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Vice President of Academia Role

Find out more about the role and its responsibilities. 

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Role Details

  • Sabbatical part-time role.
  • Start Date: 1 July 2024
  • End Date: 30 June 2025
  • Annual Salary: 19,000

This role might be for you if you can...

  • Help enhance learning, teaching and the quality of education at the university
  • Work to improve equality and diversity at the Students’ Association and University.
  • Build effective relationships locally and nationally with a range of stakeholders and are willing to represent DUSA’s interests and position.
  • Work with professional colleagues to support students in need and represent and advocate their interests to the University.
  • Work collectively with your fellow student representatives and support a range of different projects and campaigns.

Summary of the Role

About the Role

The role of Vice President of Academia is an essential position to the enhancement of the quality of education at the University of Dundee. The post holder will contribute and work closely with teaching and learning and quality assurance leads at the University to keep improving the learning experience.

This role also allows the post holder to play a leading role in DUSA and the University’s approach to internationalisation and equality and diversity. Both areas are of importance to our student body and the success of the institution and a post holder who is committed to enhancement in these areas will be vital. The need to have an effective approach to ensure that all students have great experience.

The Vice President of Academia also has another, equally important role, which is to deputise the President. This means, that at times you would be asked or be required to step in for the President and possibly speak on DUSA’s behalf.

For the Vice President of Academia’s full job description read Bye-Law 1 in the Nomination Pack.

Benefits

  • 28 days of annual leave.
  • Flexible working hours – Sometimes you will have commitments which are outside of regular working hours. These hours worked can be taken in leave at other times
  • Job training, development opportunities and a chance to broaden your professional network.

Your success will be measured by:

  • The number of people you help with various academic issues no matter if the resolution is favourable or not.
  • The opinions of students, the Board, University staff and your fellow Exec and Exec support team members.
  • By showing evidence of how you met your campaign policies and any further pledges you made in your manifesto.
  • The success of awareness campaigns you organise and support.
  • The strategic objectives you help achieve for DUSA, through working with our senior management team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Take forward the planning, organisation and actioning of employability and engagement events/campaigns.
  • Working with your fellow representatives, DUSA and University staff to achieve organisational and team goals.
  • Be present at various meetings, this includes working groups, the SRC and some meetings with the University.
  • Admin work, including providing timely responses to dozens of emails from students, university staff, DUSA Management..
  • Engage students in the many services and opportunities DUSA provide.
  • Network with key University and DUSA staff, including DUSA’s Senior Management Team.
  • Support the running of DUSAs advice centre, The Hive, supporting and advising students face to face.
  • Support your fellow Exec members in various campaigns – working as a close team on a daily basis to achieve more than you could alone.
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