Independent Trustee Director

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.

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

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

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

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