KENTUNION Role of Committee Members The committee are responsible for running [group name], taking decisions about everything; from how the group is promoted and what the budget for the year should be, to supervising everyday activities. Kent Union values the hard work of all of its groups, including Sports, Societies and Volunteering Groups and the contribution you make to its overall missions and aims as an organisation. Committee members not only act as ambassadors of their group but for Kent Union in general. Volunteer Role: Treasurer Role Purpose: To monitor finances of [insert group name], delivering updates to the committee and the [Sports/Volunteering/Societies] Co-ordinator and represent the group to external organisations. Role & Responsibilities To submit your groups budgets at the relevant time To monitor expenditure of the group To support and engage with other committee and your members and to contribute to your group initiatives To attend your committee meetings To participate fully in the Committee handover period and your AGM Add points specific to your group Responsible to: The committee and general members of your group. Working With: You will be working with other committee and general members and to support group’s activities. They will also work with KU’s [Volunteer/Sports/Societies] Coordinator to create a budget for the year and give regular updates on their group’s expenditure. Duration: Academic Year 2013/14 Training - You will receive committee training run by Kent Union and a full induction on the resources and support available from the Student Activities Centre. Additional training can be organised if required, based on your groups needs. Benefits: Develop new skills, including budgeting, teamwork and communication (www.kentunion.co.uk/eandv/toolkit for more information about employability skills and how you can record these) KENTUNION Use your role to log your volunteering towards the Kent Student Certificate in Volunteering Award [KSCV] www.kentunion.co.uk/eandv Network and meet new people Make a real difference to your student experience Make a positive difference to the community and to other student’s lives Available Support All volunteers will be provided with staff and sabbatical support (contact details to be found below). Expenses You are able to claim back expenses relevant to you group’s aims and objectives; these must be agreed in advance with the relevant staff member. Contacts Officers Chelsea Moore – Kent Union President – union-president@kent.ac.uk Amy Gilchrest – Vice President Activities – union-activities@kent.ac.uk Chris bull – Vice President Sports – union-sports@kent.ac.uk Alex Murray – Vice president Education – union-education@kent.ac.uk Megan Wells – Vice President Welfare – union-welfare@kent.ac.uk Staff Suzanne Payne – Graduate Employability Coordinator – s.payne@kent.ac.uk Natalie Tiu – Volunteer and RaG Coordinator – n.tiu@kent.ac.uk Anne-Marie Swaine – Volunteer Coordinator a.swaine@kent.ac.uk Steph Hughes – Volunteer Manager s.l.j.hughes@kent.ac.uk Amy Van – Poppel –Sports Coordinator a.van-poppel@kent.ac.uk Daniel Hatfield – Societies Coordinator d.hatfield@kent.ac.uk Bex Ward – Sports and Societies Manager – r.ward@kent.ac.uk Paul Stalker – Representation and Postgraduate Student Coordinator - p.stalker@kent.ac.uk KENTUNION Francis Duncan – Representation and Democracy Coordinator – f.duncan@kent.ac.uk Tim Vivian – Deputy Representation and Democracy manager – t.vivian@kent.ac.uk Dennison Packer – Media Administrator – d.packer@kent.ac.uk ELIGIBILITY: TO BE TREASURER YOU MUST BE A CURRENT STUDENT AT KENT UNIVERSITY, A MEMBER OF THE CLUB, SOCIETY OR VOLUNTEERING GROUP AND A MEMBER OF KENT UNION.