| Position | What you do
| Characteristics | Duties |
Chairperson
| Acts as a link between the
science faculty staff and the NSC. Chairs meetings and makes sure that the
committee runs smoothly. | Tenacity,
professional, organized, flexible, mediator, assertive | Member of the AAC
and Faculty Board, regular meetings with the Dean of Science, chairing meetings
|
Vice-Chairperson | Acts with the full
authority of chairperson if the chairperson is absent. In charge of
disciplinary action within the NSC and general management of the committee | Determined, organized, effective communication skills, team player | Member of the AAC
and Faculty Board. Represent Science student interests and sit on NSC
disciplinary subcommittee |
Treasurer | The Financial manager of
the team. Keeping the money books in check | Assertive,
flexible, logical, committed, transparent, detail-oriented, responsible,
comfortable with numbers | Update NSC budget
and make sure the NSC adheres to it and the financial regulations. Responsible
for processing all the payments or anything money related such as acquiring a SnapScan
code. |
Secretary | In charge of NSC admin
(minutes, agenda, consolidation of communication) | Organised,
detail-orientated, values transparency and inclusiveness, punctual, comfortable
with writing professional emails, computer literate (Outlook 365). Willing to
learn practical secretarial skills | Create minutes and
agenda for meetings, consolidation of communication between NSC and outside
world, organise committee garments. In charge of the NSC office |
Student Affairs |
Acts as a link between
students, the NSC and Faculty management and handles all complaints
directed at the NSC via the correct channels |
People
orientated, team player, organised, comfortable with writing professional
emails, friendly and determined | Organise class rep elections, trainings, meetings and social
events. Takes action to raise classrep concerns to university staff. Member of
the Faculty Board |
| Marketing Representative | Arguably the best portfolio
on the team. The primary task is to get the word out, letting students know
what the NSC is planning and organise science garments. | Be
friendly and a people's person. Have great organisational and communication
skills. Have some knowledge on how to use Instagram, Facebook and Twitter,
addiction to social media really does go a long way here | Manage the NSC social media platforms, advertise NSC events and
organise(designing and ordering) garments for science student |
Social Representative
|
Organising and planning
events. Events include science-specific events, socials and social impact. | Creative, organised, good time management and communication skills
| Getting quotes from companies, managing events, setting up and planning, booking locations
|
| Social Impact | New portfolio aimed at
giving back to Science students and surrounding communities, while creating
social issue awareness. | Empathetic, driven, passionate about helping others, caring, friendly | Organize and promote social impact events. Collaborate with
Science Faculty social impact committee. As a new portfolio duties are flexible |
| Postgraduate Representative | The voice of Natural
Science Postgraduates on the NSC. Acts as the Chair of the Faculty of Science
Committee on Postgraduate Affairs (FSCPA), consisting of postgraduate representatives
from each department | A passion
for postgraduate affairs and representation | Planning informal social as well as academic events (Symposium
in collaboration with UCT), consulting with fellow representatives on relevant
postgraduate matters, ensuring NSC communications are distributed to
postgraduate |
