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Roehampton Students’ Union is the representative body for students at the University of Roehampton. It is led by students, and we are honoured to be part of a diverse, vibrant, and supportive community.

 The students RSU serves to represent, support, and develop are diverse and come from all walks of life. We recruit people based on the merits of their application and strive to represent a variety of backgrounds in our teams. Doing so strengthens our ability to deliver on our strategic aims and support our elected officers to be impactful. We are accommodating and flexible in how we work with people and we invite informal discussion about how the role and the nature of the work you’ll do if appointed can be as accessible as possible during this process.

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Please note: this role requires a cover letter. Please use the additional files option when applying to upload your letter.
The Business Development Coordinator plays a central role in building and maintaining relationships with external organisations interested in reaching students at the University of Roehampton.
In particular, the role has responsibility for a range of advertising, sponsorship, and media packages delivering income for RSU that benefits our members. Alongside this, the role leads on our Freshers’ Week events activity while offering support and expertise across other events delivered by the Students’ Union.&nbsp;</div>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Job title: Business Development Coordinator</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Team: Business Development </li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Department: Commercial Services </li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Responsible to: CEO</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Contract type: Part-time, permanent.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hours of work: 21 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks). Our usual working pattern is Monday to Friday, during usual office opening hours, but there is some flexibility with start and finish times. Some unsociable hours may be required on an ad-hoc basis at certain points in the year including weekend work.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Grade: 4</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Salary: £27,632 (£16,579 pro-rata). Salary is subject to our Pay and Reward Policy which includes an opportunity for annual pay progression.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Applications close: 09:00 Monday 9 December 2024</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Interviews take place: Week commencing 16 December 2024</li>
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<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a title="Business Development Coordinator JD" href="https://www.roehamptonstudent.com/pageassets/jobs/browse/Business-Development-Coordinator-JD-Nov2024.pdf">Download the full job description.</a></div>
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<h2>Key Responsibities</h2>
<h3>Media Sales and Partnerships</h3>
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<li>Effective account management of partnerships and long-term accounts.</li>
<li>To network and develop contacts with brands, agencies and local companies aligned to our students’ needs and RSU’s values.</li>
<li>Act as the main point of contact for external clients engaging with RSU and ensuring delivery of agreements.</li>
<li>Monitor changes in the student market to ensure we maximise opportunities to generate income and add value to our members.</li>
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<h3>Business Development and Sponsorships</h3>
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<li>Develop appropriate sales prospects and quality leads through a research driven approach.</li>
<li>Manage and update our CRM system to identify lapsed business, understand potential opportunities, and create sales reports.</li>
<li>Develop sponsorship opportunities across RSU, particularly for signature events such as Freshers’ Week.</li>
<li>Oversee our merchandise offer, liaising with our delivery partner, helping customers, and driving sales during key events i.e. Freshers’&nbsp;Festival and Graduation.</li>
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<h3>Administration and Events</h3>
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<li>Prepare and amend sales quotations and associated paperwork.</li>
<li>Process and submit invoices via our finance team to ensure credit is collected from customers.</li>
<li>Lead on our commercial events programme i.e. Freshers’ Festival, being proactive in booking events and customers.</li>
<li>Ensure all events are run safely and are compliant with statutory requirements including oversight of risk assessments.</li>
<li>Provide information, advice and assistance to colleagues regarding the delivery of events.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Staff &amp; Financial Responsibilities</h2>
<ul>
<li>Manage and develop direct reports, ensuring effective recruitment, induction, and on-going development within the organisation.</li>
<li>Effectively provide coaching, 1-2-1 support and performance management in line with the Union’s policies and procedures.</li>
<li>Recruit and induct staff within the organisation as appropriate.</li>
<li>Supervise and/or manage team members in line with the organisation’s policies and procedures, supporting them to grow personally and professionally.</li>
<li>Work within an agreed budget, in line with the organisation’s scheme of delegation and financial procedures. Accurately forecast and report on agreed income and sponsorship targets.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Organisation Wide Responsibilities</h2>
<ul>
<li>Comply with relevant equality and diversity policies, promoting a healthy working environment where all individuals are valued.</li>
<li>Comply with relevant health and safety policies, seeking to minimise hazards for others.</li>
<li>Support the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives within the organisation.</li>
<li>Comply with relevant data protection policies, ensuring the Data Protection Act 2018 is considered when making plans and decisions.</li>
<li>Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with students, volunteers, staff and individuals outside of the Students’ Union (for example the University).</li>
<li>Comply with the Students’ Union’s articles of association and other governing documents, recognising and celebrating the contribution of members to leading our work.</li>
<li>Work as part of a wider team, undertaking any other reasonable duties appropriate for the grade that may be required by the organisation.</li>
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Business Development Coordinator

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Please note: this role requires a cover letter. Please use the additional files option when applying to upload your letter.
