Chair - MSC Hospitality

General Position Summary

The Chair manages a team of executives, maintains the budget, and strategically plans for the next year. The chair is responsible for overseeing all programs and internal affairs, including the work done by the Vice Chair, Executive Directors, Coordinators, and General Members within the organization. The Chair is also responsible for facilitating communication between the MSC and the committee, including between other MSC Officers, advisors, and organization members. 

Minimum Requirement

• One year of MSC Leadership experience or equivalent.

Meeting Requirements 

Significant changes or additional functions for this position in the upcoming year

Important goals for next year’s chair will be to focus on growing the committee member numbers back up, ideally to 60 members at least. The Chair is expected to focus on developing the Executive Director team and ensuring member engagement and retention. The Chair will be expected to consider the goals of the committee as detailed in the committee 5 Year Plan when setting their own goals and planning for the year, and they will be expected to take initiative with putting these long-term goals into action. This includes strategically expanding our community and campus outreach opportunities. The chair is also expected to further solidify the future structure of Hospitality to align with the purpose of the committee as we focus more on service. 

Required MSC Officer Responsibilities 

Learning Outcomes: What skills or knowledge is the individual in this position expected to gain? 

Through this position, the Chair will gain strategic planning skills, budgeting skills, and “soft skills” such as motivating others, managing a team, and fostering professional relationships. 

Preferred Experience, Knowledge, and/or Skills 

• Previous involvement in MSC Hospitality is required.
• Experience as an Executive Director is preferred but not required.
• Seeking a strategic and creative mind to lead the committee.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Below are the 5 Year Goals for MSC Hospitality created by its current leadership team. Please take these goals into consideration while creating your own goal statement, and be prepared to discuss how your goals fit into or compliment these goals.

MSC Hospitality 5 Year Goals

INTERNAL GOALS

1. Increase membership and retention

• Increase membership by 10% every year for the next 5 years.
• Achieve at least a 75% retention rate of returning members from the Spring to the Fall semesters (i.e., if we end the year with 100 members, 75 will return in the spring – the others may graduate or chose to leave the organization/go inactive).

2. Leadership development

A. Exec curriculum

• Create a curriculum of leadership/professional development with specific measures to guide executive development. This curriculum may be based on a framework, such as one of the ones listed below, or could follow a book or some other source. The Exec Curriculum from 2020-2021 focused on ethical service and developing “soft skills” to prepare Execs to be successful in their position. This curriculum could include a multitude of factors, including but not limited to: 
  1. Mays Transformational Leadership Model
          Mindsets, competencies, and acumen (this is obviously tied to business, but I believe it could be adapted for              anything and could serve as a great tool to guide our curriculum).
          We could also steal things from this and combine it with other measures
  2. CAS Standards
  3. Greenleaf Servant Leadership Model

       4. Additional categories may include but are not limited to:

            - Strategic thinking (vision planning)

            - Problem solving frameworks

            - Communication

            - Time management

            - accountability

        5. https://www.iacet.org/news/iacet-blog/blog-articles/7-elements-of-effective-professional-development1/

B. General Member curriculum

• As with executive development, come up with a set of core areas in which we would like to help our members grow. The membership curriculum for the 2020-2021 year was created by the Vice Chair, and was more or less a condensed version of the Exec curriculum. This can be completed through using the core values, a framework outlined above, or by creating our own. These can be used to guide GCM planning and committee retreats. It can include topics such as: 
   

        - Servant Leadership Model

        - Work with the Internal Relations Director to establish a standardized GCM curriculum. This would be done to ensure that each year we can make improvements to GCMs and not just ‘start from scratch.'

• Complete at least one service project per semester during a GCM.
      - Example: Adopt a street.
• General member leadership opportunities. Examples below:
          - AD
          - Coordinators

           - Input from executive team

3. Increase social engagement

• 90% of members achieve the social point requirement, 40% exceed it.
• Establish a list of social ideas and timelines for socials.
          - Create a master list of social ideas that can be passed down to each Internal Relations Executive each year.

           - At the beginning of each semester, the IR Executive should create a basic timeline of major socials for that semester.

EXTERNAL GOALS

1. Big service project -- maybe one we travel to and possibly open up to the entire MSC or more

• For instance, post-natural disaster recovery, working with inner city kids, etc.
• Short term- work with Anna and create a list of possible ‘Big’ service projects for future use
• Put on hold due to COVID-19, but should be enacted when it is safe to do so

2. All-MSC Service events

• Long term goal: 1-2 projects per semester where all the MSC committees are invited to come together to serve.
• Short term: try to have one project in the coming year that is open for anyone from the MSC to sign up – could be a big day at Camp for All, or signing up to help at Brazos Valley Food bank.
• Put on hold due to COVID-19, but should be enacted when it is safe to do so

3. Service programming – Long term goal

• Examples include:

        - Bringing service to campus for students to participate in

        - Going off campus (i.e. KBT format)

        - Creating outreach programs that allow Hospitality members to go into the community and perform some type of service

        - Inviting community members to campus to give them an opportunity/thank the community

              -- Example: Halloween Party

Should be delegated to the Community Outreach subcommittee, and should build off of what the current Execs are developing 

4. Increase Tour Engagement

• 50% of members will be tour trained at all times
• Showcase how many hours of tours we give on social media and in newsletter
• Maintain an option for virtual tours with a Q&A session afterwards

Required MSC Council Officer Responsibilities:

• Represent the MSC Council:  As a student leader in the MSC Council, your actions are a direct reflection and representation of the organization and our values. Committee Chairs have the responsibility of directing their committee’s programs and goals to ensure alignment with those of the MSC Council.
• Alignment with the MSC Programs mission:  MSC Programs will prioritize support for programs, experiences, and student leadership opportunities that reflect and align with its mission of engaging students in providing purposefully designed campus programs and service opportunities that prepare them to be global leaders. 
• Attend Weekly Monday Night Meetings: When creating your academic schedule, please be mindful of your requirement to attend Program Assembly meetings every Monday night at 6pm.
• Complete the full Academic Year: MSC Officer positions are meant to be performed for the full academic year including the Summer.
• Attend Leadership Launch (& August Leadership Refresher): Every spring, the MSC hosts Leadership Launch in order to assist with the transition of new leaders.
• Understand the Student-Staff Partnership: Each committee is assigned an advisor by MSC Programs. Through that advisor, MSC Programs and the MSC Council are committed to strong student/staff partnerships and built upon the idea that there is mutuality in teaching and learning and that advisors and students see each other as a resource; each group offering what it uniquely can provide.