STAFF

Staffing is a great way to view committee from a new perspective, enrich your model UN experience, and build your resume! MUN staff choose topics, write background guides, and collaborate with a team of 3-4 to run the actual committee. It's never too early or too late to start MUN leadership! As long as you are passionate and professional, delegates of all levels of experience are encouraged to apply.

Staff Roles:

• Director - head of committee, responsible for engaging debate & setting tone of committee
• Chair - guides committee through rules of procedure and flow of debate
• Assistant Director(s) - takes committee notes, tracks Speaker's Lists and motions

*Page: walks around committee & passes notes from delegate to delegate/staff (not part of staff but still leadership role!)

SECRETARIAT

Involvement in a conference secretariat builds leadership and networking skills and looks great on any resume. Members of a secretariat are hired months in advance to plan a conference, a task that requires extensive coordination and discipline. Whether you are interested in logistics & planning, social networking, public speaking, web/graphic design, or management, there is a secretariat position for you!

Secretariat Hierarchy (not all roles may be present, other roles may be added according to conference needs):

Top management and Assistants

Secretary-General - "president", manages & assigns tasks for all secretariat members

Assistant (most commonly for Upper Secretariat) - trainer positions designed to help busy Secretariat members manage workload through delegation of tasks out to the assistant.

Deputy (most commonly to the Secretary General) - second-in-command positions that serve a role similar to assistants but have a greater role in decision-making and visionary management

External affairs

• Director General - "vice-president", head of External affairs
• Under Secretary-General of Delegate Affairs - manages registration, external communications, responds to inquiries
• Under Secretary-General of Logistics - manages logistics such as schedule and conference supplies, budgeting, and venue booking
• Under Secretary-General of Marketing - designs conference materials and handbooks, promotes and maintains public face of conference, coordinates media team
• Under Secretary-General of Technology - designs and manages website, maintains online materials, assists with media and marketing

Internal affairs

• Chief of Staff - responsible for staff hiring & training, oversees staff functions, head of Internal affairs
• Under Secretary-General of Committees - oversees conference committees, edits background guides

MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY TEAM

Assists Secretariat in managing conference publicity through videography, photography, and editing. Responsible for putting together the opening and closing videos. Members of the media team receive specialized roles based on conference needs, but often share many responsibilities. They also help Secretariat with logistical management during the conference on occasion.