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JADE ExBo 2011 Applicants brochure
“ Don’t just wait for opportunities, create them! “
Are you a Junior Entrepreneur, who wants to: Gain Top Management experience at European level? Improve soft and technical skills; get better in resource and strategic management, team work and presentation?
Boost your personal and professional development! Take the big challenge and apply for JADE Executive Board 2011!
Work and live in a multicultural environment that reveals endless diverse ideas, opportunities and challenges? Travel across Europe and beyond seeking for new opportunities? Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of working at home, yet be professional at all times? Promote the Junior Enterprise concept and spirit; feel important when doing so? Develop and expand an international network of contacts: meet the decisionmakers of the world, and potential future friends? If yes, then think about taking the opportunity JADE offers you to achieve all these at a very fresh age by becoming a member of JADE Executive Board 2011! Read the following pages for more info!
Profile of applicants for JADE ExBo 2011: o JADE member (at Junior Enterprise or Confederation level) o Student or fresh graduate with ability to relocate to Brussels for one year o Good command of English and desire to improve professional use of foreign languages o Identifies his/ her values with those of a Junior Entrepreneur o Passionate about JADE concept and spirit
JADE ExBo
Internal Responsibilities of An ExBo Member:
(min 3, max 6 people) - Promotes JADE and Junior Enterprise concept to third parties (companies, media) - Represents JADE and Junior Enterprise movement before European and other international institutions - Fosters closer links between Junior Enterprises, Confederations - Coordinates Members‘ international activities - Leads all the departments and projects in the Headquarters
President Coordinates the team and looks after their well-being Monitors the Annual Strategy Convokes and moderates Assemblies
VicePresident Can be more than one if decided by the Team Is primarily externallyfocused when representing JADE
Secretary General
Treasurer
Communicates to Members on behalf of ExBo
Administers the financial matters
Administers the Assembly and legalises the Minutes
Holds a signature on the Bank Account
Holds the Members’ Book
Prepares budgets and accounts
• Head of a few departments according to personal knowledge, experience and passion (see also the current JADE HQ departments) • Responsible for 2-3 member countries: communicating to National Boards and exchanging best practice • Project Manager of a few internal Projects (since JADE HQ operations are projectdriven, not departmentdriven) •Good and social housemate, who takes care of the House and contributes to the Team
Headquarters Departments •Public Affairs – Developing contacts within political institutions and similar networks to foster youth entrepreneurship •Public Relations – Managing the media contacts, writing press releases, managing website content •Private Cooperation – Developing new and looking after the existing contacts of JADE with private companies •Civil Cooperation – developing relations with foundations and other NGOs; looking after EC Grant •Events – Organising or supervising the organisation of local and international events •Internal Communication – Integrating members and providing them with a direct communication opportunities to ExBo and to each other; looking after the Confederation communication line •Inner Enhancement – ensuring the monitoring of Quality in the HQ and across the Network, thus identifying solutions for better development and stronger results •Enlargement – supporting the spread of Junior Enterprise Concept beyond JADE countries •Human Resources – Recruitment of Project Managers and future ExBo, looking after ExBo skills development •Alumni Management – Communicating to and Managing the JADUS (ExBo Alumni) •IT – ensuring all technical matters within the HQ are running smoothly •Finance – managing the financial resources, forecasting and budgeting •Legal – ensuring the legalisation of needed documentation; consulting with JADE legal advisor: Baker and McKinsey
Personal Profile Antonia Sariyska President, JADE ExBo 2010 Origin: Bulgaria JADE Member: UK Public Affairs
President Antonia Sariyska
Enlargement
Alumni Management Vice-President Moritz Beck
Private Cooperation Inner Enhancement
Vice-President Matthieu Milan Civil Cooperation ExBo 2010
Internal Communication
Human Resources Secretary General Adelina Peltea Events
Public Relations
Finance Treasurer Ricardo Ponce Legal
Born in: 1987 JADE buzz-words: One Big Team, seriously awesome Departments: Public Affairs, Enlargement, Alumni Projects: Enlargement, JE.Net, Strategy Control JE Experience: WBC London: HR, Projects JADE UK: National Meetings JADE Europe: Enlargement Team Education: Business Management – Financial Services, University of Westminster; International Relations and Diplomacy, American University of Moscow; Having always been a citizen of the world, Antonia joins JADE Executive Board because of her keen interest in politics and high level strategic management. She finds JADE to be the perfect international environment, an endless mix of opportunities, where nothing is forbidden: the Network will only go where the Junior Entrepreneurs want it to go. Antonia sees JADE as a parachute jumper: the parachute being the people that support you in your drive towards the Unknown, making your flight way more enjoyable. In 2010, Antonia is looking after one of the main JADE Projects: Enlargement. Shared with Brasil Junior, the project includes the fundamental redefinition of the Junior Enterprise Concept. Lately, Antonia became the JADE ExBo in charge of the JE.Net platform: the first step towards the World Confederation of Junior Enterprises.
