JOB DESCRIPTION

Duties and Key Responsibilities

• Overview and assess the work of GSU Officer Trustees in accordance with the Articles
• Review GSU Officers in line with expectation as defined within:
• Role description at point of election
• Campaign objectives
• The Big Priority
• Responsiveness to the Student Voice
• Receive and scrutinise evidence of GSU Officer activity
• Ensure that every Officer is performing adequately in their role, providing support and suggestions for improvement.
• Act as a critical friend to support GSU Officer plans, by sometimes recommending alternative or additional courses of action.
• Receive details, where relevant, of GSU Officers campaigns expenditure
• Determine whether any further action is needed to improve GSU Officer performance for the benefit of the student membership
• Further action should be given within a reasoned recommendation, identifying intended outcomes
• The Scrutiny Panel may hear cases from students and/or student petitions, and make appropriate judgements and/or referrals on to next steps, these may include:
• Recommendations for improvements
• Enhanced actions relating to student outreach
• Recommended additional methods of reporting to students
• Referral to Assembly to pass a motion for a no-confidence referenda
• Referral of issues and/or investigation to Trustee Board
• Trustee Board discussion and/or vote of confidence
• Scrutiny Panel determine confidence in the Officer

Membership & Attendance

Scrutiny Panel will be made up of:

• One Student Trustee (Chair)
• One Programme Representative
• One School Network Officer
• One member of the Activities Executive Committee
• One group leader
• The Student Trustee and Chair of Scrutiny Panel shall be nominated by Staffing, Governance & Risk Committee following a selection process
• Panel Members will be randomly selected from the Expression of Interest form distributed to all student representatives
• If there is no Expression of Interest from a specified group above, a Representative shall be chosen from the Expression of Interest with the closest role alignment and relevance
• Panellists shall be reimbursed for their time at scheduled or extraordinary Scrutiny panels, and may claim reasonable travel expenses for the Panel
• Panellists should declare any conflicts of interest (i.e. previously a member of an Officers’ campaign team) ahead of each officer review to the Scrutiny Panel Chair
• Panellists should scrutinise work and evidence presented by Officers by considering the below areas of their GSU Officer Portfolio
• Role description at point of election
• Campaign objectives
• The Big Priority
• Responsiveness to the Student Voice