Public+Relations+Officer

=Purpose & Role=

//[What is your role and purpose as a cabinet member? as a leader? as a general body member? What is your overall contribution to the MSA? Who do you work with? Who do you support? Who do you answer to? etc.]//

The MSA Public Relations officer works as an internal and external liaison for the organization. Internally, the PR officer is the point of contact for grievances and issues held by the general body. He/she will be responsible for communicating specific issues to the rest of the MSA cabinet and for working with the President to resolve the matter. Externally, he/she will be the POC for other organizations on campus who wish to work with the MSA in cosponsoring events, outside organizations such as masajid and non-profit groups, and the media if statements on current issues are needed.

As a leader and member of the MSA cabinet, it is very important to represent a unified governing body for the organization. This means that it is your responsibility, as well as the responsibility of every other officer on cabinet, to stand by a decision once it is made in order to avoid discord within the group, as well as exercise discretion when it comes to sensitive issues. =Constitutional Responsibilities=

//[What does the constitution say about your responsibilities?]//

The Constitution also requires the PR Officer to be in charge of "directing advertising initiatives (article 10, section 7)" for the group's events and "managing publications of the MSA (article 10, section 7)" in addition to the roles specified in the "Purpose and Role" section of this wiki. These roles have been designated to others in the past, ie. publications such as the MSA newsletter, Al-Nur, have been completely managed by the Al-Nur Committee Head. This absolves the PR Officer of Al-Nur related duties as long as there is an active and contributing committee and committee head in place to take care of its operation. Also, advertising initiatives for events have been designated to the team of organizers for the event. It is their responsibility to market the event by making use of listservs, creating fliers, and advertising on social media outlets, etc. and there is usually at least one individual on the team who heads this procedure.

=General Responsibilities & Duties=

//[Other than what has already been mentioned, what responsibilities do you have on a daily, weekly, monthly, semesterly, yearly basis? What general duties and obligations do you hold towards the general body? the cabinet? the BoT? etc.]//

With the creation of the Outreach committee, the Public Relations Officer has served as the liaison between it and the MSA Cabinet. In order to ensure that a committee is working toward its purpose in a timely and effective manner, and to help the committee in accomplishing its goals, certain positions on MSA Cabinet are tasked with following up with Committee Heads.

=Input From Previous Public Relations Officers=

//[If you're a former PR Officer of the MSA, please share your advice on how a PR Officer would best serve the MSA and fulfill his/her responsibilities. etc.]//

Patience is a necessity with any position on cabinet, but especially with the PR Officer position. Like the President position, your job requires you to interact with others and hear their concerns and this task must be fulfilled with the utmost courtesy and respect. Because you are a representation of the organization, if this is not done, it could cause huge problems for the MSA and yourself.

Also, be careful with your words. Use them sparingly and wisely and don't feel like you have to respond if you are in a high pressure situation. It is much better to take some time to think about a statement than anger others because of poor choice of words.