This page contains the role descriptions for all subcommittees and affiliated groups that hold their elections jointly with ANU Medical Students’ Society.
Subcommittees
Summary | The role of the Chair is to lead the GHS team, organising and smoothing out all the events of GHS, funding and sustaining the various initiatives of each the subcommittees, promoting the GHS and its aims, and ensuring that the ANU Medical School retains a strong global health reputation into the future. In addition, GHS liaises with the Australian Medical Students Association (AMSA) Global Health Group – a subgroup within AMSA which focuses on global health education, policies, and coordinating the efforts of AMSA Global Health’s 4 main branches: Crossing Borders (Refugee & Asylum Seeker Health), Code Green (Climate change and health), Healthy Communities (NCDs) and Sexual and Reproductive Health. Individuals within GHS are elected to coordinate each national project – these elections take place after ANUMSS elections, at the beginning of the new academic year. NB: The AMSA Global Health group is different from the committee which organises the Global Health Conference |
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Time Commitment | Your time commitment should be approximately 3 hours per week. However, this may vary throughout the year depending on the GHS calendar and the AMSA Global Health calendar. |
Summary | The roles of the secretary are to manage the GHS meeting minutes and calendar: |
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Summary | The role of the Treasurer is to manage the finances of GHS. The Treasurer together with the Chair operate the GHS bank account and authorise payments. The Treasurer is responsible for liaising with ANUMSS for funding and other matters, keeping detailed records of income and expenses, and reimbursing other GHS members. |
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Summary | The key roles of the combined IT & Promotions Officer is to advertise the GHS group and its events amongst current and prospective students, sponsors and the wider community, and to generate awareness of GHS activities online, within the ANU Medical School and elsewhere. The IT & Promotions Officer liaises with other committee members and subcommittee chairs to prepare and distribute relevant promotional material. This role requires a degree of computer literacy, although instructions/ notes will be available in the GHS Google Drive. |
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Summary | The role of the Crossing Borders Officer is primarily around advocacy and education regarding migrants and refugees |
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Recommendation: This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about global health and committed to the prevention of war. You’ll be linked with a national team who are similarly interested in advocacy, policy and public health.
Summary of role: Role begins in 2024. University reps would act as a liaison between the national student group and their respective universities. They will be involved in organising the technical aspects of the initiatives the national group wishes to roll out and giving them input in terms of student interests and engagement at the local level.
Responsibilities: Represent your Global Health group at national meetings . Promote MSAPW events. Respond to emails and liaise with MSAPW national and other Global Health groups.
Commitment: Fluctuating depending on events organised. On average ~1 hour per week with increased time commitment when organising events.
Meetings : Attend online meetings monthly.
Gender, Reproductive and Sexual Health Society
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Fiji Village Project
Summary | FVP The coordinator team is in the process of restructuring and re-establishing FVP in collaboration with a new partner in Fiji, the Umanand Prasad School of Medicine & Health Sciences. We want to continue the 15-year legacy of FVP by making it more sustainable and able to have a long-lasting contribution to the health of Fijian communities. This is a great opportunity to learn about establishing an international health project from almost ground zero, improve intercultural communication skills, and actually make a difference in underserved parts of the world as a medical student! |
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Time Commitment | This is a 2-year position. The workload fluctuates depending on the stage of project planning. On average, you will likely spend around 2 hours a week on FVP. |
Junior Physicians Society
Summary | Open to Phase 2 students in 2024. |
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Time Commitment | Variable, 3-4 hours per month |
Summary | Open to Phase 2 students in 2024. |
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Time Commitment | Variable, up to 2-3 hours per month |
Summary | Open to year 2-4 students in 2024. |
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Time Commitment | Variable, 1-2 hours per month |
Summary | Open to year 2-4 students in 2024. |
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Time Commitment | Variable, 1-2 hours per month |
Summary | Open to year 2-4 students in 2024. |