Working and living in JADE House
During the ExBo term of service (October 2010 – August 2011), the elected members move to JADE House in Brussels, Belgium. JADE House has one floor with offices and the rest of the floors are set up for living (bedrooms, bathrooms, living room, kitchen etc.) During the stay in JADE House, the ExBo members have to share the space with other people who also work and live there (Senior Project Managers and Project Managers), as well as with guests from the Network. The work of JADE ExBo is voluntary, so unpaid. However, the ExBo members don‘t have to pay from their personal money for: the accommodation and utilities in JADE House, daily food, fees and transport to attend international and national events (the amount though depends on the budget that can vary from year to year).
Working and living in Brussels Brussels is an old European city with lovely parks and secret little streets. You can find a wide variety of cultural activities and many international people. The HQ in Brussels, the capital of Europe, helps JADE to be closer to the European Institutions and some other international Headquarters of companies that support our Network. The geographic location makes travelling really easy around Europe.
ExBo 2011 Term of Service: 1 st October 2010 – 1st August 2011 (during Summer Meeting 2011) - full-time* working and living in JADE Headquarters in Brussels, Blegium - mandatory Handover before (from 15th Augut until 30th September 2010) * To be able to work full-time for one year, previous JADE ExBo either took a gap year in their studies, or continued studies and took JADE ExBo as an internship approved by the university, or they were recent Bachelors graduates (going to Masters after the JADE year)
4th Jun Deadline for application
26th & 27th Jun – Assessment center & teambuilding
22nd-25th Jul – Elections (JEWC’10)
Milestones of recruitment process and required availability (mandatory for all applicants): • Deadline to submit the application – 4th June 2010 -CV, Letter of Motivation and Letter of Recommendation from the JE and/ or Confederation • Assessment Center and teambuilding weekend – 26th and 27th June 2010 • Elections during JEWC‘10 – 22nd – 25th July 2010
15th Aug Beginning of Handover
1st Oct – Beginning of ExBo 2011 Term
1st Aug – End of ExBo 2011 Term
Description of election process: Assessment center & teambuilding
Submitted application
Presentation during JEWC’10 General Assembly
JADE ExBo 2011 For questions and submitting applications: Adelina Peltea Head of HR, JADE ExBo 2010 Email: adelina.peltea@jadenet.org Skype: adelina.peltea
After submitting the application there is no selection , so everybody who applied needs to be present at the Assessment Center and teambuilding weekend. The teambuilding is very important since it gives the chance to applicants to meet all in the same place and see how well they interact on personal and professional level. After the two stages, the current ExBo evaluates each candidate and writes their profile folders that will be sent to Confederations and Consultative Members to get to know the candidates better. The elections take place during the JEWC‘10 in Milano. Here the General Assembly (formed by Confederations and Consultative Members) are able to vote yes or no for the proposed ExBo 2011 team. They are not able to vote yes or no for individuals. It is only up to the candidates to form ExBo 2011 as they want, with whom they want and under what positions and departments they want.
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