Community Development Coordinator

Brookes Union is a collaborative and inclusive organisation with a vision to provide ‘A Community where every student belongs’. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Community Team as our Community Development Coordinator.

Support Brookes Union to deliver its strategic and operational KPIs

Support the Union to deliver its core function of representing students by enabling them to be active members of the Brookes community, through primarily delivering and developing the Union's societies function.

Support the elected officers to deliver high-impact and evidence-lead campaigns and activities

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support the growth of physical and digital communities amongst our members, streamlining processes and strengthening the union's engagement with these communities.
• Support societies to engage new and existing members in innovative ways, ensuring that all activity is inclusive and accessible
• Ensure that the Unions’ societies adhere to the Union’s bye-laws and other policies
• Lead on societies’ engagement with the Union’s annual Freshers’ Fair and similar, supporting societies to deliver engaging activity to boost memberships
• Support societies to deliver annual elections, ensuring that each society has a full Committee
• Responsible for collaborative delivery training and onboarding all society committees. This will include ensuring that our training is up to date, accessible and relevant
• Collaborate with the Community Events Coordinator to support societies to follow the Union’s event planning procedures including budgeting, free speech regulations and health & safety processes.
• Lead on the Union’s compliance with health and safety rules and regulations in relation to societies
• Develop strong relationships with key University teams including Estates and Campus Services, Health & Safety and Room Bookings
• Ensure appropriate management of all society activity on campus, including undertaking duty management responsibilities.
• Administer the Union’s society grant application process - supporting societies to gain value for money from both grants and membership fees
• Supporting student groups to seek out external funding for their activity including sponsorship opportunities of their activities and events
• Support and deliver the Union’s Raising and Giving activity, ensuring that fundraising regulations are followed at all times
• Support and encourage societies and society members to lead on or take part in Union-wide campaigns, lobbying, research, democracy and other representation activity
• Support the VP Activities and Employability in any development work related to societies or other communities on campus
• Lead on and ensure societies’ effective use of the Union’s CRM
• Provide effective and comprehensive line management for student staff, including objective setting, personal and professional development, performance management and wellbeing/pastoral support

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