Guild Elections

Officer Elections

Applications Are Open

Apply now to stand for a position in our Officer Elections 2025!

You must submit a written statement and photo by the applications deadline for your submission to be accepted.

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Your Annual Officer Elections Are Here!

Our Officer Elections are the biggest student election in Birmingham, with thousands voting each year. It’s your chance to decide who will lead the Guild of Students for the next academic year!

We’re on the lookout for people who are interested in becoming one of our Officers and have the opportunity of a lifetime! Being an Officer is no regular job; one minute you’ll be meeting with leaders at the University to create change on behalf of our students, then the next you’ll be planning large-scale events such as Welcome Week or Grad Ball.

It’s not only a chance to influence the direction of student life and student experience at Birmingham, but it’ll also give you the opportunity to drive change, as well as develop your leadership and problem-solving skills which will only strengthen your CV. 

If you become a Full-Time Officer, you will be paid a full-time salary of £25K for the Academic Year, July 2025 – July 2026! Part-Time Officers will be paid pro-rata for their work around their studies.

This is your chance to put yourself forward or recommend someone you think has got what it takes for one of these special roles. You can also find all of our relevent election documents below.

Elections Timeline

10AM 20 January Applications
Open

4PM 14 February Applications
Close

10am 10 March Voting
Open

4PM 14 March Voting
Closes

15 March Results
Night

Results announced at results night on Sat 15 March

*Notice of Campaigning Period: For the Election, the official campaigning period will align with our voting period. This is therefore notice that campaigning and all associated regulations will be in effect from 10am on Monday 10 March until 4pm on Friday 14 March 2025.

What Roles Are Available?

There are many Officer roles for you to explore.

Full-Time Roles

Full time roles are open to any normally registered University of Birmingham student, whatever year you are in. If you aren’t a final year student, you will have to take a year out of your studies to carry out a full time Officer position:

Full Time Officer

president role

Guild
President

As Guild President you would...


  • Ensure the University represents all students

  • Lead the Officer team, as well as all democracy and governance work within your Guild

  • Represent Birmingham students in the media

Full Time Officer

education role

Education
Officer

As Education Officer you would...


  • Liaise with the University to influence students' academic experience at Birmingham

  • Be leader of the Student Rep Scheme

  • Communicate academic advice and best practice

Full Time Officer

international role

International
Officer

As International Officer you would...


  • Ensure international students have the best academic and social experience

  • Represent students who are on a year abroad

  • Organise inclusive and supportive events for all international students

Full Time Officer

sports role

Sports
Officer

As Sports Officer you would...


  • Ensure Sports Clubs are helping students to develop, make friends and have fun

  • Work with UoB Sport to make sure clubs are what students want

  • Help students across campus to get involved in the ways which suit them

Full Time Officer

postgrad role

Postgraduate
Officer

As Postgraduate Officer you would...


  • Ensure postgraduate students have the best academic and social experience

  • Encourage postgraduates to get involved and feel a part of their community

  • Work with the University to make sure postgraduates are satisfied with their experience and feel supported

Full Time Officer

welfare role

Welfare & Community Officer

As Welfare & Community Officer you would...


  • Focus on student wellbeing, housing and safety; supporting students in accommodation and the local community

  • Ensure University services are inclusive and accessible for all

  • Campaign to help staff and students build an inclusive community

Full Time Officer

activites role

Activities & Employability Officer

As Activities & Employability Officer you would...


  • Ensure student groups are helping students to develop, meet new people and have fun

  • Help students to develop their employability skills

  • Be responsible for our night time venue, event planning and commercial opportunities

Part-Time Roles

Part-Time roles are open to any normally registered University of Birmingham student and are carried out alongside your studies, you also will be paid for this work across the Academic Year:

Part-Time Officer

ethics and environmental role

Sustainability
Officer

As Sustainability Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to students related to Sustainability

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Promote sustainability initiatives and activities to the University of Birmingham, the Guild and wider as appropriate

Part-Time Officer

ethnic role

Ethnic Minority Students' Officer

As Ethnic Minority Students' Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to students of an ethnic minority

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role.

  • Ensure that representation of Ethnic Minority students occurs at all levels of the Guild in the absence of a committee

Part-Time Officer

lgbtq role

LGBTQ+ Students' Officer

As LGBTQ+ Students' Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern for LGBTQ+ students

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Ensure that the representation of LGBTQ+ students occurs at all levels of the Guild in the absence of a committee

Part-Time Officer

womens role

Women's
Officer

As Women's Officer Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to women and non-binary students

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Ensure that representation of Women students occurs at all levels of the Guild in the absence of a committee

Part-Time Officer

disabled role

Disabled Students'
Officer

As Disabled Students' Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to disabled students.

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Ensure that representation of disabled students occurs at all levels of the Guild in the absence of a committee

Part-Time Officer

trans role

Trans and Non-Binary Students' Officer

As Trans and Non-Binary Students' Officer you would...


