AIESEC IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE – MCP APPLICATION 2017 - 2018
“ It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,…” Matthew 20:26 (The BIBLE)
Dear MCP applicant, I am sure you know that, with great power comes great responsibility. This is definitely what happen with the MCP experience. Lead at national level in a youth-run NGO, is one of the most challenging experience but it comes with great learnings and opportunities. It takes you apart in your career profile for whatever you want to achieve in your life. Designing this application, remind me all the steps in the process I have been through to get this position, five months of hard-working, failures and successes as MCP for AIESEC CÔTE D'IVOIRE. As a national President, you'll literally be push out of your comfort zone every day, reinvent yourself day by day, listen more than talking, shape mindset of young people to unlock their potential, represent nationally and internationally your entity, etc. You can be responsible of a 43 years old local chapter of AIESEC, with a very strong and well organized, structured alumni network, with important external stakeholders, and most important contribute to a legacy with tangible impact. Do not expect the changes, if you don’t make one. It's up to you to take the bold step, and have the opportunity to live and lead a fearless generation 17.20 . Lionel LAWSON-BODY MCP 1617 AIESEC CI
CONTENTS I. MCP PROFILE & JD II. MC LIFE III. APPLICATION PROCESS IV. ELECTION PROCESS V. MCP QUESTIONNAIRE
I. MCP PROFILE & JD MCP PROFILE AIESEC KNOWLEDGE SKILLS NEEDED AIESEC WAY Team Management AIESEC 2020 & Roadmap Planning and Alignment AIESEC's LDM Strategy creation and The Refreshed AIESEC XP Implementation tracking AIESEC CI National Compendium Business Communication AIESEC Global Compendium Public Speaking Global reality Minimum knowledge of major Regional & Sub-regional reality business functions: marketing, National Entity reality operations, finance, sales, HR, etc. Local entities reality REPRESENTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS IPM 2017 in Venlo, The Netherlands - Feb 12-19,2017 MEAXLDS 2017 in EGYPT MEA MCP SUMMIT 2017 IC 2017 in COLOMBIA IPM 2018 (TBD) National Conferences
JOB DESCRIPTION
MCP as a LEADER • Guardian of the AIESEC WAY • Clarity of your purpose • Consciousness of your leadership style • Develop the best leadership pipeline to ensure the continuity of a legacy • Lead that team according to your strengths and let them complement you • Choose a team based on similar purpose, actions and people orientation
MCP as a REPRESENTATIVE Ensure the management of external stakeholders: • BoA • Partners • Government • Enablers • Media • Awards and Recognitions • Events (Get ready to make a lot of speeches)
MCP as a MANAGER • Guardian of the legal representation • Co-responsible of nancial long term sustainability while making decisions on present investment that enable growth. • Keep the team accountable and ensure that the network is also being accountable to eachother. • Be responsible of your role in the national plenary as President • Be responsible of your role in the regional plenary as Leader • Be responsible of your role in the global plenary as Subcommittee and Member Committee
II.MC MCLIFE LIFE TERM DATES AUGUST,1ST 2017 - JULY,31ST 2018
WORKING CONDITIONS MCP workload is approximately 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday; It can increase sometimes.
DAYS OUT OF OFFICE Saturday & Sunday are days off with exceptions of conferences, summits, visits, LC coaching or MC planning events.
LIVING CONDITIONS MCP and his entire team must live in the MC House. Transportation is covered from MC budget for working purpose activities (such as for national conference, visits, summits, LC coaching, Meeting, etc…)
LEGALITY & OTHER COSTS Visas expenses including residency are not covered by AIESEC in Côte d’Ivoire for the duration of work with the organization. However successful candidate is responsible for finding their own health insurance for the duration of stay. AIESEC in Côte d’Ivoire will support you on visa process.
III. APPLICATION PROCESS THE COMPLETE APPLICATION SHOULD CONTAINS: 1- VIDEO APPLICATION (in 1 PDF File) Record a video that highlights: - your personality - your story - your ambition - your added value as an MCP 2- BLANK PAPER CHALLENGE (in 1 PDF File) What is THE question we need to answer by now for in Cote d'Ivoire. Why ? and How do you plan do solve it ? 3- CV (in 1 PDF File) Note: Give us all important information we need to know about you, your AIESEC CV: career, other jobs you have had, your contact details etc. You can use a maximum of one (1) page to create your CV 4- PVA (Personal Value Assessment) (Send the PVA results in PDF file.) Click here: https://www.valuescentre.com/our-products/products-individuals/personal-values-assessment-pva 5- TEAM ASSESSMENT (in 1 PDF File) Each candidate must compile an assessment report of his/her performance by the team he/she is currently part of. The assessment should include the following details: - Team Description /Team Members - For each teammate, answering, describe touchpoints with the candidate - Comments on areas of strengths and improvement, strictly focusing on behaviors regularly manifested and results/outcome generated by the candidate - At least 2/3 of the teammates need to give their assessment for it to be considered valid. Find the template here: http://bit.ly/tasmcapp 6- BIOGRAPHY (in 1 PDF File) Note: Create your own biography and share it with us. You have just one limitation, one Bio: page! For examples on how a bio can be structured, please check out the following two links. • David Pollay, CEO of The Momentum Project and Traci Fenton, CEO/cofounder of WorldBlu (Google it) 7- MCP QUESTIONNAIRE These questions must be answered by all candidates and should not take more than seven (7) pages, in PDF File IMPORTANT NOTE: submit from 3 endorsement letters (in which one must be given by a member or an alumnus from your Origin LC or MC) with your application; and also any documents proving that you fulfilled requirement stated on Article 59 of the National Compendium for the Position of MCP.
