Student Council Representative

Person Specification

Job Description

Suitable candidates will be:

Suitable candidates will have the opportunity to:

• ·         Responsible and reliable

• ·         Find out and represent the views of other students

• ·         Good at debate, decision making and finding solutions

• ·         Research and lead projects

• ·         Fair and able to represent others’ views

• ·         Raise awareness on important issues

• ·         Good listener and communicator

• ·         Deliver presentations to students, staff and parents

• ·         Willing to give up own time

• ·         Take part in decision making

• ·         Able to get on well with others

• ·         Develop reasoned argument

• ·         Independent as well as a good team player

• ·         Work in a team

• ·         Empathetic to others’ needs

• ·        Find out about what aspects of the school require improvement

• ·         Interested in investigating about others’ views about different aspects of school life

• ·         Work out what evidence is needed and how and where to obtain it

• ·         Able to organise use of time and plan in advance

• ·         Carry out a research project

• ·         Willing to find out about and use different research methods (e.g. interviews / observations / questionnaires)

• ·         Analyse data / evidence

• ·         Willing to work out what different evidence / data might give us

• ·         Suggest what needs to happen next

• ·         Able to communicate clearly through written or oral presentation

• ·         Action plan proposals addressing areas of improvement

• ·         Able to adhere to code of conduct e.g. knowing what information needs to be kept confidential

• ·         Present findings to staff / students / parents through written or oral reports