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Time Commitment | Variable, 1-2 hours per month |
Summary | Open to year 1-4 students in 2024. |
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Summary | Open to year 1 students in 2024. |
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Summary | This position is the ideal role for someone interested in surgery with a focus on leadership. The main work is in the organisation and running of events, with communications always running in the background. I can honestly say it is one of the best roles, as you will be working alongside fantastic people not only in the society itself but in other surgical groups across Australia. Open to Phase 2 students in 2024. |
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Time Commitment | Variable depending on what events are running, between 1 and 5 hours a week. |
Summary | Open to Phase 2 students in 2024. A great role for students who are interested in surgery, highly organised and motivated to help organise and plan a wide variety of events (suturing workshops, trivia nights, networking events), with scope to develop/create additional events or initiatives (e.g. a research advocacy role). A role that is open to interpretation/discussion with the President re: sharing of responsibilities. |
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Time Commitment | Varies – dependent on upcoming events/level of involvement. Between 1 – 3 hours. |
Summary | A great role for students interested in surgery and engaging with the Surgical Society on a deeper level. Intermediate position as there are regular duties to attend to & Executive involvement but not to the same extent as President & VP. Primarily responsible for providing logistical support at meetings and events but plenty of scope to branch beyond this too. No previous experience required. |
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Summary | This role is for someone with a vested interest in advocating for and advancing women in surgery. Though the role practically is just another hands on deck to help with general tasks, you will be the go-to for anything related to women and non-binary people in surgery. There is scope to pursue your own projects such as the women in surgery mentoring initiative set up in 2023. |
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Time Commitment | 1-4 hours per week dependent on events and projects |
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Summary | Great role for someone who wants to get more involved in ANUMSS without a huge time commitment and is interested in surgery. Get to meet young surg regs and get to know people in other years. |
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Summary | The 3rd year surgical society rep is the perfect role if you realise you have an interest in pursuing a surgical specialty and want to get more involved and meet others with similar passions. It also isn’t too time intensive which is a big plus in phase 2 |
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New Psychiatry Subcommittee
- Chair subcomittee meetings.
- Liase with ANUMS
- Represent ANU at external events e.g. RANZCP
- Coordinate subcommittee events
- Liase with external parties
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- Record minutes for subcomittee meetings
- Draft promotional material
- Manage subcomittees finances
- Operate subcomittees accounts
- Draft subcomittees annual budget
- Cost subcomittees events and operations
Affiliated Groups
Summary | The GPSN ANU chair/co-chair is responsible for strategic conduct of the club. |
Key Responsibilities | This includes coordinating executive team meetings, ensuring coordination of club activities and overseeing the implementation of delegated activities such as club events. The chair/co-chair works collaboratively with counterparts from other GPSN clubs around the country to host interuniversity events and is the club representative for engagement with the broader ANU Med Soc. |
Time Commitment | The approximate time commitment of this role is 1 hour per month. |
Summary | The GPSN ANU secretary plays a lead role in ensuring smooth conduct of club operations. |
Key Responsibilities | This includes monitoring the GPSN ANU email account and responding to routine enquiries, liaising with key internal and external stakeholders and recording the minutes of club meetings. |
Time Commitment | The approximate time commitment of this role is 1 hour per month. |
Summary | The GPSN ANU treasurer plays a lead role managing this fabulous club’s financial affairs and is a key part of the executive team. |
Key Responsibilities | The treasurer is the custodian of the GPSN ANU bank account, is responsible for processing payments and provides advice to the executive team in relation to club financial viability and capacity to conduct proposed events. |
Time Commitment | The approximate time commitment of this role is 1 hour per month. |
The President of ARMS is responsible for committee decisions and is the official spokesperson of the society. The President works closely with the Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer to ensure appropriate running of the club and all ARMS events. The President must be available during the academic year to receive and act on all ARMS member issues.