The Academic Communities Coordinator will play a key role in delivering our academic representation system, in partnership with the University, by supporting students in making positive impacts to their educational experience at Roehampton.
They will work create a framework for the successful development of academic societies on campus, working closely with the faculty to integrate these groups into academic life.</div>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Job title: Academic Communities Coordinator</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Team: Representation</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Department:&nbsp;Membership &amp; Engagement</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Responsible to: Interim Head of Membership Turnaround</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Responsible for: Circa 2-3 members of casual staff.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Contract type: Full-time, permanent.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hours of work: 35 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks). Our usual working pattern is Monday to Friday, during usual office opening hours, but there is some flexibility with start and finish times.&nbsp;Some unsociable hours may be required on an ad-hoc basis at certain points in the year including weekend work.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Grade: 4</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Salary: £27,632.&nbsp;Salary is subject to our Pay and Reward Policy which includes an opportunity for annual pay progression.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Applications close: 09:00 Monday 9 December 2024</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Interviews take place: Week commencing 16 December 2024</li>
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<div><a title="Academic Communities Coordinator JD" href="https://www.roehamptonstudent.com/pageassets/jobs/browse/AcademicCommunitiesCoordinator-JD-Oct2024.pdf">Download the full job description.</a></div>
<h2>Key Responsibilities</h2>
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<h3>Academic Representation System</h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work with key contacts from academic schools and programmes to oversee and develop the academic representation system. Produce briefings and associated guides for Academic Reps, Committees and academic/professional services staff related to Academic Representation at Roehampton.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Provide support to relevant committees as required (i.e. producing reports and papers as requested by the Vice President (VP) Education for the Student Education Committee).</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Plan and organise the annual Academic Rep Conference with support from the wider Representation Team.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Academic Representation: Recruitment and Training&nbsp;</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work with key contacts from academic schools and programmes across the University to coordinate the recruitment of all Academic Reps and other academic roles as needed.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop and deliver an annual induction that engages all Academic Reps and gives them an overview of their role.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop a blended learning and development package, which utilises both interactive digital content as well as face-to-face, to deliver a year-round training programme which increases the effectiveness and personal employability of academic community leaders.</li>
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<h3>Academic Representation: Communication</h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Act as the key contact within the Students’ Union for Academic Reps, supporting the VP Education to provide advice and coaching on how to tackle and resolve specific issues, ensuring the VP Education is kept up to date with any issues.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support School Reps, through regular 121s, with planning their goals, connecting their work to other similar projects, understanding the right channels to progress or resolve issues, and empowering School Reps to offer the same support to Subject Area Reps.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop a programme of networking opportunities with key contacts from academic schools and programmes to ensure a fully joined up partnership approach to academic representation and enhance effective communication channels between the Students’ Union and the faculty.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Produce regular student facing updates which promote education policy and/or successes achieved through Academic Representation, increasing awareness of change.</li>
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<h3>Academic Student Groups and Communities</h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Acting as the main point of contact for our Academic Student Groups and Communities. This includes supporting groups with meeting organisation and administration, decision-making, promotional communications, and event planning.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work with the Student Opportunities team to deliver the annual elections for academic student group committees, supporting their training and personal development.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Working with academic student group leaders to promote group membership to students.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work with the Student Opportunities team and relevant University staff to ensure collaboration in the support and development of Academic Societies and Communities.</li>
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<h3>Representation Systems and Service Delivery</h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work with the wider Representation team to support the delivery of elections for roles across the organisation, acting as an Assistant to the Deputy Returning Officer when required.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work alongside the Representation Coordinator to support the delivery of our general governance systems including but not limited to: President’s Committee, officer campaigns, research and insight projects, and student networks.</li>
