Mage Guild
The Mage's Guild is a guild that functions as a school system, a hiring hall, and a lobbying firm all at once. The Guild consists of a small central leadership and five divisions. Each region layer below the central guild mirrors this organizing layout.
Central Leadership
Archmagister
The Archmagister is effectively the guild's head of state. They set the overall policy and is the public face of the guild to the various crowns and courts that recognize the Mage's Guild. In case of a tie, they have the deciding vote in the Grand Conclave. During an emergency, they have the authority to override any division head. The Archmagister is appointed by the Grand Conclave for life, though a formal recall process exists for reasons the Grand Conclave sees fit.
Grand Conclave
The Grand Conclave consists of the six division heads and the Archmagister. The conclave functions as the guild's parliament. Budgets, disputes, and proposals, amongst other things, are brought to the conclave to be settled.
Guild Secretary
Not officially a seat of power, the secretary manages the Archmagister's calendar, keeps the official minutes of each conclave session, and controls the flow of the bureaucratic process between the divisions. In practice, an adept secretary can become one of the most influential people since they decide what reaches the Archmagister's desk.
Guild Divisions
Instruction
Instruction runs the education system for the guild. This includes children's primary education, university-level training, and further education for active mages.
- Dean of Instruction
- The division head. They set the curriculum standards guild-wide, approves new academies, and negotiates over coursework and certification requirements.
- Headmaster/Headmistress
- The head runs a single academy or university campus. They have wide day-to-day autonomy over their institution.
- Proctor
- The Proctor is a senior instructor that is responsible for a specific school of magic. They oversee a team of Lecturing Magisters under their field of study.
- Lecturing Magister
- A university level tutor.
- Tutor
- Teaches children in the primary schooling track.
- Apprentice-Master
- The Apprentice-Master oversees post-graduate apprenticeships. They match young mages with working professionals, allowing for hands-on training.
- Academy Registrar
- This registrar maintains records for the education side of the guild. This may include enrollment, grades, transcripts, and discipline.
- Housemaster/Housemistress
- A house-head runs the living quarters for students. They are responsible for the students' welfare outside of the classroom.
- Infirmarian
- A restoration mage who runs the academy's infirmary.
- Prefect-Marshal
- The Perfect-Marshal oversees student discipline outside of academics. They have a rotating group of senior student Prefects that handle most infractions, with only serious incidents being escalated to their desk.
- Continuing Education Coordinator
- Runs refresher courses and certificate training for working mages.
- Head Librarian
- Runs the library and archive. The work of cataloging and keeping track of materials is overseen by the Head Librarian, but on the ground is performed by a large group of librarians, archivists, and volunteer senior students with aspirations of being an archivist or librarian in the future.
- Proctor's Clerk / Teaching Assistant
- Entry-level position for guild members. A majority of whom are working off their tuition debt or building their teaching credentials.
Placement & Labor
Placement and Labor ensures that mages, in good standing, are able to find work. They negotiate standard contract terms and arbitrate disputes.
- Warden of Labor
- The division head. They lead negotiations for wage floors and working conditions.
- Placement Magister
- The Placement Magister runs regional hiring halls. They will match unemployed or newly graduated mages with open contracts.
- Contract Officer
- The Contract Officer maintains standards for employment contracts. They will also ensure private contracts with mages are fair and safe.
- Field Liaison
- The liaison is responsible for mages working long-term postings, such as those working in garrisons, courts, or on expeditions. They ensure on-the-ground conditions match the contract.
- Grievance Arbiter
- Hears formal disputes between a mage and an employer, or between two mages.
- Registrar
- They maintain the master roll of mages that are in good standing. This credential makes someone employable through the guild. Losing this status is seen as the guild's harshest penalty.
- Wage Surveyor
- Surveys the going pay rates by specialty and region and publishes guidance. Required reading for anyone about to negotiate their own contract.
- Benefits Administrator
- Manages the guild's injury-compensation and pension funds.
- Special Contracts Officer
- Handles placements too unusual or dangerous for a standard contract template. This can include situations such as war-zone postings, plague response, or expedition work.
- Placement Clerk
- Entry-level administrative post. They are the feet-on-the-ground mages that help processes job postings and applications.