The President’s role includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Read and be familiar with the club constitution and documents
- Meet regularly with the executive to discuss any arising issues
- Coordinate the ARMS committee and chair meetings
- Liaise with Executive Committee regarding club issues
- Delegate tasks to committee members as required to ensure appropriate running of the club
- Support club activities and is the master of ceremonies (MC) for most ARMS events
- Work with the Treasurer to generate and maintain a budget
- Act as signatory on club accounts
- Liaise with the Rural Clinical School (RCS) regarding club issues
- Liaise with the RCS and Dean and executive faculty as an informant, activist and advocate for all ARMS members
- Liaise with other Rural Health Clubs, in particular CRANC, and the Canberra Health Student Community
- Read and understand the NRHSN policy and procedures documents and advise ARMS executive to ensure NRHSN and RCS rules and guideline are followed
- Liaise with the NRHSN regarding issues of National significance
- Attend NRHSN teleconferences and face-to-face (F2F) meetings and report back the proceeding of such meetings
- In conjunction with the executive, distribute relevant NRHSN information (e.g. newsletter, funding opportunities, RHSV’s Indigenous festivals) and national conference to club members
- Liaise with Secretary and ANUMSS 2nd year general representative to produce ARMS introduction for O-week survival guide
Commitment: 4-5 hours/week on average. There may be periods before big events when more hours are required to ensure plans are running smoothly.
This position is best suited to someone who possesses good leadership, communication and time management skills. People considering this role should possess good public speaking abilities, an understanding of the rural medicine opportunities and working within ANU and the current state of rural health care in Australia.
The Vice President is second in charge and is responsible for keeping the President accountable. It is the role of the Vice-President to oversee the organisational aspects of ARMS events and co-ordinate these events with Medical School and other ANU society’s calendars.
The Vice -President’s role includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Read and be familiar with the club constitution and documents
- Attend ARMS meetings and activities
- Work with the President to ensure the Society is running smoothly.
- Meet regularly with the President and other executive to discuss any arising issues
- Act for the President in their absence
- Delegate tasks to committee members as required to ensure appropriate running of the club
- Supports committee members in the organisation of ARMS events
- Assists the Social Coordinator in the planning, logistic and marketing of AMRS social events
- Oversees the planning, logistics and marketing of RSHCs and RHSVs programs by the respective coordinators
- Act as liaison officer with ANU Medical Student’s Society and other societies to ensure events are not overlapping and are appropriately spaced and to maintain good working relationships between societies
Commitment: 2-3 hours/week on average. There may be periods before big events when more hours are required to ensure plans are running smoothly.
This position is best suited to someone who is driven to help ARMS grow and improve, and possesses strong communication, organisational and teamwork skills.
The social coordinator is responsible for coordinating the major ARMS events throughout the year. Being the event coordinator means you can involve both committee and non-committee in ARMS members in bringing an event together. The role requires organisational skills, imagination, lots of early planning and the ability to lead a team. There is the freedom to make each event unique and to make new ideas a possibility.
The Social Coordinator’s role includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Attend ARMS meetings and activities
- Read, understanding and follow the ARMS event planning policy
- Coordinate the planning, logistics and marketing of ARMS social events, including booking venues, arranging entertainment, purchasing food and drinks, organising speakers, advertising pre-event, overseeing the running of the event on the day and writing reports and articles post-event
- Events include:
- Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Indigenous Health Conference
- Academic Speaker Night
- Liaise with the Year Representative to recruit ARMS members to be involved in events and their organisation, in the form of working groups
- Liaise with the Vice President and Treasurer to ensure events are planned in time and run smoothly
- Other tasks as requested by the ARMS executive
Commitment: 1-2 hours per week, but varies throughout the year. There may be periods before big events when more hours are required and other times where little time commitment is required.
This position is best suited to someone who possesses organisational, leadership and communication skills and plans well ahead of time. This is a big role and it is suggested you use the people around you to both spread out the work involved and give other ARMS members an opportunity to get involved.
ANU Rural Medical Society is the peak representative body for student run rural medicine at the ANU. The treasurer’s role is to manage the finances in collaboration with others in the executive team. You will report back to the National Rural Health Student Network via the Rural Clinical School, who provide our funding each year.
The role of the Treasurer includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Managing finances of the ANU Rural Medical Society, including issuing and paying invoices as required, and collecting receipts relating to society expenditures
- Developing activity budgets for all events, in consultation with key stakeholders
- Monitoring the society’s expenditure to ensure it remains within the approved budget, and amending the budget items as required
- Maintaining an ongoing register of all expenditures and income, to ensure quick and accurate auditing at the end of the year
- Preparing two financial reports (one per semester) for submission to the NRHSN via the ANU Rural Clinical School
- Applying for additional funding opportunities, with the support of other executive members
Commitment: Fluctuates
- Week to week 1-2 hours/week
- Exec and ARMS committee meetings 1 hour/week
- Around budget time (March and December) Additional 5-10 hours
This position is best suited to someone who is organised and dependable, and who works well in a team. Further, it is a great opportunity to develop your financial literacy.
