Being a NCSU Habitat for Humanity Officer is a lot of fun and a great opportunity to increase your involvement with NC State Habitat for Humanity and a wonderful group of people. No prior experience is necessary and we love new people with new ideas!
Check out the responsibilities for each office below. Next to the title of each office is listed the number of officers with that title. For example, we have 3 works projects officers because that position requires just a little more work than one person can handle.
If one of these offices looks like a good fit for you, send an email to the current president, Lisa Thompson, at , with your intention to run and for which office. Please list a few reasons why you think you make a good candidate for the position and any additional extracurricular commitments you are expecting for next year. Your responses may be posted online so that voters can read them.
The term of each position is one year, but we have had two officers team up in the past to jointly cover the one year term (one of the officers went through Co-Op in the Fall and the other participated in Study Abroad during the Spring). If you are in this position and still want to be an officer, let us know and it may be possible to team you up with someone in the same situation.
Officer elections are at the April 16th all-campus meeting at 7pm in Mann 216. If you absolutely cannot make the meeting, let us know and we will read your comments at the meeting. Thank you for considering NCSU Habitat for Humanity and we hope you decide to increase your involvement in this great organization!
- Responsibilities for All Officers
- Attend the officer's retreat before school begins
- Attend an officer's meeting (1-2hrs) once a month
- Attend the all-campus meeting (30min-1hr) once a month
- Go to officer designated workdays
- Support the events of your fellow officers
- Help with tutoring, a workday, publicity when you can
- President (1)
- Attend and organize officer meetings and all-campus meetings
- Oversee and ensure the success of all Habitat events: Shack-A-Thon, 5K race, etc.
- See to the needs of the Habitat officers
- Organize the officer retreat, fall break trip, and spring break trip
- Serve as the main point of contact for the organization
- Work to ensure a positive relationship with Wake Co. Habitat for Humanity
- Attend all Wake Co. HFH Board Meetings
- Attend the Habitat Fall and Spring Break Trip
- Provide an educational component at all-campus meetings
- Vice President (1)
- Support the president
- Attend meetings the president cannot make
- Be in charge of all t-shirt and Habitat apparel orders
- Works Project (3)
- Be the leadership presence at every Habitat workday
- Provide building leadership at Shack-A-Thon
- Have at least one works projects officer at every workday
- Delegate worksite jobs and ensure that all volunteers have a positive experience on the worksite
- Your job is not to do all the work, but to teach volunteers how to do the work
- Fundraising (3)
- Organize and implement the annual House Your Neighbor 5K Race and Fun Run, for which planning begins in the fall
- Organize a fall fundraiser if there is time
- Write grants for funding for the organization
- Work with the treasurer to write student government appropriation requests (request for money for the organization from NCSU student government)
- Fellowship (2)
- Obtain food donations from business for workday lunches
- Deliver lunch to worksite volunteers every Saturday
- Organize social events for the officers and general membership (bonfires, laser tag, Canes game, etc.)
- Secretary (1)
- Keep notes of all officer and all-campus meetings
- Send officer meeting notes to officers and send all-campus meeting notes to the webmaster to post online
- Write a newsletter for the back of the Habitat all-campus meeting agenda
- Make copies of the agenda/newsletter for all-campus meetings
- Treasurer (1)
- Keep the checkbook up to date and be the bank¿s main contact
- Keep records of all account transactions
- Reimburse officers for their approved Habitat expenses
- Be the main leadership for Student Government appropriations. Work with fundraising if you need help.
- Publicity (2)
- Advertise for each all-campus meeting (Chalk campus)
- Maintain a publicity committee of regular members
- Advertise for the 5K race and for Shack-A-Thon
- Tutoring (2)
- Work with the Raleigh Boys and Girls club to organize tutoring
- Have one officer present at all tutoring sessions
- Advertise around campus to interest more students in tutoring and advertise among Habitat homeowners to interest more tutees
- Webmaster (1)
- Keep the website up to date
- Post events the officers send to you
- Post the all-campus meeting minutes after each meeting and post upcoming meeting notices
- Keep updated Habitat pictures on the website