Imperial College Union The Sabbatical Officers The Union is run by students, for students. Every year, during the spring term, a campus-wide election takes place where every full member of the Union (i.e. a full-time UG/PG student) can stand and/or vote for who will be running their Union for the next year. There are five Union Sabbaticals. While the Sabbatical team work full time, as a Management Group officer you are the most important link between Club, Society & Project officers and them. For the majority of the time, you will be a group’s first port of call if they have any issues, but it’s also good for you to be aware of when groups are doing well which they sometimes forget to
tell you! You should familiarise yourself with the types of potential challenges likely to affect your Clubs, Societies or Projects and be ready to offer advice and guidance, or be able to redirect them to someone who can. For this reason, you need to ensure that all of your Clubs, Societies or Projects know your officer email address (eg. acc.chair@ imperial.ac.uk), and you should check this regularly. More often than not, you’ll receive emails with some of the more day to day questions, like how to hand in paperwork or when will a payment be ready. If information gets sent out to groups from someone other than yourself, please make sure to read it as well because you may receive questions about it later. On the other hand, the Union does appreciate that you’ve got a degree to do. If there is anything, like questions that you don’t know how to answer or an issue that you don’t have time to resolve, feel free to pass these up to the most appropriate member of staff or sabbatical who will be able to help you out. Often you won’t be the one specifically making a decision, but more helping to implement those decisions that have been made.
Management Group Manual Page 4 imperialcollegeunion.org/training