point, therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Please note: If you have any accessibility requirements or adjustments before an interview, please let us know.