Committees

The OMT meets every six-eight weeks. It is a consultative group on organisational planning and performance, policy implementation and service communication.

Copies of minutes and papers of the OMT meetings can be requested by contacting: inforequest@scra.gsi.gov.uk

SCRA’s SDMT is chaired by the Director of Reporter Operations. The other team members are: Director of Human Resources, Head of Practice, Head of Operational Development, Head of Planning, four regional Reporter Managers and four regional Service Development Managers.

The SDMT meet quarterly to discuss the delivery of operational services and practice management, the implementation of national strategies to support workload management and operational performance review.

Copies of minutes and papers of the SDMT meetings can be requested by contacting: inforequest@scra.gsi.gov.uk

Each of SCRA’s regional teams: North, East, West and Central West hold regular RMT meetings. These meetings are chaired by the Reporter Manager for that region and include the region’s Authority Reporters, Planning and Performance Manager and the Service Development Manager.

The RMTs meet every six weeks to discuss regional issues, such as current workloads, training and planning.

Copies of minutes and papers of the RMT meetings can be requested by contacting: inforequest@scra.gsi.gov.uk

The JNCC is facilitated by an HR Adviser who attends in their capacity as minute taker. Also present at the meetings are: Director of Human Resources, Director of Reporter Operations, Human Resources Manager and Representatives from Unison.

The JNCC is scheduled to meet every six weeks although, where appropriate, more frequent or special meetings can be called by either party. The remit of the JNCC is to establish and maintain an effective structure for good employee relations, avoid any misunderstandings between management and staff and to promote joint participation in all common matters, giving due regard to consultation and negotiation in the following areas:-

Terms and conditions of employment, pay and salary structures, hours of work, holidays and sickness arrangements, job descriptions, grading and evaluation, health and safety, equalities issues, pension, recruitment, selection and training of staff, redundancy and redeployment, discipline and grievance procedures and working practices.

Copies of minutes and papers of the JNCC meetings can be requested by contacting: inforequest@scra.gsi.gov.uk

The Audit Committee is made up of three SCRA Board Members, SCRA’s Principal Reporter and Director of Finance. Representatives of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (internal audit) and Audit Scotland (external audit) are also frequently in attendance. Other members of management staff attend dependent upon the business issues considered.

The remit is to consider a programme of work submitted to it by SCRA’s Internal Auditor. This reflects the requirements of the Code of Practice for Non-Departmental Public Bodies, leading to reports on the systems of management and control in the work of the administration, both in financial and in non-financial areas of activity, and to present the programme to the Board for its approval. The Committee also reviews Practice Audit reports.

Copies of minutes and papers of the Audit Committee meetings can be requested by contacting: inforequest@scra.gsi.gov.uk

The Data and Performance Committee is made up of three Board members, the Director of Reporter Operations and the Director of Corporate Development. The Committee meets quarterly to consider all relevant issues regarding management information, organisational performance against corporate objectives, and the application of technology in SCRA. The Committee makes recommendations to the Board in respect of these areas.

Copies of minutes and papers of the Data and Performance Committee meetings can be requested by contacting: inforequest@scra.gsi.gov.uk

The Remuneration Committee is made up of three SCRA Board members, including the Chairman and the Principal Reporter and the Director of Human Resources will attend meetings of the Committee at the request of the Chairman, in their capacity as professional advisers to the Committee.

The Remuneration Committee’s remit is to oversee the organisation’s scheme of salaries, and to ensure that its arrangements for the remuneration and financial benefits of its staff are consistent with the recruitment of suitable personnel and the maintenance of a high level of motivation within the organisation.

The Committee also oversees the implementation of a performance management scheme for the organisation and receives and discusses management reports on staff appraisals and proposals for links with salary progression, for recommendation to the Board.

Copies of minutes and papers of the Remuneration Committee meetings can be requested by contacting: inforequest@scra.gsi.gov.uk