Committee Elections

Elections to the ERS committee are held annually, posts are held until the next AGM.  Committee posts are open to all contract (fixed term or open ended) research staff within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sheffield (UoS).

The aims of the ERS are listed on the About Us page, and the full constitution is available to download. 

The committee holds open one hour meetings approximately once every other month.  Whenever possible, committee positions are split between two people to spread workload. Committee positions will require a few hours work each month outside of the regular meetings, this time commitment will vary depending on position, time of year, current activities, etc.  A list and brief description of the current committee posts is shown below, please contact the current incumbent for further details of responsibilities.

The 2024 AGM was held at 12:00 on Wednesday 6th March 2024 via Google Meet and in person in E104 of the Broad Lane Block (Dept. of Civil and Str. Eng.)), all UoS Faculty of Engineering research staff were invited to attend.  All positions were open for nomination at the AGM, the currently elected committee is on the committee page.  Minutes from the previous AGM can be found on the events page.

Committee Positions

Chair or Co-Chairs

Oversees the running of the society, chairs meetings, provides a central point of contact with the faculty. 

Secretary 

Communication, organisation, correspondence. Records minutes of meetings, maintains email list. Use Google Apps to maintain and share ERS documents. Administrate the ERS email account. 

Treasurer 

Oversee and present budgets, accounts and financial statements to the committee. Advise on financial implications of strategic and operational plans. Ensure proper University auditable records are kept. Demonstrate the need and secure on-going funding for the following financial year.

Social Secretary 

Run social events which forge links between members of the ERS, and with other researcher societies. Take forward ideas from the ERS committee and membership and generate further ideas for social events. Organise or delegate and oversee organisation of social events. Develop events that will appeal to ERS membership. Provide information to other officers with respect to publicising events; arranging finances; etc. 

Webmaster 

Maintain and develop the website as a key means of communication with ERS members.  Liaise with other officers to generate new content. 

Communications (Communications and Researcher Environment)

Responsible for publicising the ERS through development of posters and other advertising material.   Also monitoring and raising issues related to the researcher environment.

Women in Engineering 

Liaise with the Faculty Director of Women in Engineering with a view to redressing the gender imbalance of the discipline.