Sabbatical officer
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In a British students' union a Sabbatical officer is a full-time officer elected by the students from their membership. The sabbatical officers are generally trustees of the students' union.
Sabbatical Officers are normally elected annually, for a year term. Some students' unions allow their sabbatical officers stand for re-election for a second year. Legally no-one may serve more than two years paid office at any institution.
Sabbaticals are either taken in between studying (so between years two and three of a three year course) or after graduation. They are paid positions, generally by the institution or the students' union itself, and the officer is generally given student status for the year they are on sabbatical.
A University students' union will generally have between three and eight sabbatical officers - each with a specific job title and description. An example would be the President of the students' union, or the Education and Welfare Officer. Some Further Education colleges also have sabbatical officers but these are rare and usually only one per college if that.