The Senior Indigenous Health Promotion Officer advocates for Indigenous affairs and addresses the specific issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
This role includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Attend ARMS meetings and activities
- Advocate within the ARMS committee for Indigenous affairs aiming to ensure a culturally responsive environment and encourage participation in local events
- Liaise with the NRHSN on Indigenous Community Engagement Activities and complete reports to the NRHSN (minimum 1 per year)
- Organise and coordinate the Indigenous Health Conference with other ARMS committee members (developing a working group involving ARMS members is encouraged)
- Liaise with the Lecturers in Indigenous Health to provide feedback from students on the teaching of Indigenous health teach at ANU
- Liaise with various Indigenous groups on relevant issues and report back to the ARMS committee
Commitment: ~1 hour per week, more in the lead up to the Indigenous Health conference and Indigenous Community Engagement Activities
This position is best suited to someone who has excellent communication skills and is passionate about the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. An Indigenous background is not essential to fulfil this position.
The Junior Indigenous Health Promotion Officer advocates for Indigenous affairs and promotes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
The Indigenous Health Promotion Officer’s role includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Attend ARMS meetings and activities
- Work with the Senior Indigenous Health Promotion Officer to organise and coordinate the annual Indigenous Health Conference with other ARMS committee members (developing a working group involving ARMS members is encouraged)
- Assist the Senior Indigenous Health Promotion Officer as required
- Advocate within the ARMS committee for Indigenous health aiming to ensure a culturally responsive environment and encourage participation in local events
- Assist with liaison with the NRHSN on Indigenous Community Engagement Activities and complete reports to the NRHSN (minimum 1 per year)
Commitment: ~1 hour per week on average, but significantly more in the lead up to the Indigenous Health Conference and Indigenous Community Engagement Activities
This position is best suited to someone who has excellent communication and organisational skills and is passionate about the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. This role is not limited to people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin.
The social coordinator is responsible for coordinating the major ARMS events throughout the year. Being the event coordinator means you can involve both committee and non-committee in ARMS members in bringing an event together. The role requires organisational skills, imagination, lots of early planning and the ability to lead a team. There is the freedom to make each event unique and to make new ideas a possibility.
The Social Coordinator’s role includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Attend ARMS meetings and activities
- Read, understanding and follow the ARMS event planning policy
- Coordinate the planning, logistics and marketing of ARMS social events, including booking venues, arranging entertainment, purchasing food and drinks, organising speakers, advertising pre-event, overseeing the running of the event on the day and writing reports and articles post-event
- Events include:
- Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Indigenous Health Conference
- Academic Speaker Night
- Liaise with the Year Representative to recruit ARMS members to be involved in events and their organisation, in the form of working groups
- Liaise with the Vice President and Treasurer to ensure events are planned in time and run smoothly
- Other tasks as requested by the ARMS executive
Commitment: 1-2 hours per week, but varies throughout the year. There may be periods before big events when more hours are required and other times where little time commitment is required.
This position is best suited to someone who possesses organisational, leadership and communication skills and plans well ahead of time. This is a big role and it is suggested you use the people around you to both spread out the work involved and give other ARMS members an opportunity to get involved.
The Rural High School Visit (RHSV) Coordinator is responsible for organising ANU Medical Students to attend rural high schools in the areas surrounding Canberra. The RHSVs encourage high school students to consider health careers and reminds them of the tertiary study opportunities available.
