Getting involved as a Student Coordinator

As a PASS or Peer Mentor Student Coordinator you will be in charge of organising events for your scheme and supporting your PASS Leaders or Peer Mentors. Your role will be more strategical and involve developing your scheme, working closely alongside the Academic Staff and Peer Support Interns to do this. The skills that you will gain from this will be similar to Leading and Mentoring, but with a stronger emphasis on people management, event management, communication and organisation skills.

You will also have a wider network of support from other Student Coordinators and Staff and your role will be even more rewarding and insightful as you develop your scheme and leave your mark. Student Coordinators play a vital part in the running of a successful scheme.

There are also additional opportunities which Peer Support offer exclusively to Student Coordinators!

The Role of a PASS Student Coordinator

As a Student Coordinator you are responsible for promoting the scheme within your discipline and you will become a regular point of contact for the Staff Coordinator(s), Leaders and Peer Support Interns.

Our Expectations of you

You will be responsible for helping your Leaders and ensuring that they have the best possible experience. You will run weekly debriefs which will be attended by all your Leaders, the Staff Coordinators, and the Peer Support Intern. Debriefs are important because:

• You can ensure that the registers are completed
• You can find out how the Leaders are doing, if they have any problems, and how you could overcome these as a team.
• Inform leaders of any news, and receive updatesfrom the Interns.
• You can feedback the first year experiences to the Academic Coordinator.
• Leaders can network with other leaders.
• They are a place to organise socials.

As a Student Coordinator you will support your Leaders and develop your scheme, this is paired with the freedom to becreative and develop the scheme. Some of the most successful Student Coordinators have been those who have put effort into developing new and interesting ways to enhance the experience of students on their course.

Student Coordinators MUST:

• Recruit Leaders (with help from the Academic Coordinator and Peer Support Intern).
• Attend all Coordinator Workshops.
• Work with staff coordinators to assign Leader groups.
• Support Leaders by running debriefs.
• Ensure there is an online group (E.g. Facebook, WhatsApp) where Leaders can readily share information with each other.
• Ensure PASS registers are completed by Leaders and are easily accessible to the Peer Support Intern (For example, using online Microsoft Excel spreadsheets).
• Work with Leaders to organise events and activitiesfor the scheme.
• Produce handover information for the next Student Coordinator at the end of the academic year.
• (If applicable) Create Pre Arrival Guides for next academic years new students.

Support and Opportunities for you

Peer Support Interns are there to ensure the maintenance and development of the scheme and that your personal goals and plans for the scheme are achieved. It is important that you keep in touch with them so they can help you with this.

Student Coordinators are all required to undergo Student Coordinator Training at the start of the year. There will also be Coordinator Workshops throughout the year where all Coordination team (Academic, Admin, and Student Coordinators) will be invited to attend or deliver a workshop around key themes which your scheme may need help in. All PASS Coordination teams across the University will also be present so will be a great place to share good practice.

We also provide paid, volunteering and training opportunities (some of which will only be advertised to Coordinators) and chances to represent the University at different events.

Most importantly the role of Student Coordinator is a commitment with responsibilities, but students report it to be a fun role!

As a Student Coordinator you are responsible for promoting the scheme within your discipline and you will become a regular point of contact for the Staff Coordinator(s), Mentors and Peer Support Interns.

Our Expectations of you

You will be responsible for helping your Mentors and ensuring they have the best possible experience. You will run regular Debriefs which will be attended by all your Mentors, the Staff Coordinators, and the Peer Support Intern. Debriefs are important because:

• You can find out how the Mentors are doing, if they have any problems, and how you could overcome these as a team.
• They are a place to organise socials. 
• Mentors can meet and chat with other Mentors.
• You can inform Mentors of any news, and receive updates from the Interns.
• You can feedback on the first year experiences to Academic Coordinator.

As a Student Coordinator you will support your Mentors and develop your scheme, this is paired with the freedom to be creative and develop the scheme. Some of the most successful Student Coordinators have been those who have put effort into developing new and interesting ways to enhance the experience of students on their course.  

Student Coordinators MUST:

• Recruit Mentors (with help from the Academic Coordinator and Peer Support Intern).
• Attend Coordinator training and workshops.
• Assign Mentor groups (with the help of the Staff Coordinators).
• Support Mentors by running Mentor Meetings.
• Ensure there is an online group (E.g. Facebook, WhatsApp) where Mentors can readily share information with each other.
• Work with Mentors to organise events and activities for the scheme.
• Produce handover information for the next Student Coordinator at the end of the academic year.
• (If applicable) Create Pre Arrival Guides for next academic years new students

Support and Opportunities for you

Peer Support Interns are there to ensure the maintenanceand development of the scheme and that your personal goals and plans for the scheme are achieved. It is important that you keep in touch with them so they can help you with this.

Student Coordinators are all required to undergo Student Coordinator Training at the start of the year. There will also be Coordinator Workshops throughout the yearwhere all Coordination team (Academic, Admin, and Student Coordinators) will be invited to attend or deliver a workshop around key themes which your scheme may need help in. All Peer Mentor Coordination teams across the University will also be present so will be a great place to share good practice.

We also provide paid, volunteering and training opportunities (some of which will only be advertised to Coordinators) and chances to represent the University at different events. 

Most importantly, the role of Student Coordinator is a commitment with responsibilities, but students report it to be a fun role!