Comms: Job description

Principal Responsibilities:

Running the SU website, communicating the activities of the Union to students, finding advertising revenue for the Union, dealing with the outside press, promoting the UGM, working with the Media Group (Beaver, PuLSEfm, Script and LooSE TV), chairing RAG week, chairing Global Week, producing SU guides, handbooks, fliers and posters, promoting SU elections, promoting SU campaign weeks. Fulfilling all the other duties of a Sabbtical Officer in running the Union day-to-day.

Extras:

Is a full time position and will often mean long days and sometimes weekend work. Will mean attending, reporting to and answering questions from the UGM, going to Execm C&S, F&S and Admin and Staffing Committees and attending some meetings with the School. Some with high level figures.

Qualities Required:

High knowledge of the SU workings and what is happening accross the School and SU. Good relations with the Media Group. Need to be hardworking, creative, with design skills. Proactive, as the job description is rather vague as the job was only created in 2004.

Notes:

The Communications Officer takes office on July 1st and serves until July 14th the following year.

Pluses of the job:

Fantastic work experience running a large organistion. As a trustee, you will be managing staff, making strategic decisions for the SU as well as handling a large a varied portfolio, with lots of freedom. The pluses are you get your own office and get paid £22,000 and technically have no boss (except the UGM, which can't be taken for granted). Sabbatical positions really allow you to make a difference to the Union and to students and can be incredible fun.

Communications Officer's job description
1. who shall be responsible for obtaining advertising and sponsorship for areas of Union activity,
including the publications of the Union and, upon request, Union societies.
2. who shall have primary responsibility for the Students' Union Handbook, as set out under the
Codes of Practice.
3. who shall have primary responsibility for the Alternative Prospectus, as set out under the
Codes of Practice.
4. who shall have primary responsibility for the RAG Week and Global Week Guides, as set out
under the Codes of Practice.
5. who shall be responsible for liasing with other Officers and ensuring that the Union, the
activities of the Union, and the activities of Union societies are communicated to the whole
student body.
6. who shall be responsible for weekly publicity for Union General Meetings.
7. who shall be responsible for convening and chairing the Global Week and RAG Week
Taskforces and who shall be the primary officer responsible for organising these events.
8. who shall be responsible for displaying the minutes of Executive meetings.
9. who shall be responsible for assisting the Returning Officer in publicising elections.
10. who shall assist the General Secretary, the Education & Welfare Sabbatical, and the
Women's Officer with publicising campaigns and providing information for students.
11. who shall be responsible for the preparation of brief descriptions of the non-executive posts
for distribution to candidates in Union elections.
12. who shall be responsible for assisting the General Secretary, upon request, with press
releases and external publicity, including the wide dissemination of information concerning
external campaigns that the Union supports.
13. who shall be the Convenor of the LSESU Media Group as set out in the LSESU Media Group
Protocol.