Guild Elections

Officer Elections

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Your Annual Officer Elections Are Nearly Here!

Our Officer Elections are the biggest student election in Birmingham, with thousands voting each year. It’s your chance to decide who will lead the Guild of Students for the next academic year!

From 20 January 2025, we’ll be on the lookout for people who want to apply to be one of our Officers and have the opportunity of a lifetime!

Being an Officer is no regular job; one minute you’ll be meeting with leaders at the University to create change on behalf of our students, then the next you’ll be planning large-scale events such as Welcome Week or Grad Ball.

It’s not only a chance to influence the direction of student life and student experience at Birmingham, but it’ll also give you the opportunity to drive change, as well as develop your leadership and problem-solving skills which will only strengthen your CV. This is a fantastic experience for your CV in leadership, problem solving and making change. If you apply to become a full time Officer, you’ll be paid a full-time salary for the year!

This is also your chance to recommend someone you think has got what it takes for one of these special roles.

Elections Timeline

10AM 20 January Applications
Open

4PM 14 February Applications
Close

10am 10 March Voting
Open

4PM 14 March Voting
Closes

15 March Results
Night

Results announced at results night on Sat 15 March

*Notice of Campaigning Period: For the Election, the official campaigning period will align with our voting period. This is therefore notice that campaigning and all associated regulations will be in effect from 10am on Monday 10 March until 4pm on Friday 14 March 2025.

What Roles Are Available?

There are many Officer roles for you to explore.

Full-Time Roles

Full time roles are open to any normally registered University of Birmingham student, whatever year you are in. If you aren’t a final year student, you will have to take a year out of your studies to carry out a full time Officer position:

Full Time Officer

president role

Guild
President

As Guild President you would...


  • Ensure the University represents all students

  • Lead the Officer team, as well as all democracy and governance work within your Guild

  • Represent Birmingham students in the media

Full Time Officer

education role

Education
Officer

As Education Officer you would...


  • Liaise with the University to influence students' academic experience at Birmingham

  • Be leader of the Student Rep Scheme

  • Communicate academic advice and best practice

Full Time Officer

international role

International
Officer

As International Officer you would...


  • Ensure international students have the best academic and social experience

  • Represent students who are on a year abroad

  • Organise inclusive and supportive events for all international students

Full Time Officer

sports role

Sports
Officer

As Sports Officer you would...


  • Ensure Sports Clubs are helping students to develop, make friends and have fun

  • Work with UoB Sport to make sure clubs are what students want

  • Help students across campus to get involved in the ways which suit them

Full Time Officer

postgrad role

Postgraduate
Officer

As Postgraduate Officer you would...


  • Ensure postgraduate students have the best academic and social experience

  • Encourage postgraduates to get involved and feel a part of their community

  • Work with the University to make sure postgraduates are satisfied with their experience and feel supported

Full Time Officer

welfare role

Welfare & Community Officer

As Welfare & Community Officer you would...


  • Focuse on student wellbeing, housing and safety; supporting students in accommodation and the local community

  • Ensure University services are inclusive and accessible for all

  • Campaign to help staff and students build an inclusive community

Full Time Officer

activites role

Activities & Employability Officer

As Activities & Employability Officer you would...


  • Ensure student groups are helping students to develop, meet new people and have fun

  • Help students to develop their employability skills

  • Be responsible for our night time venue, event planning and commercial opportunities

Part-Time Roles

Part-Time roles are open to any normally registered University of Birmingham student and are carried out alongside your studies, you also will be paid for this work across the Academic Year:

Part-Time Officer

ethics and environmental role

Sustainability
Officer

As Sustainability Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to students related to Sustainability

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Promote sustainability initiatives and activities to the University of Birmingham, the Guild and wider as appropriate

Part-Time Officer

ethnic role

Ethnic Minority Students' Officer

As Ethnic Minority Students' Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to students of an ethnic minority

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role.

  • Ensure that representation of Ethnic Minority students occurs at all levels of the Guild in the absence of a committee

Part-Time Officer

lgbtq role

LGBTQ+ Students' Officer

As LGBTQ+ Students' Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern for LGBTQ+ students

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Ensure that the representation of LGBTQ+ students occurs at all levels of the Guild in the absence of a committee

Part-Time Officer

womens role

Women's
Officer

As Women's Officer Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to women and non-binary students

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Ensure that representation of Women students occurs at all levels of the Guild in the absence of a committee

Part-Time Officer

disabled role

Disabled Students'
Officer

As Disabled Students' Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to disabled students.

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Ensure that representation of disabled students occurs at all levels of the Guild in the absence of a committee

Part-Time Officer

trans role

Trans and Non-Binary Students' Officer

As Trans and Non-Binary Students' Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to Trans or non-binary students

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Ensure that the Guild actively promotes initiatives to ensure that the welfare and interests of Trans or non-binary students are protected

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Officer Elections 2025: Recommend a Friend

Elections applications are now here – and we want to know about those incredible people who could make real changes to our community! If you know someone who you think could make things happen, then let us know by pressing Start and completing the form. 

Don’t worry, you won’t be signing them up for anything without their knowledge – we’ll just drop them an email before nominations close to let them know that someone out there thinks they’d be a great candidate! Simple. As. That. 

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