  • Campaign on issues of concern to Trans or non-binary students

  • Support the work of any Student Groups relevant to their role

  • Ensure that the Guild actively promotes initiatives to ensure that the welfare and interests of Trans or non-binary students are protected

Applications Pack

The Applications Pack includes important elections documents.

These include elections rules and wellbeing support, as well as useful resources to help you with your application and campaign.

 

Election Regulations

All candidates must take responsibility to read these regulations and ensure that their campaign teams know about these. Not knowing about the regulations is not an excuse for breaking them. If the regulations are unclear or you need more help at any time, please email the Elections Team.

 

Guild of Students Byelaws

Please refer to Bye Law 8 with regards to Elections and Bye Law 6 with regards to Committees of the Guild.

 

Guild of Students Zero Tolerance Policy

The Guild believes that a Zero Tolerance approach should be taken towards any form of harassment based on defining protected characteristics that takes place in any of the Guild’s venues or events.

 

University Harassment and Bullying Policy

The University is committed to creating a working and learning environment free from harassment and discrimination in which all staff, students and visitors to the University are treated with dignity and respect.

 

Complaints Procedure

The Complaints Procedure explains how we will deal with any elections complaints.

 

Complaint Form

A student or candidate wishing to submit an election complaint must do so by using this Complaint Form. This must be sent by email to elections@guild.bham.ac.uk.

All complaints must be substantiated with evidence in support of their complaint where possible.

When you apply you must submit a written statement to tell everyone why they should vote for you, and a candidate photo. You can find advice on how to do this in the documents below.

 

Useful Information About the Guild For Your Written Statement & Campaign

Written Statement Manifesto Training

Disabled Students' Policy Plain Text Version

Photo Upload Guide

Candidate Wellbeing Guide

All of our election events that are running throughout the election period:

Event graphic with a megaphone that reads Officer Elections, Becoming an Officer: Postgraduate Taught Students Becoming an Officer: Postgraduate Taught Students session
22nd January 11am - noon
Mandela, Guild of Students
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Writing a Manifesto: Written Statement Training Writing a Manifesto: Written Statement Training
22nd January 1:30pm - 3pm
Tolkein, Guild of Students
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Event graphic with a megaphone that reads Officer Elections, Becoming an Officer: Society Members Session Becoming an Officer: Society Members Session
29th January 10am - 11am
Harvey Milk, Guild of Students
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Event graphic with a megaphone that reads Officer Elections, Becoming an Officer: Sports Clubs Session Becoming an Officer: Sports Clubs Session
29th January 11:30am - 12:30pm
Mandela, Guild of Students
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Event graphic with a megaphone that reads Officer Elections, Becoming an Officer: International Students Becoming an Officer: International Students
29th January 2pm - 3pm
Mandela, Guild of Students
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Event graphic with a megaphone that reads Officer Elections, Becoming an Officer: Sustainability Session Becoming an Officer: Sustainability Session
29th January 3:30pm - 4:30pm
The McKellan, Guild of Students/Online
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Event graphic with a megaphone that reads Officer Elections, Becoming an Officer: Postgraduate Researchers Becoming an Officer: Postgraduate Researchers
30th January 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Westmere House, Graduate School
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Writing a Manifesto: Written Statement Training Writing a Manifesto: Written Statement Training
5th February noon - 1:30pm
Mandela, Guild of Students
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Event graphic with a megaphone that reads Officer Elections, Becoming an Officer: Disabled Students Session Becoming an Officer: Disabled Students Session
5th February 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Online
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Event graphic with a megaphone that reads Officer Elections, Becoming an Officer: Ethnic Minority and Women Students Session Becoming an Officer: Ethnic Minority and Women Students Session
5th February 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Council Chambers, Guild of Students
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!
Event graphic with a megaphone that reads Officer Elections, Becoming an Officer: LGBTQ+ and Trans & Non-Binary Students Session Becoming an Officer: LGBTQ+ and Trans & Non-Binary Students Session
12th February 11am - noon
Mandela, Guild of Students
Learn more about the Guild Officer Elections!

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Officer Elections 2025: Recommend a Friend

Elections applications are now here – and we want to know about those incredible people who could make real changes to our community! If you know someone who you think could make things happen, then let us know by pressing Start and completing the form. 

Don’t worry, you won’t be signing them up for anything without their knowledge – we’ll just drop them an email before nominations close to let them know that someone out there thinks they’d be a great candidate! Simple. As. That. 

Data Protection
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Current Election

Guild Elections 2025

In this election, you will elect the 7 Full-Time Officers and 6 Part-Time Guild Officers who will lead your Guild of Students and represent you in the academic year 2025-26.

13 posts are up for election.

Nominations close at 16:00 on Friday 14 February 2025 (in 3 weeks and 2 days)

The polls open at 10:00 on Monday 10 March 2025 (in 6 weeks and 5 days)

Post List
Read more about the positions up for election and what each role entails.


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