The number one role of the Students’ Union is ensuring students have their voices heard through a combination of democratic (our elected officers) and academic representatives, empowering students to deliver campaigns for change, and effective democratic structures. This role will support all areas of our work in representation, in particular back-office administration, calendar management and communications support.

 

To help make this job description as clear as possible, we’ve included some examples of the type of work/jobs you’ll be asked to do on a regular basis as part of this role:

· Support the coordination of recruitment, training, and induction of our academic representatives.  

· Support the coordination of the Union’s set of democratic meetings and functions including Students’ Union Council, General Meetings, student forum and Ideas platform.  

· Support the coordination of the Union’s set of academic representation meetings and functions including RSU Education forum and MSL Feedback platform. 

· To support the organisation of any consultation events, which may include debates, focus groups and workshops to ensure students can feed into policy proposals.  

· Assist with writing concise and engaging content for the Representation webpages and social media to help engage students with democratic activity. 

· Respond to enquiries received through various RSU communication channels, e.g. email, phone, and face-to-face.  

· Support in the administration of the awards and recognition schemes.  

· Analyse feedback collected through MSL Feedback and create summary reports of feedback submitted. 

· Share student feedback with the relevant stakeholder such as RSU VP Education, Heads of Schools and University key academic staff as necessary. 

· Assist with the administration of Survey Superheros, including building surveys, analysing responses, and paying participants.

· Organise Student Panel Representatives, distributing papers, preparing briefings, analysing reports and managing calendar invites.

· Work closely with the RSU Representation Team to ensure feedback is addressed within the appropriate timeframes. 

 

· Comply with relevant equality and diversity policies, promoting a healthy working environment where all individuals are valued.

· Comply with relevant health and safety policies, seeking to minimise hazards for others.

· Support the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives within the organisation.

· Comply with relevant data protection policies, ensuring General Data Protection Regulations are considered when making plans and decisions.

· Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with students, volunteers, staff and individuals outside of the Students’ Union (for example the University). 

· Comply with the Students’ Union’s articles of association and other governing documents, recognising and celebrating the contribution of members to leading our work.

· Work as part of a wider team, undertaking any other reasonable duties appropriate for the grade that may be required by the organisation.