Independent Trustee Director

Rotamap; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A pioneering software company in the UK seeks an Independent Trustee Director to provide oversight and support to its leadership team. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in leadership and financial management, along with previous experience in a trustee or non-executive capacity. Responsibilities include contributing to board decisions, ensuring compliance with governance, and participating in quarterly meetings. The position is part-time with compensation of £68.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Trustee or Non-executive capacity.
• Experience in a people-focused, value-driven organisation.
• Strong financial acumen.
• Commitment to Rotamap, willing to devote necessary time.
• Ability to assess strategic decision-making and governance.

Responsibilities

• Understand Rotamap’s business environment and principles.
• Support and challenge the internal Board of Directors.
• Ensure Custodial Directors follow Rotamap’s constitution.
• Engage in quarterly company board meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Financial management

Relationship building

Independent judgement

Job description

About the role

Rotamap Ltd. is a successful employee-owned SME that provides rostering software to the NHS and public hospitals globally. We are searching for an Independent Trustee Director of Rotamap Trustees Ltd., which is in turn the trustee of Rotamap Employee Ownership Trust, established by Rotamap Ltd.

An Independent Trustee Director will bring their expertise and experience to check and balance decisions made by the Custodial Directors of Rotamap Ltd., exposing them to ideas and opinions from outside the company. Working alongside internal and external Trustee Directors, they are responsible for observing that the Custodial Directors of Rotamap Ltd. are following the principles set out in Rotamap’s constitution, focusing on the right problems and making sound business decisions.

We are interested in applicants from various industries: although relevant experience of healthcare, software and employee ownership structures is welcome, it is less important than general experience of leadership, financial management, and tackling unexpected business challenges.

Key responsibilities

The Independent Trustee Director will be expected to:

• Gain a good understanding of Rotamap’s business environment, principles and employee-led structure
• Help, support and challenge our elected internal Board of Directors and Trustee Directors
• Work alongside other Trustee Directors to ensure that the Custodial Directors of Rotamap Ltd. are following the principles set out in Rotamap’s constitution
• Contribute positively to the Board’s discussions and decision-making, applying intellectual rigour, considering the impact of decisions on employees, and providing constructive challenge and support to the Board and the Trust
• Help ensure that the business is being run by the Board on sound financial principles for the benefit of existing and future employee owners
• Prepare for and actively engage in quarterly Rotamap company board meetings and accompanying meetings with Directors and Trustees

Person specification

The Independent Trustee Director should:

• Have previous experience in a Trustee or Non-executive capacity
• Have experience of working in a people-focused, value-driven organisation
• Display strong financial acumen
• Display a commitment to Rotamap with willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to fill the role
• Be a strong relationship builder, able to challenge effectively and constructively
• Display good, independent judgement
• Possess the ability to assess the company’s strategic decision-making and governance

About Rotamap

Rotamap is a small, employee-owned and non-hierarchical company that provides rostering software as a service for public hospitals. Our software is used by over 90% of the UK’s Anaesthetic workforce, as well as by a significant portion of the UK’s surgical, medical and dental staff.

Rotamap aims to make a positive and meaningful contribution to society. Alongside a genuine commitment to our clients, a fundamental part of this goal is ensuring that employees find their work enjoyable and rewarding.

We started our employee ownership journey in 2020, becoming fully employee-led in 2023. Rotamap has an unconventional Board structure with no single long-term Managing Director; rather, elected Custodial Directors serve 18-month terms. Their role is not to command, but to coordinate — leadership at Rotamap is a rotating act of service. The result is a governance system that is democratic and collaborative, without the delays of consensus or the control of hierarchy; it is a fuller expression of employee ownership than most, rooted in trust, autonomy, collective intelligence, and shared stewardship.

Each Rotamap employee is a co-owner and we operate a distributed decision-making system. Rotamap employees have the power to make tangible changes to both our software and our company, and as we grow as a company we remain committed to our core aim:

Provide clinical groups and supporting teams working within departments, directorates and across entire organisations (mainly in public hospitals) with valuable services to help them communicate, collaborate and report more effectively

Terms of appointment

• Appointment to commence on or soon after April 2026
• An initial 24 month term, with optional 24 month extension period. The initial appointment and any subsequent extension will be subject to an employee vote
• Join quarterly board meetings (lasting approximately 3 hours and involving the majority of the company), held in January, April, July and October
• Meet with Custodial Directors of Rotamap Ltd. ahead of the board meeting
• Meet with Custodial Directors of Rotamap Ltd. and Trustee Directors of Rotamap Trustees Ltd., immediately after the board meeting as a review, and halfway between each board meeting
• Additional time for meetings or advice on specific matters would be agreed on an ad hoc basis
• Salary - £68.00 per hour or £544.00 per day (where a day is equivalent to 8 hours work). Previous Trustees have averaged 6.5 days per year. Paid in arrears on submission of invoices, which should be submitted at least quarterly
• Trust composition: 2 x Independent Trustees (including this position), 3 internal Trustee Directors and 2 Board appointed Trustee Directors

To apply please email via the button below with the subject line ‘Independent Trustee Director’, including your CV and a cover letter describing how your experience could help a self-managing employee-led organisation like Rotamap.