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<h2>Staff &amp; Financial Responsibilities</h2>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Recruit and induct staff within the organisation as appropriate.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Supervise and/or manage team members in line with the organisation’s policies and procedures, supporting them to grow personally and professionally.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work within an agreed budget, in line with the organisation’s scheme of delegation and financial procedures.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Organisation Wide Responsibilities</h2>
<ul>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Comply with relevant equality and diversity policies, promoting a healthy working environment where all individuals are valued.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Comply with relevant health and safety policies, seeking to minimise hazards for others.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives within the organisation.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Comply with relevant data protection policies, ensuring the Data Protection Act 2018 is considered when making plans and decisions.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with students, volunteers, staff and individuals outside of the Students’ Union (for example the University).</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Comply with the Students’ Union’s articles of association and other governing documents, recognising and celebrating the contribution of members to leading our work.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work as part of a wider team, undertaking any other reasonable duties appropriate for the grade that may be required by the organisation. </li>
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Academic Communities Coordinator

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Please note: this role requires a cover letter. Please use the additional files option when applying to upload your letter.
Reporting to the Chief Executive and operating within the Senior Leadership Team, this role is responsible for the strategic development and delivery of Roehampton Students' Union’s finance, HR, and helpdesk functions, including providing high quality strategic advice to the Board of Trustees regarding the long term future of the organisation. &nbsp;
Within finance, the role has responsibility for areas including our annual budget planning cycle, preparation of our statutory and management accounts, ensuring payroll and legal compliance, and developing controls, policies and procedures as required. 
Alongside overseeing our financial performance, this role leads our HR function including the delivery and implementation of our People and Culture Plan, recruitment, behaviour and performance frameworks, and policy implementation.</div>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Job title: Head of Finance and Operations</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Team: Senior Leadership Team</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Department: Central Services</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Responsible to: CEO</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Responsible for: Finance Assistant, HR Advisor, Helpdesk Team</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Contract type: Part-time, permanent</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hours of work:&nbsp;25 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks). Our usual working pattern is Monday to Friday, during usual office opening hours, but there is flexibility with start and finish times.&nbsp;Some unsociable hours may be required on an ad-hoc basis at certain points in the year including weekend work.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Grade: 8</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Salary:&nbsp;£45,356 (£32,398 pro-rata) – £54,815 (£39,154 pro-rata). Salary is subject to our Pay and Reward Policy which includes an opportunity for annual pay progression.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Applications close: 09:00 Monday 9 December 2024</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Interviews take place: Week commencing 16 December 2024</li>
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<div><a title="Head of Finance and Operations JD" href="https://www.roehamptonstudent.com/pageassets/jobs/browse/HeadofFinanceandOperations-JD-Nov2024.pdf">Download the full job description</a>.</div>
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<h2>Key Responsibilities</h2>
<h3>Strategic Leadership&nbsp;</h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Be an active member of the Senior Leadership Team, steering the strategic direction of the charity and leading your teams in a high-performance culture.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Have overall responsibility for the Students’ Union’s compliance with legal and legislative requirements within finance and HR, maintaining our policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant legal standards.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop and maintain positive relationships with colleagues, University staff, external partners, and other stakeholders, in particular, work closely with the University regarding the Students’ Union’s block grant.</li>
