Officer Responsibilities
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