What does the Societies & Employability Officer do?

The Societies & Employability Officer, with the other Full-Time Officers, leads the Guild and represents students studying at the University’s Exeter campuses. You will shape the work of the Guild as well as work with senior leaders at the University to improve the student experience. The Societies & Employability Officer leads on ensuring societies, student-led groups, and student-led events are supported and championed within the Guild and University, as well as ensuring students have access to development opportunities than enhance their student experience and future employability. 

What are the key responsibilities?

The responsibilities and duties of the Societies & Employability Officer includes: 

• Act as the officer lead on ensuring issues impacting societies and student-led activities, as well as development and employability opportunities, are championed, supported and represented at a University, local and national level. 
• Organise and help to ensure that the Guild leads challenging campaigns on improving student-led activities, development, and employability opportunities within the University, as well as locally and nationally.
• To empower and supportstudent-led activitiesin partnership with the Guild’s Activities team, particularly through championing societies and volunteering opportunitiesand ensuring volunteers are supported in their roles.
• To work in partnership with the University on student-led activities and employability, ensuring student views are represented and championed.
• Fulfill the role of a trustee, overseeing the Guild’s governance, finance and strategy, and other duties as a trustee, alongside the other members of the Trustee Board.

What does it mean to be a trustee?

The Students’ Guild is a registered charity governed by a Trustee Board, which is made up of student trustees, external trustees who bring different expertise (legal, financial, etc) and the elected Full-Time Officers such as this role. The Trustees are ultimately responsible, individually and collectively, for all activity within the Guild. The Students’ Guild Trustee Board is responsible for setting the vision of the organisation, ensuring it is financially sustainable and well run, and delivering the charitable outcomes set out in our Articles of Association.

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