Application
period to HAMKO’s board is on and maybe you have noticed something in relation
to this on our social media. We have published on our Facebook page
descriptions of board’s responsibilities and here we have gathered them all
together. Therefore, first read what HAMKO’s board actually does and after
that, if you find these tasks interesting, APPLY*!
President and vice president:
HAMKO’s
board includes the president, vice president and six members of the board. The
president and vice president work tightly together as a team and oversee the
operations of the board. The function of the president is to e.g. lead,
represent and to lead board’s meetings. Vice president acts as a link between the
president and the board. Vice president knows something about everything that
is going on, and work as a team with the president.
Visibility:
At HAMKO’s
board, the person responsible for visibility maintains and develops the
visibility of the student union. The work includes e.g. marketing HAMKO on the
Road tour, brainstorming and putting together the HAMKO Gift Bag (previously
known as HAMKO Treasure Box) and being a general social media guru.
Sports:
Board
member in charge of sports works locally and nationwide to influence on
students’ possibilities to take care of their wellbeing. Locally co-operations
with HAMK Moves is important part of this work. The Finnish Student Sports
Federation OLL is important partner nationally and OLL meetings are a great possibility
to network with other people interested in sports.
Quality and feedback:
Quality and
feedback is an important process for the Student Union. The effectiveness of
quality and feedback systems directly affect the students’ daily life. This
process is part of developing quality culture both in the Student Union and in
the entire university. Board member in charge of quality and feedback takes
part in annual student feedback discussions with HAMK rectors and works in
close cooperation with the university’s staff responsible for developing
education and teaching.
If this
sounds interesting, maybe you should apply to HAMKO’s board for year 2019!
Interest groups and partners:
HAMKO has
several interest groups and the most important of them is HAMK. Student Union
is also a member of University of Applied Sciences Students in Finland (SAMOK)
and is thus a part of nationwide student movement. Other important interest
groups are for example cities and municipalities that have HAMK campuses and
local student associations that operate on these campuses.
Board
member in charge of interest groups takes care of communications and
co-operation with partners of the Student Union. If this sounds like a job for
you, apply to HAMKO’s board!
Careed and employment:
Career and
employment process centralizes in maintaining and developing Student Union's
connections to the decision makers and companies that are located at HAMKO's
range of operation. Board member in charge of this process also participates in
events, which promote career and employment. This is one of the ways that HAMKO
is ensuring the sufficient amount of internships and theses for HAMK students.
Counseling and orientation:
The main
responsibility of the year for board member in charge of counseling and
orientation is training and recruiting future tutors. Another important task is
to book and plan orientation presentations for new students in the beginning of
academic year. In these presentations, board members tell new students about
the Student Union, its supervision of interests and student benefits.
Apply to
HAMKO’s board if this sounds like a job for you!
Student well-being:
Process of student
well-being influences many things at HAMKO. The person responsible for student
well-being informs and publicizes university’s student well-being services and
supports prevention of problems related to student wellbeing.
The main student wellbeing factors at HAMKO are harassment officers, alcohol-free events and sports. In addition, monitoring of accessibility at the university is one of the responsibilities of the board member responsible of student well-being.
Student culture:
Board
member responsible of student culture organizes HAMKO’s events together with
event team. The aim of the process is to maintain living and vivid student
culture and develop its activities. Alkupamaus, Loppurysäys and HAMKO on the
Road tour are the biggest projects of this process. The process requires
excellent organizational skills and a bit of creative madness.
Societal influencing:
The process
of societal influencing will be particularly important next year since there
are several elections in Finland. The main task of the process is to maintain a
dialogue with the municipal decision-makers in HAMKO’s area of activity, and to
inform students of voting and voting positions.
The process of societal influencing aims to ensure that students’ voice is heard and that it is part of both municipal and national decision-making. In addition, board member in charge of this process works with HAMKO's electoral programs.
The process of societal influencing aims to ensure that students’ voice is heard and that it is part of both municipal and national decision-making. In addition, board member in charge of this process works with HAMKO's electoral programs.
Member services and benefits:
The main task for the board member in
charge of member service and benefits, is ordering student overalls. This
includes making bids and contacting different companies and organizations to
get ads to the overalls. The tasks include also negotiating and maintaining
member benefits as well as ordering new overall badges (in case the board makes
decision to order new badges). Therefore, if you are interested in sales and
marketing, this could be a great position for you!
* How to apply?
Send your free-form application no later than Tuesday, November 20 by 5 pm or come to the Council of representatives’ organizing meeting at Hämeenlinna University centre (Visamäki), in A-building, Valtuustosali meeting room on November 20 at 5 pm.
Send your application / ask for more information about the board and applying:
Liisa Hyytiäinen
president of the board
pj[at]hamko.fi, +358 44 722 1001
Johanna Janhunen
vice president of the board
vpj[at]hamko.fi, +358 44 315 1194
