Full-Time Board Positions AIESEC Maastricht 2018/2019
Dear reader, Great that you are considering a full -time board position! AIESEC in Maastricht is looking for it’s next Executive Board (EB), starting in July 2018. An AIESEC board year provides you with great opportunities and challenges. During your year as a board member, you will develop yourself personally and professionally; expand your national and international network; develop a global mind-set, and have a lot of fun. It is AIESEC’s mission to develop young people into responsible leaders who have the capacity to shape the world around them. Many great leaders of today joined AIESEC when they were young. For example; Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, and queen Maxima. Our team consists of 30 enthusiastic and ambitious people. Will you be the next one to join the AIESEC team? We are looking for seven movivated and passionate individuals that want to develop themselves professionally and personally and who believe that they can make a change in the world! We are looking forward to seeing you during the application period and are eager to learn more about you and your ambitions. Good luck and enjoy the process! On behalf of AIESEC in Maastricht, Anouk, Rebecca, Marlou, Gwen & Gilles Executive Board of AIESEC in Maastricht 2017/2018
Content What is AIESEC? What does AIESEC have to offer? The Executive Board (EB) Tasks and a regular week Positions:
Local Committee President
Vice president Finance & External Relations Vice president Outgoing Global Entrepreneur and Talent
Vice President Outgoing Global Volunteer
Vice President Medicine Vice president Incoming Global Talent Vice President Marketing Application procedure & Timeline
What is AIESEC? AIESEC is a global non-profit organization entirely let by and for young people. The mission of AIESEC is to develop responsible leaders today who will shape how the world is being led tomorrow. We do this by facilitating leadership experiences in form of voluntary projects or professional internships abroad. We are a non-political, independent, not-for-profit organisation run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education. Its members are interested in world issues, leadership and management. AIESEC does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national / social origin. In the Netherlands, AIESEC is represented in 11 local committees in all major university cities.
What can AIESEC offer you? Personal Leadership Development
Professional Development
Team Experience
...and a lot of fun!
As a member of AIESEC, you will be challenged to explore your strenghts and weaknesses, you will learn how to work in a diverse and international team environment, and you will learn to become solution oriented.
AIESEC has multiple influential partners on a global, national and local level. We work closely with these companies, who offer trainings and development spaces for our members. Among our partners are companies such as McKinsey, Randstad or Bain & Company.
The Executive Board (EB), consiting of the full time members is a team that is working together closely. This leads to a close and unique team experience. Furthermore, you might be leading a team of 3-7 part-time members.
Every Tuesday night, after team meeting and committee meeting, we meet at the Ma van Sloun for drinks. Throughout the year, there are two national conferences, two weekends with the entire local committee and multiple national activities. You will make friends for life!
What is the Executive Board (EB)? The EB is the leading body of AIESEC in Maastricht. As an EB’er, you are responsible for one of the operational units of the local committee. This means that you will implement and develop new strategies, track performance and manage and lead a team of part-time board members. An EB function also involves responsibilities on a national level, for example to cooperation with other EBs or the national board. EB’ers work from our office in the Student Services Center every weekday. Furthermore, the entire Local Committee meets every Tuesday evening for team meetings, LC meetings and afterwards drinks at the Ma van Sloun. There are also regular meetings with the rest of the national network, national conferences and team weekends, which are usually both functional and fun. You will definitely meet many different people, and make connections that last longer than just your board year! During the summer, AIESEC’s processes and operations diminish in intensity. You are not expected to work full-time, but we do recommend you to spend some time working during the summer. It’s perfectly possible to go on a holiday, but take the time to get to know your team, try to familiarise yourself with your responsibilities and make sure you are well prepared for the big start in September. Being an EBer gives you the unique opportunity to be in a position in which you hold responsibility to make important decisions, can implement your own ideas and have an impact on the people around you. In AIESEC, we believe that we can make the world a better place, little by little, and as an EBer you can play an important role in this!
