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.
There are 3 vacancies for the role of project officer and you will be responsible for:
1. Supporting students to deliver specific cultural projects as determined by the ISA committee
2. Liaising with Students’ Union staff to agree departmental support for events
3. Working with the marketing officer to seek support on social media and ensuring promotional materials for all events are to be done at least 4 weeks in advance
4. Working with the engagement department to ensure that all required forms are completed for events in good time.
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