POSITION: Arbitration Panel Member
NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1
DIVISION: Board / Elections
WAGE: Commensurate w/ experience
HOURS PER WEEK: Varies
ACTUAL SHIFTS AVAILABLE: Varies
POSTING DATE: January 12, 2012
CLOSING DATE: January 19, 2012
CLOSING TIME: 4pm
POSITION START DATE: Immediately
DEPARTMENT MANAGER: Ben Johnson (subresc@uvic.ca)
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE TO BEN JOHNSON, PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE AND TIME LISTED ABOVE.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Board/Elections
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA STUDENTS’ SOCIETY
FUNCTION:
- Serves as the second and final level of appeal in the UVSS Elections complaints process.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
- Reports to the UVSS General Manager on employment-related matters.
- Reports to the Electoral Committee on administrative matters.
- Serves as an independent and impartial body of appeal.
DUTIES:
- Makes rulings on appeals submitted by candidates who are unsatisfied with a ruling(s) of the Elections Adjudicator.
- Makes rulings on complaints submitted against the Electoral Office which have been ruled on by the Elections Adjudicator.
- Liaises with the Electoral Office and the Elections Adjudicator in advance of the campaign period in order to reach a common understanding of campaign rules and disciplinary procedures as laid out in the Electoral Policy Manual.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Familiarity with the UVSS electoral process, or with other electoral processes.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply rules and regulations.
- Experience in positions of responsibility.
- Preference for experience in law, public administration or political science.
- Shall not be a member of the UVSS as defined in Bylaw 2.1.
- Shall not be an individual who has run for office in a UVSS election