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Student and Staff Recruitment

Fran Box

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Where our programmes require staff and student recruitment?

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Staff and students in our programmes

Staff: Green Impact teams, Green Champions, SU staff…

Students: Student Switch Off ambassadors, Green Impact Project Assistants, Green Impact auditors, Green Champions, RF auditors…

Other ideas…

Tips

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How to recruit…

Communication and MomentumIncentives and RewardsPart of the Team/something bigger

Basic recruiting tips…

• CommunicationCreate a mailing listCommunicate regularlyUse recruitment methods suitable to your audience (e.g.

Twitter/Facebook)Have a volunteer role description that reflects the task, time,

location and length of commitment of the opportunity

Basic recruiting tips…

• IncentivesProvide a list of incentives (e.g. employability skills)Official status of volunteeringResponsibility

• Part of team/something biggerCommunicate targets, e.g. CO2 savingsRegular opportunitiesTreat volunteers like colleaguesEvents

Recruiting Staff Tips…

• All staff email From CEO/VC/Chair

• Mapping teams/recruitmentBy area/faculty/department Helps mid-way through to see the gapsShare with senior managers helps to create support for recruitment.

• Peer-to-peer recruitment Encouraged through the workbook

• Social occasions E.g. monthly coffee mornings, events are positive occasions to recruit new staff

Recruiting Student Tips…

• Do it earlyRecruit in the first few weeks of the new academic year

• Embed the opportunities…within dissertation/research opportunities, electives and modules

• Link to student volunteering schemesE.g. The Bath Award

• Use hall mentors/ambassadorsThese students can be used to access fresher's and provide them with information

• Get GI teams to recruit their own PAs Get teams more involved in student recruitment

Examples

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Student Switch Off ambassadors

University of Roehampton

SSO competition is tied into the college cup.

Students get college cup points for attending the ambassador training session. Moral of the story – there is probably already some structure in place to engage students (wardens, colleges)

Green Impact teams

Cardiff University

Gold criteria - to mentor a new team.

Helps with recruitment of a new team and also provides new teams with a network and support.

Your suggestions…

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Group brainstorm

• Get into groups Try and make sure your with people from different institutions.

• Brainstorm different ways of getting staff or students involved Try and provide tangible examples

• Feedback to the group

Finally…

Remember to measure, promote and celebrate success, these means you’re not starting from scratch each year.

Any questions?

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Contact details

Fran BoxFran.box@nus.org.uk

07837405751

NUS Sustainability Programmes Roundtable 2015