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Required roles

Each society must have a President, Secretary and Treasurer in order to be affiliated with the Students' Union. You can find a description of these roles in the drop down boxes below. 

You must let the societies coordinator know of any changes to your committee. New individuals joining the committee must complete the mandatory student leadership training to be official members of the committee and insured.  

President

Skills required:

  • Great communication, both written and verbal

  • Good organisation

  • Managing workload of your committee members

Potential attributes gained:

  • Project management

  • Budgeting

  • Critical decision managing

  • Public speaking experience and confidence

  • Moderation of debates within committee

  • Event management

Key jobs:

  • Oversee all areas of the running and coordinating of the society

  • Act as the chair of all meetings

  • Ensure the health and safety of members at all times

  • Liaise with committee members to ensure all necessary arrangements for activities are made

  • Be a signatory for the society budget

  • Make sure that your society is communicating effectively with the Activities Team and all members

  • Act as the society’s first representative to all external bodies. Remember you are representing Goldsmiths SU, so if in doubt contact the Engagement Team (especially when the media is involved!)

Secretary

Skills required:

  • Excellent written communication

  • Good organisation

  • Good at data management

  • A good note-taker for meetings

Potential attributes gained:

  • Budgeting

  • Critical decision making 

  • Public speaking experience and confidence

  • Moderation of debates within committee

  • Project management

  • Event management

Key jobs:

  • Arrange all meetings of the society and keep minutes of formal meetings

  • Be responsible for general administration

  • Deal with internal communications to members

  • Collect all society or community correspondence and ensure it is acted upon

  • Ensure that all members are informed of all relevant information

  • Maintain up-to-date records of the society membership, including contact details for members. The Secretary should also ensure that the Activities Team holds details of members and must follow data protection laws

  • Arrange fixtures and events, booking facilities, equipment, transport etc. 

Treasurer

Skills required:

  • Good organisation

  • Ability to keep track of finances

  • Able to make sensible budget decisions

Potential attributes gained:

  • Budgeting

  • Critical decision making 

  • Public speaking experience and confidence

  • Moderation of debates within committee

  • Project management

  • Event management

Key jobs:

  • Be responsible for all of the society money

  • Be a signatory for the budget

  • Collect all monies received from society activities, and ensure that they are paid into the society account with the relevant documentation

  • Ensure that any funding applications are completed and handed into the Activities Team at the right time

  • Ensure all necessary expenditure is paid in good time

  • Keep a record of all financial transactions for the society so that committee members can be informed of the society’s financial situation

Optional roles

You must let the societies and communities coordinator know of any new roles being added to the committee. Individuals joining the committee must complete the mandatory student leadership training to be official members of the committee and insured.  

Liberation reps

  • BME Rep

  • Disabled Students' Rep

  • International Students' Rep 

  • LGBTQ+ Rep

  • Trans and Non-Binary Rep

  • Women's Rep

These roles are elected roles and are there to represent students in your group from different liberation groups as well as feeding into how we do things in the Students' Union.

Other Committee Member roles

  • Co-president

  • Events Manager

  • Social Media secretary

  • Social Media Manager

  • Choreographer

  • Director of Productions

  • Editor

  • Graphic Designer

  • Musical Theatre Director

  • Social Secretary

  • Committee Member

These roles are optional within societies.

If you have any questions about optional or elected roles please contact amina@goldsmithssu.org