SCRA Board Chair recruitment

Do you believe that the voices of children and young people should be heard? Have you got what it takes? We are looking for a new Board Chair.

The vacancy has been advertised today, Friday 3 November, on the Public Appointments website. To find out more, please click here.

SCRA’s current Chair Carole Wilkinson is stepping down after her two terms as Board Chair.

To find out more about the role, our current Chair has provided a flavour of her work with SCRA – click here to read.

The recruitment drive closes at midnight on Friday 24 November.

In addition, the Minister for Childcare and Early Years has today announced the appointment of James Edgar as a member of SCRA’s Board. James Edgar is a qualified accountant with substantial finance and operational experience in the public sector at Director level. Most of his experience has been with DWP and its predecessors and he also had a spell as Finance Director at the Scottish Legal Aid Board.