President (2 places)
MESS Co-Presidents
In order to run for this position you must be a subs-paying member and have previously held a position on the MESS Committee.
Please see the full role description
Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for the activities of the society
- Responsible for ensuring we act in accordance with SMD regulations (i.e. quality control by ensuring all teachers have been
auditioned and trained)
- Liaise with the MESS Staff President (Prof Alistair Noyce)
- Organise teacher recruitment. This should ideally occur twice every academic year but must be done at least once to ensure
the teachers community is sufficiently large enough to fill timetables. Senior MESS teachers and are requested to help the
presidents with the audition process
- Organise freshers fair and ensure committee are present to enthusiastically promote the society
- Assist Year Co-ordinators in timetabling and ensure timely uploading of timetables to teacher group and encourage sign ups
- Liaise with other academic societies for collaborated teaching events, ensuring they are MESS approved teachers and cover
the appropriate content
- Liaise with Gozo MESS to ensure they have adequate resources and assistance with queries
- Ensure other societies which were not founded to provide academic support to medical students are not able to dilute the
quality controlled extra-curricular teaching environment or take advantage of students by forcing them to pay subs for a
one-off teaching event
Vice President
MESS Vice-President
In order to run for this position you must be a subs-paying member and have previously held a position on the MESS Committee.
Please see the full role description
Responsibilities:
- The Vice-President of MESS works closely alongside the Co-Presidents and Principal Officers of the committee to oversee
and aid all members of the MESS committee in the execution of their roles
- Running of the MESS social media (linked Instagram and Facebook) accounts, including advertising teaching schedules and providing updates on rooms and locations being used
- The person specification for the VP of MESS is an individual who is very organised and reliable, works well in a team and also
has leadership qualities to help manage the rest of the committee. A strong proficiency with Microsoft Word and Google
Drive is also essential
Treasurer
MESS Treasurer
In order to run for this position you must be a subs-paying member and a MESS-approved teacher.
Please see the full role description
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the timely submission of all grant funding applications
- Overall responsibility for brand positioning and coherent marketing campaigns. For this, liaise with all the Year Co-ordinators
so that the advertisements made by the society are in-keeping with our theme
- Responsible for reimbursing any society related expenses
Secretary
MESS Secretary
In order to run for this position you must be a subs-paying member and a MESS-approved teacher.
Please see the full role description
Responsibilities:
- Organisation of room bookings for the regular MESS sessions
- Maintenance of the MESS
Google Drives. These are highly valuable resources used by the vast majority of 1st, 2nd and 3rd years and hence it is
essential they are kept regularly up to date
- Help design and distribute certificates at the end of the year
- Regularly assist with other committee responsibilities and aid other members with their roles where
necessary
- The person specification for the Secretary of MESS is an individual who has excellent organisational skills and is able to work
effectively within the committee team. They also must also understand the ethos of MESS and work with the rest of the
committee to help MESS thrive