Coordinator: Unit for Student Governance

1 day ago


Stellenbosch, South Africa Stellenbosch University Full time

Duties/Pligte **Student leadership support**
- Supporting the Tygerberg Students' Representative Council (TSRC), Tygerberg Postgraduate Students' Representative Council (TPSRC), Societies Council, Academic Affairs Council, Student Parliament and election convenors in executing their duties under the Student Constitution;
- Coordinating leadership development training opportunities for the TSRC, TPSRC, Societies Council, Academic Affairs Council, Student Parliament and election convenors;
- Creating, with the support of the Unit Manager and in collaboration with student leaders and the relevant departments at the faculty, frameworks and guidelines for feedback engagement processes (including TSRC evaluation panels) to ensure accountability on agreed deliverables within the student governance space;
- Aligning TSRC programming with SRC programming at the Stellenbosch campus to ensure intercampus student governance collaboration.
- Coordinating, in collaboration with the Manager: Unit for Student Governance and the Manager: Unit for Experiential Learning Manager, the implementation of co-curriculum programmes at the Tygerberg campus.

**Ensuring smooth transitioning from one term of office to the next by coordinating the following activities in consultation with the Unit Manager and student leaders**:

- TSRC and TPSRC camps;
- Annual intercampus student governance engagement opportunities,TSRC honorary colours ceremony and other ceremonies, as requested;
- TSRC/TPSRC training and handover sessions; and;
- TSRC inauguration ceremony.

**General office management**
- Coordinating the TSRC/TPSRC Office and handling general enquiries and referrals;
- Coordinating the assets management of the Office, general maintenance and supplies;
- Coordinating network registration and access card activation for new TSRC/TPSRC members.

**Financial management**

Providing direct support to the Unit Manager by:

- Loading all payments on the Student Governance cost centre at Tygerberg;
- Ensuring that all student societies at the Tygerberg campus have their own cost centres as required by the Student Constitution; and
- Providing financial management training and support to all treasurers of societies by complying with SU financial protocols to ensure effective cost centre management.

**Ondersteuning aan studenteleierskap**
- Ondersteun die Tygerberg Studenteraad (TSR), Tygerberg Nagraadsestudenteraad (TNSR), Verenigingsraad, Akademiesebelangeraad, Studenteparlement en verkiesingsameroepers in die uitvoering van hulle pligte ingevolge die Studentegrondwet;
- Koördineer opleidingsgeleenthede vir leierskapontwikkeling vir die TSR, TNSR, Verenigingsraad, Akademiesebelangeraad, Studenteparlement en verkiesingsameroepers;
- Skep, met die ondersteuning van die Eenheidshoof en in samewerking met studenteleiers en die tersaaklike departemente aan die Fakulteit, raamwerke en riglyne vir terugvoering-skakelingsprosesse (onder meer TSR-evalueringspanele) om verantwoordbaarheid oor ooreengekome doelstellings binne die studenteregeringsruimte te verseker;
- Belyn TSR-programopstelling met SR-programopstelling op die Stellenbosch-kampus om interkampus-samewerking op studenteregeringsvlak te verseker;
- Koördineer, in samewerking met die Bestuurder: Eenheid vir Studenteregering en die Bestuurder: Eenheid vir Ervaringgerigte Leer, die implementering van kokurrikulumprogramme op die Tygerberg-kampus.

**Verseker vlot oorgang vanaf een ampstermyn na die volgende deur die volgende aktiwiteite in oorleg met die Eenheidsbestuurder en studenteleiers te koördineer**:

- TSR- en TNSR-kampe;
- Jaarlikse geleenthede vir interkampus-skakeling op studenteregeringsvlak, erekleure geleentheid en ander seremonies, soos versoek;
- Opleidings
- en oorhandiging sessies vir die TSR/TNSR; en
- TSR-inhuldigingsgeleentheid.

**Algemene kantooradministrasie**
- Koördineer die TSR/TNSR Kantoor en hanteer algemene navrae en verwysings;
- Koördineer die batebestuur, algemene instandhouding en voorrade van die Kantoor;
- Koördineer netwerkregistrasie en toegangskaart-aktivering vir nuwe TSR/TNSR-lede.

**Finansiële bestuur**

Verskaf regstreekse bystand aan die Eenheidsbestuurder deur:

- Alle betalings op die Studenteregering-kostepunt by Tygerberg te laai;
- Verseker dat alle studenteverenigings op die Tygerberg-kampus hulle eie kostepunte het soos in die Studentegrondwet vereis; en
- Verskaf finansiëlebestuursopleiding en -steun aan alle tesouriers van verenigings deur die US se finansiële protokolle na te kom, ten einde kostepunte doeltreffend te bestuur.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes **The incumbent must present proof of the following as an absolute minimum**:

- A relevant university degree;
- Two years' experience in and in-depth understanding of a higher education (HE) environment, or at least two years' work experience in a position similar to this one in an HE environment;
- The ability to slot directly into and comply with processes of student man



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