Migration Policy Scotland Request

Organisation Description

Founded in 2021, Migration Policy Scotland is a home for informed responses to migration and the opportunities and challenges it brings. Our work is grounded in the realities of migration in Scotland and combines learned and lived experience through partnership projects, our migrant lived experience panel and our growing migrant community of practice.
• We focus on migration issues that are particularly important in Scotland.
• We believe well-managed migration enables migrants to flourish and enriches communities experiencing migration.
• We foster insight and dialogue on migration to improve all our futures through better migration outcomes.
• We prioritise clarity over controversy and bring people together to find better ways forward.

What are they looking for?

Migration Policy Scotland has two vacancies on our Board. We particularly welcome applicants with the knowledge and/or experience to support the Board and the organisation in relation to:

-overseeing MPS finances and financial processes as Treasurer. This does not include preparing accounts or annual financial statements for which MPS contracts professional accountancy services
Supporting MPS communications and media – helping strengthen our communications strategy and support media engagement

This is a voluntary, unpaid role (with travel and subsistence expenses reimbursed)

Quarterly trustees meetings (alternating between online and in person meetings in Edinburgh and including an annual away day focused on strategy).

We welcome applications from those with lived experience of migration

More details of the job and person specification: https://migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/join-our-board-of-trustees/