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The Vice President of a society is the leader, who supports the president in overseeing all of the society’s activity. They will need to provide support, advice and guidance to the other committee members throughout the academic year and support with the direction in which the society is heading. 

Skills and qualities required:

• Leadership
• Ability to be a ‘critical friend’ and sounding board)
• Tact and diplomacy
• Listening
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Impartiality, fairness and the ability to respect confidences

Key responsibilities:

1. Knowing everything the President or Chair does…and supporting them every step of the way
2. Standing in if the President or Chair is absent
3. Helping to train committee members
4. Ensuring the ‘bigger picture’ and the society’s vision is always kept in view
5. Holding confidential discussions with committee members if they are unhappy and feed this back to the President or Chair
6. Being impartial