PART TIME FALL 2025: CBU Students’ Union – Society Coordinator

  • Location: Cape Breton University
  • Deadline: March 14, 2025 at 4:00 pm

JOB POSTING – SOCIETY COORDINATOR

Number of Positions:  1                                                                                 Competition Number: SC-0314

Employer: CBU Students’ Union                                                                Closing Date: March 14, 2025

Reporting To: General Manager

Purpose: The CBU Students’ Union is currently seeking an individual to fill the student position of Society Coordinator. This position is designed to enhance student life by promoting societies on-campus, and work with the Students’ Union Finance Department.  This position will start in the Fall of 2025.

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Maintain an active list of societies and their Executives, as well as, ensure that all societies fill in the essential information on the society application form.
  • Deal with all fund’s requests and deposits for individual societies and work with the General Manager to ensure budgets are maintained.
  • Ensure that proper society guidelines are being followed and that reports are submitted in a timely manner.
  • Act as a liaison between the Students’ Union and societies and schedule regular meetings with society executives, including one mandatory society meeting in the fall.
  • Work with the staff to arrange at least one society fair per semester.
  • Submit a monthly report of activities to the President and General Manager.
  • Other duties as assigned by the President and/or Executive Committee.

Qualifications:

  • Must be a member of the CBU Students’ Union as outlined in By-law 1.01 and registered CBU student no later than the first week of September 2025
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
  • Excellent organization skills
  • Capable of operating office equipment (fax machine, photocopier, etc.)
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced office environment

If you are interested in this position, please send your cover letter, resume, and references as one PDF file- only, quoting   SC-0314 no later than 4:00PM on March 14, 2025. Applications may be sent to the attention of Alex MacNeil, General Manager at su_jobs@cbu.ca.

Please note that only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.