General Assembly Election 2023: Staff elections

20 Mar 2023

Nominations for three staff places are open until Monday, 3 April

Staff (either full-time or part-time) with paid, superannuable appointments at our University are eligible to be nominated and stand for election to General Assembly. 

There are eight places on General Assembly allocated to staff, divided between three staff groups as below. Three of these places are up for election this time:

• Academic and Research staff (two vacancies)
• Professional Services staff, grades 6 and above (one vacancy)
• Professional Services staff, grades 1-5 (all four places are currently filled so no vacancies at this time)

(In addition to the above, there are four vacancies on General Assembly for members of Senate, and elections to those positions will be running concurrently.)

Staff members who are interested in the work of the General Assembly are encouraged to seek nomination.  Each nomination form must be supported by two other staff who are within the same staff group as the nominee.

Please note that there is a place on the Board of Governors for a Professional Services member of staff. All Professional Services members on General Assembly are eligible to be nominated and stand for election to this position on the Board, which is vacant from September 2023 (the electorate for this position is General Assembly). Therefore, the Professional Services candidate elected to the current General Assembly vacancy will be eligible to be nominated and stand for election to the Board (along with the five other Professional Services members currently serving on General Assembly).  The nominations and election process for the Board vacancy will take place during May and June.

• Further information about the vacancies (including eligibility for election) and the nomination form

We are using the Mi-Voice nominations platform, which allows candidates to work on their application, and, if necessary, save and come back to it at a later date, before submitting.

Candidates should check with their nominees if they are happy to support their applications, before adding their contact details to the form. An email will then automatically be generated from the system to each nominator, asking them to confirm their support for the candidate.  The Governance Office will then receive notification once an application has been fully completed (including the biography), and both supporters have confirmed their support. 

The closing date for submission of nominations is noon on Monday, 3 April 2023 – we must also receive all confirmation of support by this time as well.

There is an option to add a photograph to your application, but this is not mandatory.

If you would like to discuss the nomination process or the work of the Assembly, then please contact elections@manchester.ac.uk.