National Membership Secretary

You will be responsible for championing Students4Students’ members interests within the organisation. You will be responsible for running our internal democratic processes and improving members participation in key decision making.

Students4Students is a member led national organisation which has c.100 members split across 3 branches. As a CIO it has a duty to engage with members and provide members the opportunity to elect trustees and hold the leadership to account for decisions at an AGM. Historically these AGMs have been ill attended and election of Trustees have been decided by a small number of members who hold branch committee positions. Students4Students wants to improve the level of participation in our internal democracy and ensure that AGMs are appealing and relevant to all members.

The organisation also wants to increase engagement with its members, all year round, outside of the AGM. Students4Students is looking to build new channels of engaging with members, ensuring trustees and leadership are held to account throughout the year.

Responsibilities and duties

The post-holder will be responsible for engaging members in Students4Students internal democracy and ensuring the organisation meets its responsibilities as a CIO

•                    Organising the AGM

•                    Improving engagement in Students4Students internal democracy

•                    Improving engagement with the organisation’s members

•                    Improving dialogue between Trustees and members

•                    Promoting members interests within the organisation

Time commitment

•                    Throughout the year – We expect the post holder to commit to an average of 2 hours per week

•                    Our AGM is traditionally held in January so we expect the  run up period to this to be busiest

Key requirements

      i.              Experience managing key relationships and stakeholders

     ii.              Experience running events

   iii.              Experience working with student volunteers (Preferred but not essential)

Optional requirements

        i.            Experience working in a non-profit setting