Vice President of Academia Role

DUSA Executive Elections

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Role Details

  • Sabbatical part-time role.
  • Start Date: 1 July 2025
  • End Date: 30 June 2026
  • Annual Salary

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 Vice President of Academia is the lead representative for the academic experience at the University. The remit of this role includes learning and teaching, quality and academic standards, and employability. 

The VPA will work closely together with the Vice Principal (Education) and Quality and Academic Standards Officer to ensure students are represented in discussions about the academic experience. They will also work with Professional Services (such as the Library, Academic Skills Centre, Educational Development), and DUSA’s Advice and Support Team, to ensure students are supported. 

This role also includes deputising for the President when they are not available, and covering all of their responsibilities during these times.  

Finally, like the other members of the Student Executive, the VPA is also a Trustee of DUSA, and works together with the Additional Trustees to ensure an effective and positive impact on DUSA’s governance and strategy.

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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