Society President

You will organise and chair regular society meetings to engage and motivate your team, to ensure your team understands EPAfrica’s broader strategy and processes and to plan, coordinate, adapt and deliver all the EPAfrica activity within your universities. You are the first port of call for volunteers elsewhere in EPAfrica needing support or information from your Society and you will represent your team as an active member of the Recruitment and Training Committee, liaising on practical issues but also developing our broader Project Worker recruitment, retention and training strategies. You will attend virtual Recruitment and Training Committee meetings once a month.

The university societies are vital in the preparation of the summer project and are jointly responsible for making sure each PW has received all training, handed in all documentation and reached the fundraising target. University societies will sort the PWs into their sites, pairs/trios and schools and organise their flights. As President, you will coordinate these shared deliverables across your committee.

To be successful you will use and develop your leadership, project management, delegation and communication skills to lead your committee team and make best use of the society pool and mentor group. You will manage the annual plan and budget for your society and will have many opportunities for personal development through the high level of responsibility of this role, and the many skills you will practice and develop. We believe this being successful in this voluntary role will support you in your career by providing tangible and meaty opportunities for you to evidence the skills and experience that employers are looking for as they appoint graduates.