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Dorothy Smith

Board Secretary

Dorothy Smith

Dorothy's role

As Board Secretary Dorothy provides executive support to meetings of the CJS, Board and its Committees. She supports and guides the Board and ensures that it meets its organisational, reporting and governance obligations and other best practice. The Board Secretary provides administrative and clerical support to the Board through minute taking, coordinating agendas. She ensures that the Board is well informed and that its activities, the work of its committees are well run and well documented. She works closely with the Chair of the Board and the CEO in the planning of board and committee meetings.

Background

Dorothy’s career has been with the Scottish Government, she has worked mainly in Non Departmental Public Bodies and Agencies. She has been the CJS Business Manager for seven years and in 2024 took partial retirement moving to the role of Board Secretary. She has a wealth of public sector experience including governance, compliance and stakeholder relations.