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Union Community Sabbatical Role Description
The Full Time Sabbatical officials are the representative leaders of the Students’ Union and are elected in a whole-Union ballot by and from all of the students who are registered to courses of study at the
The post of Representation Sabbatical takes over the senior position of President. All Sabbaticals are Trustees of the
Each post is paid approximately £15,000 for their single year of office and will be required to sign a contract of employment with the
Union Community Sabbatical
The Union Community Sabbatical role forms the other half of the ‘Representational Axis’ of the Students’ Union Sabbatical team and in combination with the Representation Sabbatical covers all aspects of non-academic student representation. The Union Community Sabbatical has particular responsibility for ensuring that all students have a fair and equal access to the Unions’ services and resources no matter which campus or sites at which they study. This role supports the work of campus based representatives and has particular responsibility for inclusion, equality and bars/entertainments issues as well as traditional community based issues such as local partnerships with town councils and the police.
With the remit of ensuring that all sites feel equals in the wider Union Community this role effectively manages the paid aspect of the work of the part time paid Campus Representatives, and will be expected to spend a large part of their working time travelling between the campuses and sites. They are also responsible for developing communication routes with non-campus based students and striving for new ways to find connections with all our members. They are the internal communicator for the Students’ Union, directing our messages through to our student members and reflecting their responses back into the planning and action cycles of the
This position will often be a highly visible key point of contact for students and present more of an ambassadorial role for our members, as such good inter-personal and communication skills, willingness to travel around the sites and the ability to get the most out of people are excellent qualities to bring to the role.
The full role description for the Union Community Sabbatical as they are currently defined in the proposed policy documents are as follows:
4.2.1 The Union Community Sabbatical shall:
i) On behalf of the Trustee Board act as the main Sabbatical Officer contact for all Campus and Site level enquiries;
ii) On behalf of the Trustee Board seek to develop and maintain excellent relations with the various local communities that our Members live amongst and are drawn from;
iii) Maintain standards and drive development of the Students’ Union at individual Campus and Site level;
iv) Oversee the work of and assist the Campus Representatives in providing value for money local representation;
v) Strive within reasonable operational limits to be based at least two full days in any given week at two other Campuses or Sites other than their ‘base’ Campus or Site, and to be accountable to the Members if they do not hold regular consultation surgeries (or equivalent) at each Campus or Site;
vi) In conjunction with the appropriate parties drive the Students’ Union to engage with all Members, irrespective of demographic, geographic and other barriers to participation;
vii) On behalf of Union Council and in conjunction with the relevant parties develop the identity of Cumbria Students as a single community united by the Students’ Union;
viii) Be particularly responsible within the Officer Trustee team for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion issues, conduct Impact Assessments and oversee the work of all parties within the Union in regards to EDI issues;
ix) In conjunction with the Representation Sabbatical have responsibility for the collective representation of students at local and regional community level;
x) In partnership with the appropriate parties seek new ways to connect with our Members at all Campuses and Sites, be that through new media, innovation, developing networks or any other means;
xi) Lead elected official involvement in Member-facing communications and media in partnership with the appropriate parties;
xii) Oversee and develop the fair and even distribution of Students’ Union media and promotional material across all Campuses and Sites and to all Members irrespective of their place or mode of study;
xiii) Assist the Campus Representatives in setting up and maintaining local Inclusion Groups;
xiv) Be the lead Sabbatical to oversee the work of, and be answerable to, the local Inclusion Groups and global Inclusion Assembly, and where mandated take actions forward from those groups to Union Council and/or Board of Trustees;
xv) Work in conjunction with the relevant University authorities and Students’ Union officials to provide, where appropriate, local representation within Halls of Residence;
xvi) To be the Chair of any global Commercial/Bars/Media/Entertainments Teams within the Students’ Union internal structure;
xvii) Assist the Campus Representatives and relevant persons set up and oversee the work of local Entertainments Teams;
xviii) Support the work of the Students’ Union Volunteer Service through recruitment of volunteers, raising the profile of the Service and maintaining social relations with the various local communities.
xix) Undertake all other duties commensurate with the post as may be reasonably required by the Union Council, Union Board of Trustees and Union Executive.
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