Employment With SGA
SGA IS HIRING FOR THE O7-08 YEAR!
Academic Issues Director: Not more
than 20 hours/week at $6.55/hour
The following excerpt is drawn from the Student Government Association’s Bylaws:
Section 10 E.
Academic Issues Director
– Reports to
President.
Main duties are
working with student academic concerts
and implementing new policy,
implementing and enforcing SGA academic
policy, and maintaining Professor
Evaluations for student reference twice
a year, and collecting of student
body’s nominations for University
awards.
Additionally, the President and Vice President expect the Academic Issues
Director to be very involved with the rewriting of General Degree Requirements.
We would like to see some work done toward making advising more personalized and
approachable for students. All Executive Staff will be required to spend
portions of their paid time in listening or feedback sessions with students, as
well as keeping regular office hours. Applicants interested in this position are
encouraged to submit answers to the following
questions with their
application:
1.
If you could
influence anything about the GDR requirements, what would it be and why?
2.
Please describe
some “higher education,” academic/GDR awareness, and/or involvement programs
you’d like to facilitate?
3.
How do you
plan to increase the working relationships between UWSP faculty, staff, and
students?
Applications may be found here or in the SGA Office, Room 052 of the DUC.
Budget Director: Not more than 20
hours/week at $7.05/hour
The following excerpt is drawn from the Student Government Association’s Bylaws:
Section 10 F.
Budget Director
- Supervises the Assistant
Budget Director. Reports to the President.
Attend all additional annual budget and educational finance meetings.
Advise and educate organizations on the proper and most effective ways to meet
monetary needs. Implement and enforce SGA Finance Policy. Serve as the exclusive
comptroller for SGA Segregated Fees and the interpreter of the financial
budgetary decisions mandated by the SGA Senate.
The President and Vice President expect the Budget Director to be very involved
with the adjustments that must be made with the addition of oversight of the
University Centers budget. We would like to see some work done toward making
monetary requests and annual budgets more accessible, clear, and approachable
for students and student organizations. All Executive Staff will be required to
spend portions of their paid time in listening or feedback sessions with
students, as well as keeping regular office hours. Applicants interested in this
position are encouraged to submit answers to the following
questions with their application:
1.
(Please fill out
attached unanticipated request form): Please indicate improvements that can be
made on the navigability and clarity of this form.
2.
Please define
“fiscal responsibility”.
3.
What do you
believe the Budget Director’s ultimate responsibility to the students on this
campus is?
4.
Explain any
experience you have with spreadsheets or budgeting (especially Microsoft Excel).
5.
Please do these
math problems, and show your work:
a)
22 + 39 + 104.1 +
.009
b)
45/7
c)
$1,056.42 -
$133.00
d)
55.3 x 64 x 12
Applications may be found here or in the SGA Office, Room 052 of the DUC.
Assistant Budget Director: Not
more than 20 hours/week at $6.55/hour
The following excerpt is drawn from the Student Government Association’s Bylaws:
Section 10 G.
Assistant Budget Director
– Reports to the Budget Director. Major
responsibilities are to work with Budget Director in coordinating Finance
meetings and minutes. Assist Budget Director with implementation and enforcement
of SGA Finance Policy. Process various office forms, keep minutes of all Finance
meetings. Attend all Finance meetings. Organize funding passed by the Finance
Committee or Senate through maintenance of a finance binder. Take messages for
budget staff.
Do all photocopying
and processing materials for Finance and budget matters. Is a voting member of
the Finance Committee.
The President and Vice President expect the Assistant Budget Director to be very
involved with the adjustments that must be made with the addition of oversight
of the University Centers budget. We would like to see some work done toward
making monetary requests and annual budgets more accessible, clear, and
approachable for students and student organizations. All Executive Staff will be
required to spend portions of their paid time in listening or feedback sessions
with students, as well as keeping regular office hours. Applicants interested in
this position are encouraged to submit answers to the following
questions with their application:
6.
(Please fill out
attached unanticipated request form): Please indicate improvements that can be
made on the navigability and clarity of this form.
7.
Please define
“fiscal responsibility”.
8.
What do you
believe the Budget Director’s ultimate responsibility to the students on this
campus is?
9.
Explain any
experience you have with spreadsheets or budgeting (especially Microsoft Excel).
10.
Please do these
math problems, and show your work:
a)
22 + 39 + 104.1 +
.009
b)
45/7
c)
$1,056.42 -
$133.00
d)
55.3 x 64 x 12
Applications may be found here or in the SGA Office, Room 052 of the DUC.
Public Relations and Comm.
Director: Not more than 20 hours/week at $6.55/hour
The following excerpt is drawn from the Student Government Association’s Bylaws:
Section 10 H.
Public Relations and Communication Director
- Attend all Senate and Executive Board meetings.
Promote student understanding and participation in SGA. Develop and promote
activities and programs of SGA.
Implement and enforce SGA communication policy. Coordinate campus and local
media concerning events, Senate decisions and Student Government issues.
Additionally, the President and Vice President expect the P.R. & Comm. Director
to be very involved with the re-branding of SGA. We would like to see some work
done toward making SGA something that students are aware of and would like to be
more involved with. All Executive Staff will be required to spend portions of
their paid time in listening or feedback sessions with students, as well as
keeping regular office hours. Applicants interested in this position are
encouraged to submit answers to the following
questions with
their application:
1.
How do you plan to
promote SGA, simultaneously working to improve its image?
2.
How will you
utilize media resources with this position?
3.
You can’t be
everywhere all the time. What are some ways to make sure that posters go up,
interviews are conducted, articles are written, etc. with the PR & Comm.
Director only working 20 hours per week?
Applications may be found here or in the SGA Office, Room 052 of the DUC.
Executive Director: Not more than
10 hours/week at $6.55/hour
The following excerpt is drawn from the Student Government Association’s Bylaws:
Section 10 I.
Executive Director
- Reports to
the President. Major responsibilities are to supervise all office procedures,
make all room assignments and scheduling, manage the SGA and SFO budgets and
payroll, and make all hotel/room reservations for SGA travel. Reserve State
Vehicles when needed.
Coordinate
Senate Agendas and Minutes. Keep minutes at all Senate meetings. Assist and
attend all Senate and Executive Board meetings. Organize Bills passed by the
Student Senate through maintenance of Bill Binder, and continuing the Bill
numbering system.
Additionally, the President and Vice President would like to see some work done
toward making the work SGA does more accessible to students via updating of
meeting minutes and passed legislation in hard copy and online. All Executive
Staff will be required to spend portions of their paid time in listening or
feedback sessions with students, as well as keeping regular office hours.
Applicants interested in this position are encouraged to submit answers to the
following questions with their application:
1.
How do you feel
that this position best benefits the rest of the Executive staff? What would you
include among most important duties?
2.
Explain any
experience you have with web posting (particularly Microsoft Web Expression) or
parliamentary procedure.
Applications may be found here or in the SGA Office, Room 052 of the DUC.