The ISA Executive is made up of the following voluntary roles:
Chair, Deputy Chair, Project Officer(s), Marketing Officer
The ISA executive shall be responsible for the day to day running and development of the ISA and to ensure the ISA achieves it’s objectives as listed below:
a) To ensure sufficient support is available to international student communities when needed
b) To ensure social and cultural events are diverse and accommodating to all students
c) To provide an effective channel of communication between international students, VP International and the student community
d) To promote & encourage international students’ participation in activities and events whilst at the University
e) To facilitate a wide range of international students’ cultural events
f) To increase the accessibility of cultural events to all students.
The deputy chair shall be responsible for:
1. Assisting and supporting the Chair in building a strong and effective working relationship amongst ISA committee members
2. Deputising for the ISA Chair when appropriate
3. Writing minutes for the ISA committee and executive meetings and circulating them within 4 working days
4. Ensuring that an agenda is created and published no later than two days prior to each meeting.
5. You will be expected to do on average 6 hours a week (please be aware that this is absolutely flexibale)
If you have any queries or like to have a chat with your VP International please drop him a line on vpinternational@essex.ac.uk