New Roles: Student Community Organisers
Yes, you heard it right, introducing the new Student Community Organisers! 🙋♂️
Student Community Organisers are our newest part-time and paid roles as part of the student voice structure at Bristol SU.
Not only are we refreshing our approach to change-making, but this is the first time we will be able to pay students for their valuable contributions to change making on campus.
These roles came about after actions from the Representation Review were passed in Student Council in November.
Previously we have found from student feedback that…
- Many students feel it’s tough to get involved in campaigns due to time constraints, unclear information, and financial challenges that stop them being able to do the admin and connecting work that makes a good campaign.
- The current structure often felt more like an obstacle than a support, making it hard to campaign on the issues that matter most to you.
- Marginalised students really value having a space to connect and support each other through shared experiences.
For the last 10 years, Bristol SU has used Networks as a campaigning and liberation structure. Across the years, they’ve been part of important work, such as working to decolonise the curriculum, pushing for the creation of a Gender Expression Fund and running Reclaim the Night marches. However, especially since covid, these groups have become more of a space for community building, and it has become more pressure for simply one person to be the sole representative of the issues of the marginalised group they were elected to lead – especially without being paid.
So, we listened at Bristol SU, and have launched 6 new positions, named the Student Community Organisers!
Four roles will keep a focus on liberation as part of the job, each working with a specific marginalised group to ensure representation:
- Student Community Organiser (Global Majority Communities)
- Student Community Organiser (Disabled Student Communities)
- Student Community Organiser (LGBTQ+ Communities)
- Student Community Organiser (Women’s’ Communities)
Two additional roles will be ‘non-portfolio’ and open to anyone interested in community organising. All the roles will work together to ensure there is representation across campaigns.
Did you know we are also paying our Faculty Reps this year too? Check out the role here!
