Department:Bates College Student Government

Supervisor: Kim Trauceniek

Office Location: 56 Campus Ave-Chase Hall G12

Email: ktraucen@bates.edu

Hours: 1-6

Workers: 3

The responsibilities of CSB members include: Communicating with Bates faculty and staff to make sure that student positions are filled efficiently Conducting interviews for interested candidates and making selections Participating in weekly planning meetings to discuss and solidify CSB processes Managing elections for BCSG. This includes BCSG president/co-presidents and assembly members

We are currently prioritizing hiring for First Year and Sophomore positions Timely communications (ability to respond to emails within 24 hours unless special circumstance arises) Regular attendance at meetings and workshops Honest, flexible, responsible, dedicated, and level-headed Comfortable with and proficient in public speaking with small-to-medium audiences Excellent oral communication skills. Willingness to learn and make changes based on recommendations of other members and/or Campus Life staff Passion in cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment Ability to work with diverse populations Ability to apply an equity and inclusion lens to all selection processes and with student peer members of the CSB Leadership Development: Leadership development at Bates is defined by a framework describing seven leadership capacities (Bates Leads Framework). Campus Life embeds the Bates Leads Framework into its student positions. One outcome of being a CSB member is to develop and improve these leadership skills. The following competencies are most relevant to this position: Consciousness of Self and Impact: Awareness of one's beliefs, values, attitudes, and emotions; recognition that these are shaped by cultural context and other external forces. Self-awareness, including one's inherited and positional power and privilege. Awareness of one’s impact on individuals and community, recognizing the impact of each action and inaction. Members of the CSB will be most successful if they are able to know their own strengths and apply that knowledge to their work with other members of the CSB, student applicants, and the community. This includes considering the impact of one’s words and actions on others and communities, including how interviews are conducted, selection decisions made, and communicating information to all stakeholders involved. Commitment: The passion, energy, creativity, and follow-through one brings to ideas, pursuits, and collective goals. This position involves a high level of responsibility, and requires individuals to hold themselves and others accountable by meeting deadlines, attending meetings and are committed to producing the best work possible. Collaboration: Working reciprocally with others. Working across differences to achieve a shared goal. Bringing multiple perspectives, diverse experiences, and individual creativity to bear on a pursuit. This position requires working with CSB members, constituents, and various members of the Bates community, including senior staff and faculty members. Common Purpose: Cultivating a shared goal, direction, and sense of responsibility. This position requires setting overall goals for CSB, and working with Bates community members to create a shared sense of purpose and responsibility. Congruence: Alignment of values, beliefs, attitudes, and emotions with actions in this world CSB will function effectively as a united decision making body which will reflect the common goals of the committee, student body, BCSG, and the Bates community. Controversy: Acknowledging conflict, controversy, and dissent as opportunities for new insight, or new direction or deeper relationships. Disagreeing with others in a spirit of curiosity and learning. Disagreeing or dissenting from the norm without dehumanizing others. At times, CSB members may disagree with each other or with the Bates community members they are working with. It is crucial in these moments to communicate honestly, openly, respectfully, and to work to resolve conflict through collaboration and compromise. Civic Agency: Embracing one's capacity and responsibility to work with others to advance communal goals. Actively supporting people's full participation in the decisions, systems, and processes that impact their lives and communities. Recognizing the impact of one's choices on others. CSB members will work to support each other and the goals and charge of the committee. Members will have a responsibility to the committee, its procedures and processes, and the Bates community. Members will make fair and equitable decisions and communicate those decisions in a respectful and timely manner. Willingness to learn and make changes based on recommendations of other members and/or Campus Life staff. Passion in cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment. Ability to work with diverse populations.

CSB Members are directly supervised by the CSB Chair(s), and work closely with Campus Life staff. CSB Chairs are directly supervised by Kim Trauceniek, Senior Associate Dean of Students Kim Trauceniek serves as the advisor and professional staff supervisor of the Committee Selection Board (CSB). As a student organization overseen by Campus Life, the CSB is held to the mission of Campus Life and the Bates Student Code. Personnel matters that are related to the operation of the CSB or may impact your employment status or that of another CSB member, should be brought to the attention of Kim Trauceniek, or another professional staff member in the Office of Campus Life at once.

CSB members can expect to work in a collaborative environment with other CSB members. CSB members will conduct in-person and Zoom meetings and interviews throughout the academic year. Meetings and interviews are often after 5pm and on weekends. Hours will vary throughout the semester, depending on committee needs and projects Work for CSB will vary from week to week, usually between 1 and 6 hours, but may be as much as 8 hours at the busiest times. Busy times for CSB include the first quarter of the academic year and during the election period from February break to April first. Our weekly team meetings take place every Monday from 6-7pm