Come and Join Us! Call for new CILIPS Board Members 2026-28
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CILIPS is inviting nominations from members for the following positions:
Trustees
CILIPS seeks nominations for 5 places on the Trustee Board to serve from 1st January 2026 – 31st December 2028. The Trustee Board meets approximately 4 times a year and determines CILIPS strategy and policy, as well as benchmarking progress against the annually agreed business plan.
Occasionally additional meetings may be needed and there are optional sub-groups that Trustees can be part of too, such as Finance & Staffing and Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion working groups.
Prospective candidates must be members of CILIPS and willing to commit to Trustee duties as prescribed by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR). All Trustees are offered training for their role.
We welcome applications from people at all stages of their career who believe they can meet the role description below. We also strongly welcome applications from anyone who considers themselves to have a protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010. We are fully committed to increasing diversity within our Governance structures as highlighted in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Commitment.
If appointed, we will be happy to discuss all your requirements with you to ensure that we meet all your accessibility needs.
Please note that you can nominate yourself but another CILIP member must second it. Please contact the CILIPS team via admin@cilips.org.uk if you need support in finding a seconder.
Nominations for Trustee positions are open until 12pm on 6th October.
Vice-President (and 2027 President)
CILIPS seeks nominations for the position of Vice-President to serve from 1st January 2026. Candidates serve for two years: firstly as Vice President and then as President in Year Two, with an optional third year as immediate Past-President. The Vice-President is an ex-officio member of the Board and does not serve as a Trustee.
We welcome applications from people at all stages of their career who believe they can meet the role description below. We also strongly welcome applications from anyone who considers themselves to have a protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010. We are fully committed to increasing diversity within our Governance structures and the CILIPS Trustee Board recently approved our strengthened Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Commitment.
Nominations for this position are open until 12pm on 6th October.
Vice-President and President role description.
For further information or an informal discussion (with no commitment) about the role of Vice-President and President, please email admin@cilips.org.uk.
Please note that you can nominate yourself but another CILIP member must second it. Please contact the CILIPS team via admin@cilips.org.uk if you need support in finding a seconder.
If you would like any of the above information, including role descriptions or the application form in an alternative format, please contact us by email at admin@cilips.org.uk, by telephone using these numbers, or via Contact Scotland BSL. This service supports British Sign Language (BSL) users to contact CILIP Scotland via an online BSL/English interpreter.
All Board members adhere to a Code of Conduct grounded in the CILIP Ethical Framework and commit to upholding these principles on behalf of our membership community.
If any/all positions are over-subscribed then an election will be held online, using the 100 word statements and voted for by CILIP members in Scotland.
Want to know more or ask a question?
Please join our Mythbusting Q&A session with the CILIPS team, taking place online at 10am on Thursday 25th September. Please email admin@cilips.org.uk to register and feel free to include any questions you’d like us to cover!