The Rural High School Visit Coordinator role includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Attend ARMS meetings and activities
- Plan presentations and activities for Rural High School Visits in consultation with ARMS’s RHSV resources
- Makes contact with the Career Advisors from Rural High Schools in our area via email and/or phone calls and arranges one Health Career Information
- Liaise with Events Coordinator/Year Reps to promote RHSV in all years and finds appropriate ARMS member to attend the presentations
- Liaise with student heads at the University of Canberra and the Australian Catholic University (UC and ACU health students should be encouraged to join the RHSV where possible)
- Gathers up and ensures that plenty of informative material (e.g. medical equipment, prizes, pamphlets, show bags etc.) is available for each trip
- Brief the RHSV volunteers to ensure each visit has a group of ARMS members prepared for the presentation
- Coordinates with the Rural Clinical School for use of the car for each trip
- Report to the Vice-President with updates on the progress of RHSVs
Commitment: ~1 hour per week on average, but more when actually visiting rural school. ARMS’s funding agreement requires that we conduct a minimum of two Rural High School Visits every year, however in previous years the club has visited as many as ten schools.
This position is best suited to someone who is passionate about promoting health careers to students with rural backgrounds. People considering the role should be organised and have great communication skills with both high school staff and ARMS members.
This role will involve improving the presence of health sciences students from ANU in ARMS events by liaising with their administration, ARMS committee, the Rural Clinical School and health sciences students.
The Undergraduate/Health Sciences Representative’s roles include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Attend ARMS meetings and activities
- Attend Indigenous Health Conference meetings
- Be the ARMS contact for health sciences students, to answer questions and provide information regarding ARMS and ARMS’s events and refer to appropriate ARMS committee member or ANU Medical School staff member when necessary
- Recruit health sciences students from undergraduate degrees to be involved in events and their organisations
- Facilitate services such as clothing and membership purchases on a day to day basis for their year level.
- Other tasks as requested by the ARMS executives
Commitment: 1-2 hours per week
This position is best suited to someone who has good online communication skills (relevant for Facebook and replying to emails), as it will involve making social media posts and establishing communication with health science’s administration officer via emails. An ideal candidate will be someone who did an undergraduate degree in ANU Health Sciences. However, this is not a prerequisite.
The Year Representative liaises with the ARMS committee, the Rural Clinical School and their year group. This role is hugely important in enabling all ANU Medical Students to get involved in ARMS and rural health.
The Year Representatives’ roles include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Attend ARMS meetings and activities
- Be the ARMS contact for their year level, to answer questions and provide information regarding ARMS and rural health opportunities and refer to the appropriate ARMS committee member or ANU Medical School staff member when necessary
- Recruit ARMS members from year group to be involved in events and their organisation
- Promote and recruit ARMS members from within their year level to participate in upcoming events
- Facilitate services such as clothing and membership purchase on a day to day basis for their year level
- Other tasks as requested by the ARMS executive
- 1st year representative:
- Assistance in recruiting first year student for the RHSVs and RSHCs programs
- Liaise with Edwina Egan and Gaye Doolan to provide further information on rural stream and Indigenous stream to students with queries
- Liaise with the 3rd year representative to provide first years with information on the programs at different rural nodes and contacts for queries
- Lead the organisation of ARMs merchandise
- 2nd year representative:
- Assist in recruiting 2nd year students for RHSVs and RSHCs
- Engage with rural stream students, particularly with regards to clinical skills at Queanbeyan/additional social activities (mid-year dinner for instance)
- Serve as a point of contact for information regarding ARMS and rural stream activities to second years
- 3rd year representative:
- Recruit 3th year students to supervise at RSHCs, in particular rural stream student near the show visited
- Maintain communication pathways with rural stream participants (3rd Year Rep)
- Liaise with rural stream students to provide 1st and 2nd year students with further information on rural stream, information on each rural node’s program and collect contact details for queries
- 4th year representative:
- Recruit 4th year students to supervise at RSHCs
- Brief the 4th year cohort on the rural internship positions available through-out Australia and the application processes relating to this positions
Commitment: ~1 hour per week
This position is best suited to someone who wants to get involved in both their year level and rural health. Being confident and creative with public speaking is a plus, as you will be conveying our messages to your peers regularly. This is a fun role and provides you with an avenue to get further involved in ARMS.
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- Manage ARMS Facebook and Instagram social media accounts.
- Attend ARMS meetings and activities
- Advertise ARMS events and activities
- Other duties as required
Weekly commitment: 1hr