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<h3>Financial Leadership and Management</h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lead, manage, develop and expand the financial management and controls of the Students’ Union including&nbsp;book-keeping, budgeting, cash flow management, and invoicing, in accordance with legislation and best practice.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In consultation with the Chief Executive, develop and prepare the annual budget and multi-year forecasts, in a timely manner, ensuring financial plans align with our overall strategic direction.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Provide regular budget monitoring reports (such as monthly management accounts, quarterly accounts, and our annual financial statements), cash flow statements, analysis of performance against budget, and insights into risk, ensuring this is understandable to our stakeholders.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Oversee payroll and pensions, ensuring compliance with PAYE and legal requirements.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Manage and develop financial systems and internal controls, and to provide advice and training to budget managers and staff on finance related procedures and issues.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Act as the main point of contact for the appointed auditor and be responsible for the preparation of records and reports for the annual external audit.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Have an understanding of accounting processes around charity governance.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete and deliver operational information/payments to HMRC, ONS and other government and regulatory bodies including pension and VAT returns.&nbsp;</li>
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<h3>People and Culture</h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Oversee the development and delivery of our People and Culture Plan, developing our organisational behaviours and performance framework to ensure our values and culture are embedded throughout the organisation.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lead the development and implementation of our recruitment processes, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and a first-class onboarding and induction process.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lead on the review and development of our HR systems, policies, and procedures, ensuring they meet the values of the Students’ Union and establish clear standards for our staff team that contribute to their wellbeing and success.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations through liaison with our HR consultants.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support staff training and development programmes.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Act as the senior management lead for HR, undertaking day-to-day HR tasks where required.</li>
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<h3>Service Development and Delivery</h3>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lead on the delivery of change projects across the organisation which may sit outside of the typical realm of finance and HR.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To be the Union’s service improvement champion promoting excellent and consistent process and procedure that enables people to engage with us with ease and clarity.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lead on the delivery of internal and external compliance reporting e.g. gender pay gap.</li>
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<h2>Staff &amp; Financial Responsibilities</h2>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Deputise for the Chief Executive Officer in their absence on matters relating to Finances, HR, and Service Delivery.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Manage and develop direct reports, ensuring effective recruitment, induction, and on-going development within the organisation.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Effectively provide coaching, 1-2-1 support and performance management in line with the Union’s policies and procedures.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Recruit and induct staff within the organisation as appropriate.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Supervise and/or manage team members in line with the organisation’s policies and procedures, supporting them to grow personally and professionally.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work within an agreed budget, in line with the organisation’s scheme of delegation and financial procedures.</li>
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<h2>As a Senior Manager</h2>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Be personally responsible and accountable for projects and results, leading work that spans the entire organisation.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Build effective working relationships with local, regional and national partners that furthers the work of the Students’ Union.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work with colleagues to identify additional revenue streams and ways to reduce costs that can fund the further development of the Students’ Union.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support and mentor elected student Officers, helping them achieve their agreed objectives.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ultimately our Senior Managers are accountable for the delivery of our strategy and ensuring the Students’ Union delivers our mission.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Organisation Wide Responsibilities</h2>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Comply with relevant equality and diversity policies, promoting a healthy working environment where all individuals are valued.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Comply with relevant health and safety policies, seeking to minimise hazards for others.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives within the organisation.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Comply with relevant data protection policies, ensuring the Data Protection Act 2018 is considered when making plans and decisions.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with students, volunteers, staff and individuals outside of the Students’ Union (for example the University).&nbsp;</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Comply with the Students’ Union’s articles of association and other governing documents, recognising and celebrating the contribution of members to leading our work.</li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work as part of a wider team, undertaking any other reasonable duties appropriate for the grade that may be required by the organisation.</li>
</ul>
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