Student Organization's Officer's Responsibility

Use the following guidelines to assist your organization in establishing officer responsibilities:

President

• Supervises and oversees the work of the other officers, ensuring that they function together as an effective team
• Provides the overall vision and sense of direction for the organization
• Spokesperson/representative/external liaison for the organization
• Schedules and runs officer and organization meetings
• Serves as a role model for other officers and members

Vice President

• Supervises and oversees chairpersons and the committees
• Selects committee chairs, delegates appropriate responsibilities to committee chairs, and keeps up-to-date on work of committees with committee chairs
• Chairs occasional special committees/task forces/projects
• Substitutes during absence of president
• Serves as a role model for other officers and members

Secretary

• Records and distributes all pertinent information to members, including meeting minutes, upcoming events and opportunities
• Handles all organization correspondence
• Keeps accurate membership lists with names, addresses and phone numbers (including summer addresses)
• Maintains thorough organization files and records
• Serves as a role model for other officers and members

Treasurer

• Establishes and oversees annual budget for organization
• Reports regularly to the organization on the financial situation
• Manages day-to-day financial transactions, records and pays bills/reimbursements, deposits/withdraws funds, records accrued interest
• Serves as a role model for other officers and members

Committee Chairs

• Manages committees with appropriate direction and delegation
• Reports to vice president and organization meetings
• Chairs specific responsibilities and goals
• Serves as a role model for other officers and members

More information on the use of Committees