Government Relations Director - Student Hourly

Position Overview

Job Description

• Organize and plan the Spring 2024 Big XII on the Hill Conference (25%)
• Serve as a political liaison to the Student Body President, the Student Executive Committee, and the Student Senate on community, state, and national issues (20%)
• Attend legislative and policy-making functions of the Board of Regents, Governor of Kansas, Kansas Legislature, United States Congress, Lawrence City Commission meetings, community and campus activist groups gatherings, and any others as directed (15%)
• Plan the Holidays and Higher Ed networking event in November or December for students to get connected with the KU administration, as well as local and state leaders (10%)
• Formulate a legislative agenda for the Kansas Board of Regents Higher Education Day and Big XII on the Hill in Washington, D.C. (10%)
• Serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Students Assembly and Student Executive Council (5%)
• Be responsible for other tasks as may be assigned by the Student Senate Constitution, the Student Body President, the Student Executive Council, or the Student’s Assembly (5%)
• Relay relevant information obtained from legislative and policy-making functions that is of importance to students to the Student’s Assembly by placing such items on the Issues Agenda of a Student’s Assembly meeting (5%)
• Direct and organize nonpartisan political education of the student body, by means including, but not limited to, candidate debates, voter registration efforts, get-out-the-vote drives, voter guides, policy forums, and any other functions as directed (5%)

Required Qualifications

• Available on Wednesday nights from 5pm-10pm for Student Senate meetings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with political awareness activities as shown in application materials.

Position Requirements

• Employment Conditions: This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.

Additional Candidate Instructions

• Completion of online application.
• Resume: include any skills, qualifications, and/or experiences that would be applicable to this position.
• PowerPoint presentation explaining what you are looking to accomplish through the role.

Contact Information to Applicants

• sbp@ku.edu
• Student Senate Coordinator of Staff: senatecos@ku.edu