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Student Life 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 University of Cumbria. These roles are expected to travel around the various campuses and sites of the University, and may be based at any of the Students’ Union offices in Carlisle, Penrith or Lancaster.

The post of Representation Sabbatical takes over the senior position of President. All Sabbaticals are Trustees of the Union and have permanent positions on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee.

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.

Student Life Sabbatical

Joining the Academic Sabbatical on the ‘Campaigning Axis’ of the Union, the Student Life Sabbatical leads all non-educational campaigning and oversees the Union’s activities in terms of health, wellbeing, welfare and student groups & teams. They liaise with the non-academic departments of the University, like LISS, IT services and the Sports Centres and take pride of place in campaigning to improve the range and quality extra-curricular activities and support services available to all students of the University. They balance an active interest in Students’ Union welfare campaigning and recreational activities with a desire to press the University for the best support services possible to sustain the educational aspirations of our students. More than just a ‘Welfare’ or ‘Sports & Activities’ Sabbatical, this role combines these elements with leading Union-wide campaigns for more opportunities and better services for our students, especially when they pay tuition fees to the University for those support systems.

With elected official responsibility for health, safety and student welfare, the Student Life Sabbatical will help the local organisers from Student societies and teams facilitate group meetings at the main sites, and in this capacity and in the interests of consulting with the membership will be expected to hold regular surgeries at the campuses. They also have shared responsibility with the Union Community Sabbatical in assisting staff and the Campus Representatives plan and run large events like Welcome Weeks and Graduation events.

In reflecting the needs of students through campaigning and helping groups organise locally this position has a significant leadership role and can tend to be more ‘public’ facing than the Academic Sabbatical. As such qualities such as being a people person who can listen, delegate tasks and communicate easily and widely would be a great asset. The post holder should be able to plan and work towards achieving outcomes, and have a genuine interest in the wellbeing and health of others.

The full role description for the Student Life Sabbatical as they are currently defined in the proposed policy documents are as follows:

4.3.1 The Student Life Sabbatical shall:

i) Have responsibility for representing and campaigning on behalf of students individually and collectively on non-academic issues;

ii) Be a member of Non-Academic University Committees such as:

a) Health & Safety Committee;

b) Information Strategy Committee;

c) Honorary Awards Committee;

iii) Act as the Students’ Union Sabbatical liaison with regard to all University non-academic department issues such as learning support (LISS, ICTS etc), facilities management and sports and recreation;

iv) To hold a consultation surgery once a week at a different site and to hold regular communication sessions using email/forum/online media, and to be accountable to the Members if they do not hold regular consultation surgeries (or equivalent) at each Campus or Site;

v) Ensure that the Students’ Union is responsive as a campaigning organisation to the needs of students both collectively and individually;

vi) Maintain standards and drive development of the Students’ Union in regards to non-academic campaigning;

vii) In partnership with the appropriate parties seek to develop the Students’ Union ability to support the health, wealth and wellbeing of our members;

viii) In partnership with the appropriate parties drive the advancement of recreational and lifestyle opportunities for our members within the Students’ Union and University;

ix) With the assistance of the Union Community Sabbatical and their team ensure the effective planning and execution of Welcome events across all campuses;

x) Lead elected official involvement in recreational activities and systems development in partnership with the appropriate parties;

xi) Develop and maintain formal and informal networks with senior staff within support departments of the University;

xii) Assist the Campus Representatives in setting up and maintaining local Activities Groups;

xiii) Assist the Campus Representatives in setting up and maintaining local Campaigns Groups;

xiv) Be the lead Sabbatical to oversee the work of, and be answerable to, the local Activities Groups and global Activities Assembly, and where mandated take actions forward from those groups to Union Council and/or Board of Trustees;

xv) Be the lead Sabbatical to oversee the work of, and be answerable to, the local Campaigns Groups and global Campaigns Assembly, and where mandated take actions forward from those groups to Union Council and/or Board of Trustees;

xvi) To be the Chair of any global Activities/Recreation Teams within the Students’ Union internal structure;

xvii) To be the designated Sabbatical attendee at Students’ Union Health & Safety/Safeguarding Committees;

xviii) Support the work of the Students’ Union Activities Department through recruitment of volunteers, raising the profile of the Department and developing funding bids and resources within the student community;

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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