IV. ELECTION PROCESS MCP APPLICANTs for AIESEC in COTE D’IVOIRE must participate in the election process at ELECTION CONFERENCE during the Day 1 of NATCO I in DECEMBER 2016. The process is as follows: 1. Each candidate will participate in the election process outlined below at ELECTION CONFERENCE. 2. Each candidate will participate in the interview with a panel comprised of BOA, MCPc and an external. 3. Each candidate will give a 10-minute opening speech to the National Plenary . 4. Each candidate will participate in one or several Questions & Answers sessions (10 minutes per round – 2 minutes per question. The Q&As must be designed by every LC based on their reality and the content of candidate’s application package and their speeches. 5. Each candidate will participate in one or several panels/discussions. At least one part of the panels/discussions should be dedicated to issues external to AIESEC, which are relevant to AIESEC. 6. Each candidate will give a three-minute closing speech to the plenary. Immediately after all speeches are completed, there will have a LC meeting, ballot papers distributed and voting conducted. Please check Article 1 of National Compendium Annex for further information or any clarifications .
V. MCP QUESTIONNAIRE 1. What is driving you to continue in AIESEC? Why have you decided to stand for President of AIESEC in COTE D’IVOIRE? What do you want to take out of this experience? 2. What are your three key strengths and weaknesses and how would these help or challenge you in your MCP term? 3. Make a brief SWOT analysis of AIESEC in COTE D'IVOIRE. With the analysis made, what would you start, continue and stop doing as MCP 2017 - 2018 to lead this entity? Explain 4. In the context of 2017-2018, rank in order of importance the key responsibilities of President of (team management, strategic direction, financial sustainability, governance and accountability, global network engagement and communication, and external representation) and the reasons for your ranking. 5. What is the relevance of AIESEC in COTE D’IVOIRE for COTE D’IVOIRE and how can this be improved? 6. What MC structure do you envision in your term? Explain 7. Our entity is 42 years old and still not growing disruptively, how would MC 2017 - 2018 of AIESEC in COTE D’IVOIRE manage this to become one of the strongest and growing entity of the MEA growth network. 8. Considering the current reality of the world, which trends do you see in COTE D’IVOIRE that shapes our country in the following years? Given these trends, what will it mean for our national entity to stay ahead of the curve? 9. Given the context of AIESEC right now, what kind of MCP do you think AIESEC in COTE D’IVOIRE need; explain.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTES • Please check carefully Article 59 of the NATIONAL COMPENDIUM and the Annex 1 National Compendium Annex for the conditions to apply as MCP and have clarity of the process. • Submit your application package, the endorsement letter and other required proven documents by December,1st 2016 to kouadio.vanessa@aiesec.net, lionel.lawsonbody@aiesec.net , and t-magnuj@microsoft.com • Late applications - even by a few minutes - will not be accepted, and no exceptions will be given, including in the cases of email/computer dysfunction. As such, we strongly recommend you do not wait until the last minute to submit your application, as you will be risking it not being accepted should unforeseen events occur. • Interview: December, 23rd 2016 • Election Date: December, 24th 2016 • NatCO I: December, 23rd - 24th 2016
If you have any questions concerning the applications or the application process please contact the MCPc or the Election manager (Vanessa : kouadio.vanessa@aiesec.net).
CONTACT LIST POSITION TITLE
PRIMARY EMAIL
Lionel LAWSON-BODY Edano Cedric NIAMIEN Yannick THORA BI KOUADIO Arnaud ME ADAMA MAGUIDI KOFFI CELICA DIOMANDE Mandoussou
MCP MC VP F.L&A MCVP OGX MCVP Igcdp MCVP MKT-BD/IGIP MCVP TALENT DEVELOPMENT MC MANAGER BD&IGIP
lionel.lawsonbody@aiesec.net niamien.cedric@aiesec.net yannick.thorabi@aiesec.net kouadioarnaud.me@aiesec.net maguidi.adama@aiesec.net celica.koffi@aiesec.net diomande.mandoussou@aiesec.net
(225) 08 444 781 (225) 59 54 36 78 (225) 08626278 (225) 09653357 (225) 58541354 225 08825079 (225)47536859
LOCAL COMITY
PRESIDENT NAME
PRIMARY EMAIL
BOUAKE
FOUA Bi Bolou Elie Ephraim
elie.fouabi@aiesec.net
00225 49249973
COCODY
ZIEHI Bruce Monyasse
bruce.ziehi@aiesec.net
00225 09 61 60 81
FUPA
SORO Nontonhoua
soro.nontonhoua@aiesec.net
005 58 70 20 55
ABIDJAN SUD
Dabilah OUATTARA
dabilah.ouattara@aiesec.net
00225 07 40 61 02
KORHOGO
TUO TENAN JOEL
joel.tuo@aiesec.net
00225 07 29 53 42
Good Luck