President
The President is the leader and main spokesperson for the club/society, taking responsibility for managing the committee and the affairs of the club/society. The President ensures that the committee functions properly, that there is full participation at meetings, that all relevant matters are discussed, and effective decisions taken, communicated and enacted.
Responsible to: Your club/society committee, Co-President of Activities & Events, and members of your club/society
Treasurer
The treasurer acts as the club/society’s finance manager and has ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the club/society’s financial matters run smoothly.
Responsible to: Your club/society committee, Co-President of Activities & Events, and members of your club/society
Secretary
The secretary of the club/society is the key information and reference point for the President, committee, and members as well as the named contact for communications with the Students’ Union, University and external organisations.
Responsible to: Your club/society committee, Co-President of Activities & Events, and members of your club/society
Welfare Officer
Societies and Clubs are, and should be, sites of nourishment and enjoyment where students can benefit from new experiences, opportunities, friendships and pleasure. The need for societies and clubs is especially important as, increasingly, university is a site of struggle, hardship, and intense pressure which is detrimental to student wellbeing.
Therefore, in the spirit of promoting general wellbeing, destigimisation and treatment of poor mental health, and collaboration between student groups, having a welfare officer is of great benefit to students. A welfare officer will greatly increase visibility of welfare issues, provide the Co-President of Welfare & Campaigns Officer a direct point of contact in each society and club, with whom they can liaise and disseminate messages. As well as serve as an extra signpost to accessing important wellbeing services for students who need them.
If there is a failure to elect a Welfare Officer, the role can be included in another mandatory member of the officers – president, secretary or treasurer.