A regular week in the life of an EB’er
Local Committee President (LCP)* The president is the overall guide and leader of the local committee. He or she is end-responsible for the LC when it comes to culture, performance, financial sustainability and member satisfaction. Also, he or she is the face of the local reality and coordinates a lot with the other AIESEC entities and the national board. The LCP is accountable and the one who will have to take responsibility if things go well or not so well. The position requires strong team management and people skills, analytical and performance oriented thinking, and previous AIESEC experience. *Note: the recruitment deadline for the LCP position has already passed.
Vice President Finance & External Relations (VP FER) Together with the president, the VP FER forms the Head office of the organization. The VP Finance and External Relations is responsible for managing local finances. He/she must guarantee the financial management, operational tracking, legal compliance and cash flow tracking, as well as the invoices for members of the committee. Furthermore, the VP FER manages the contact between the EB and the local advisory board, as well as aquiring new members for the advisory board, who support AIESEC in Maastricht in its operations and performance.
Vice President Incoming Global Talent (VP iGT) The VP iGT leads the Incoming Global Talent team. This team enables foreign students to come to the Netherlands for a professional internship. The team consists of aqusition and account managers. The acquisition managers sell internship opportunities to various companies. Account managers maintain contact with these companies and match their job description to students from our database. The iGT team takes care of contracts, housing, salaries, reception and all formalities and logistics.
Vice President Marketing (VP MKT) As team leader of the Marketing team, the VP is responsible for the team experience and performance of the team. The job of the Marketing team is to attract students for our Global Volunteer, Entrepreneur and Talend opportunities. Both creative and analytical skills are required to make marketing work. He or she is responsible for implementation of marketing strategies, performance and management of the Marketing Team, achieving sustainable growth in customer servings and increasing brand awareness.
Vice President Outgoing Global Entrepreneur & Talent (VP oGET) The VP oGET is responsible for two AIESEC products: Global Entrepreneur and Global Talent. Both products are focussed on the professional development of participants. The oGET team helps students to find and apply for internship opportunities abroad. Once participants are abroad, the team ensures the quality of the experience. The responsibilties of the VP oGET include the implementation of national strategies, process innovation and international relations with AIESEC entities abroad. Furthermore, the VP is responsible for tracking, motivating and coaching the oGET team.
Vice President Outgoing Global Volunteer (VP oGV) The oGV team of AIESEC in Maastricht enables students to participate in a voluntary project abroad. These voluntary projects are linked to the UN’s Goals for Sustainable Development, and take place in NGO’s or other local institutions abroad. The VP is responsible for optimising operations in order to develop leadership and facilitate challenging experiences. In addition to leading the members of the oGV team, by motivating, tracking and coaching them, the VP oGV implements national strategies and mainains contact with entities abroad to ensure high quality experiences.
Vice President Medicine The Medicine Project is a special national project of AIESEC in the Netherlands. It was founded in Maastricht. In the coming term of 18/19, there will be a VP Medicine for the first time, as the project was run by part-time members until now. The medicine project aims to develop responsible future health care advocates, by sending medicine students abroad to Uganda and Ghana to participate in an observatory internship in a local hospital. The VP Medicine will lead a team of three part-time members, and will have an important role in shaping the future growth and expansion of the project. As the project received applicants from the entire country, the position requires a substansive amount of communication with the national AIESEC network and the national board.
Application Procedure and Timeline Deadline: 9th of April 2018, 23:59pm Apply here: www.aiesec.nl/board 26th March:
Info Drinks (19h, Ma van Sloun)
4th April:
Info Lunch (13h, Ma van Sloun)
9th April:
Application Deadline
12-20th April:
EB Interviews
23rd-25th May:
Boarders Conference
1st-7th June:
Functional Conference (exact date depending on function)
15th-17th June:
Take Over Weekend
19th June:
Take Over Party
29th June:
National Training Day
1st July:
Official start of EB term
Contact Details Anouk Loijens FER anouk.loijens@aiesec.net +31 683808654
Gilles Nez VP Marketing gilles.nez@aiesec.net +31 683252166
Rebecca Clow VP iGT rebecca.clow@aiesec.net +31 611185532
Marlou Smits VP oGET marlou.smits@aiesec.net +31 611502713
Gwen Niehues VP oGV (Contact for VP Medicine) gwendolin.niehues@aiesec.net +31 643740620