AMSA Executive

The AMSA Executive is responsible for the internal and external management of AMSA and its volunteers on a day-to-day basis. As a team, they coordinate AMSA’s advocacy and policy, student engagement, projects, committees and National Councils to form one cohesive organisation. 
The Executive team is composed of Australian medical students, all of whom are concurrently completing their studies, with the occasional exception of the AMSA President who often chooses to defer their full-time studies for a year. The team is typically composed of 11-14 medical students from medical schools within the same state, however past teams have worked across multiple states and timezones. The roles which compose the Executive team may change from year to year, although they have usually remained very similar. 
==2018 AMSA Executive team==
The 2018 core Executive team will be: 
:* President: Alex Farrell, The University of New South Wales
:* Vice President (External): Victoria Cook, The University of Newcastle
:* Vice President (Internal): Jessica Redmond, The University of Sydney
:* Treasurer: Jack Mackenzie, The University of Newcastle
The broader Executive team is currently being finalised, however the roles will be:
:* Public Relations Officer
:* National Coordinator
:* Projects Officer
:* Engagement and Promotions Officer 
:* Publications and Design Officer
:* Events Coordinator
:* IT Coordinator
:* Sponsorship Officer (x2)
==Election process==
The AMSA Executive is replaced each year, with the incoming team of medical students elected after applying through a process set annually by the AMSA Board. 
===Current election process===
# Bid documents for the 2019 AMSA Executive will be due in May 2018. 
# The election will occur in Perth in July 2018 during Second National Council, which will take place just prior to Convention 2018 (held in Perth). 
# At this session, each Bid team will give a presentation to AMSA members for 20 minutes. There will then be up to 30 minutes of questions to the bid team. This time may include predetermined questions, or free question time, as determined by the members.
# Immediately following the Bid presentations and question times, AMSA’s members will vote to elect the 2019 AMSA Executive. Votes are cast for the bid team as a whole; individual positions within the Executive are not voted upon. The AMSA Representatives hold the vote for the AMSA members at their university, with the number of votes per representative equal to 250 plus the number of AMSA members at their respective universities. If AMSA members are present they may choose to exercise their individual vote, in which case the number of votes cast by their AMSA Representative is accordingly reduced.
# The winning team will be announced the same day.
===Eligibility===
Any Australian medical students may form a team and bid for AMSA Executive. The teams are strongly encouraged to contact the current Executive role holders and AMSA Board so that they may adequately prepare for the bid, as successful bids must often prove a good working knowledge of the organisation and realistic plan for it's future direction. 
In order to be eligible, bid documents must include:
# The structure of the full Executive.
# The names, universities and contact details of all members of the proposed 2019 Executive team.
# A description of the team’s plans for AMSA’s internal management and external advocacy.
# A description of the way the team will action AMSA’s Strategic Plan during 2019.
::All members of a bid team will be medical students. An exception is made of the AMSA Treasurer, who may be a non-medical student.
Past bid documents, successful and unsuccessful, are available for use by future bid teams.
==Role descriptions==
President
Reports to 	Board, Council, all medical students in Australia.
Primary tasks 	Spokesperson of AMSA, overseeing both advocacy and internal management, leading the executive and AMSA as a whole, representative on many external (including AMA) committees, executive director of the Board of AMSA.
Responsibilities 	
* Internal management of exec (working with VPI)
* External advocacy and face of AMSA (working with VPE and advocacy team)
* Proactive and Reactive advocacy based on National Priorities
* Communicating between the executive and Board as executive director
* Governance and future-proofing AMSA
* Overseeing risks including Events teams, projects etc
Day-to-day tasks 	
* Attending executive meetings
* Being present at most stream meetings
* Travelling to meet with stakeholders, particularly MPs in Canberra
* Meeting Events teams and assisting them
* Taking on roles within AMSA Projects
* Writing opinion pieces, articles and reports
* Being available for media interviews/engagement
* Attending IFMSA assemblies
* Large amount of flexibility
Time commitment 	Close to full-time job equivalent, including travel and in person time commitments. It is unlikely that President in this format can sustain full-time medical education.
Ideal skills 	
* Media training (can be provided)
* Advocacy interest
* Good knowledge of the AMSA organisation
* Strategic planning/finance training
* Good volunteer management experience
* Governance/risk management experience (can be up-skilled)
* Approachable demeanour as well as professional discourse.
Performance indicators	
* Strength of Advocacy relationships
* Advocacy wins
* Cohesion of AMSA internally
* Successful AMSA events and projects
* Safe and positive AMSA culture
* Strategic plan implementation and review
People to liaise with 	
* Executive, events teams, committee chairs, AMSA Board, AMSA Council members
* The medical student body of Australia
* External stakeholders, AMA, AMSA Board
To be completed
==Past presidents==
* 2017: Rob Thomas, The University of Queensland
* 2016: Elise Buisson, The University of Western Sydney
* 2015: James Lawler, The University of Newcastle
* 2014: Jessica Dean, Monash University
* 2013: Benjamin Veness, The University of Sydney
* 2012: James Churchill, The University of Melbourne
* 2011: Robert Marshall, The University of Western Australia
* 2010: Ross Roberts-Thomson, The University of Adelaide
* 2009: Tiffany Fulde, The University of New South Wales
* 2008: Michael Bonning, The University of Queensland
* 2007: Robert Mitchell, Monash University
* 2006: Teresa Cosgriff, The University of Melbourne
* 2005: Dror Maor, The University of Western Australia
* 2004: Matthew Hutchinson, The University of Adelaide
* 2003: Nicholas Brown, The University of Queensland