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The Student Activities Officer is primarily responsible for supporting and developing extracurricular activities for members of the Union, representing the interests of the student body in having a diverse and expanding range of events, groups and projects with which to get involved.

Main Responsibilities:

• Chair Societies Committee and work closely with Society Group representatives and individual society committees to support and enhance their work;
• Work closely with the York Sport President to jointly coordinate the activity of the Student Development Assembly and to jointly chair meetings of its committee;
• Act as the representative of the Union on matters concerning student activities, both to the University and other external bodies;
• Encourage student participation in available activities, with particular concern for ensuring that activities are accessible to all parts of the student body;
• Work with the other members of Student Development Group to ensure that participation in student activities including sport provides opportunities for personal and skills development where appropriate;
• Oversee and publicise the process of ratifying or re-ratifying a student group and the allocation of grants to ratified student groups;
• Mediate between ratified student groups to resolve disputes and to ensure that they adhere to their own Constitution and the Constitution and Bye-Laws of the Union;
• Work with other officers, volunteers and staff members in delivering high-quality events and projects, especially of a collaborative nature.

Manifesto could include ideas for:

• Increasing participation in various student activities (societies, RAG, volunteering)
• Integrating and coordinating the different types of activities
• Enhancing the employability of York students through activities
• Supporting and developing societies

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For more information you can contact:

James Croydon, Student Activities Officer 2011/12
j.croydon@yusu.org
01904 32 3133
James Senior Common Room during office hours

Jasmine Scott, Sports & Societies Development Coordinator
j.scott@yusu.org
01904 32 3430
YUSU Studio during office hours

Becky Warburton, Volunteering & Fundraising Development Coordinator
b.warburton@yusu.org
01904 32 4799
YUSU Studio during office hours

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