AIESECABUJA Executive

Board

APPLICATION

17/18 TERM

Congratulations for taking the first step and taking the opportunity to apply for Local

Committee Vice President of AIESEC Abuja for the term 17/18.

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to

change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in

saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week

is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny........ For the

time will pass anyway; we might just as well put passing time to best possible use..........

AIESEC in ABUJA presents THE CHALLENGE..... LCVP Application.... Being the Leader of the next

generation is an amazing Journey & Story, one filled with challenges and beautiful times,

great achievements and losses.... Ready and Fired UP to Lead, Inspire, Transform, Develop,

Learn & Impact......Ready to accept what you can't change & Change what you can't

accept? Ready to do the uncommon; drop the unnecessary; enjoy the unexpected and

experience the unbelievable... Challenge Accepted!!!!!!!

We wish you luck as you take a stepping stone in your AIESEC experience, and we urge you

to stay strong whether you win or lose, because it takes a lot of courage to aspire to lead

AIESEC Abuja.

Please go through the EB Application Booklet for necessary information and instructions to

guide you through filling this application.

Tunde Lukman Anifowose, Richardson Ojeka

Best Regards

• APPLICATION TIMELINE

• Application Opening–13th December, 2016 Application Submission Deadline–All dully completed applications must be submitted latest by Sunday 25th, December 2016 at 23:59:59 GMT+1. Late applications will not be considered for any reason whatsoever, you are advised to submit at least a day before the deadline so that your application can be reviewed, and in case of any corrections you can very easily make them and resubmit before the deadline. After the deadline any incomplete application will be rejected and the applicant removed from the process.

• Interviews, Review and Selections –The review process will consist of several written tests, an oral interview with members of the electoral review board, manifesto presentation to the general plenary, question and answer session with the plenary and then final voting. This entire process might span about 3 days and a date for it will be fixed at the close of the application.

• All applications can be designed in any format but converted to PDF, put in a zipped folder and submitted (In all we will be expecting 4 PDF documents which are Manifesto and Year plan, Curriculum Vitae, Questionnaire, 1 endorsement letters).

• For any clarifications please communicate strictly via email to anifowose.tunde@aiesec.net ,aju.joshua@aiesec.net, richardson.ojeka@aiesec.ne

• Name your final application package (.Zip): First Name_Surname_EB17.18_Abuja_Application (Example; Tunde_Anifowose_EB17.18_Abuja_Application).

• All duly completed applications should be submitted to anifowose.tunde@aiesec.net, aju.joshua@aiesec.net and richardson.ojeka@aiesec.net upon submission you will get a confirmatory mail within 24hours accepting or rejecting your application. Please contact us if this time elapses and you are yet to get a confirmation.

APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY

You must be a full member of AIESEC in Abuja. The official term for 17.18 will start on the 1st February, 2017 and will end January 31st 2016.

Transition for the EB will start in January 2017 until February, 2017.

Applicants must attend the National Congress scheduled to hold in Enugu from 11-16 January 2017.

APPLICATION DETAILS

In this application, Please feel free to use your creativity however you want in designing your application form.

This process has been designed to help you standout and express yourself, making sure it reflects you and your personality, I urge you to be very realistic in your answers as every detail is very important in decision of the local plenary.

This application is divided into 4 parts;

Manifesto and Year Plan: A document detailing your vision for AIESEC Abuja in the 16.17 term, and your plan of action to achieve that vision. This plan should contain details of actions steps; focus areas, strategic initiatives in those focus areas and specific numerical targets.

Curriculum vitae: List relevant personal, professional and AIESEC experience that you need us to be aware of.

EB Questionnaire: This is divided into several parts, candidates are to answer all questions clearly and convincingly, making no alterations to the questions or the order of the questions, all questions related to the position you are applying for should be answered.

Endorsement Letter: 1 endorsement from someone that led you in AIESEC Abuja. NB: Endorsements must be dully signed by endorsing parties.

GENERAL QUESTIONS

Full Name

Current Position in

AIESEC

Preferred position

Telephone.

(WhatsApp)

AIESEC mail

Date You Joined AIESEC

(Mo/Year)

PROFILE PICTURE

University

Career

Actual / Expected Graduation

Date

Relevant Academic Courses

Taken

Language Spoken

Results Achieved

GENERAL QUESTIONS

• 1. With the aid of a table, describe Your experience in AIESEC Abuja, stating roles held, measurable achievements and skills and competencies gained.

• 2. Please state your failures and accomplishments in AIESEC and how it has made You a better version of Yourself to be able to function effectively as a member of the EB.

• 3. Please taking into consideration the role You are applying for, state experiences(personal & professional) that You have had outside of AIESEC that has contributed to Your development and makes You a suitable candidate.

• 4. Please state briefly why You have decided to apply to be part of the Executive board and how this relates with Your personal goals.

• 5. In your opinion, what is the ideal of your relationship with the LCP assuming you are made a VP.

• 6. Give a detailed illustration of the following

I. What motivates you in life,

II. what turns you off and what turns you on

III. How you like to be treated by your superiors

IV. Three things you like to see in your superiors

• 7. What does success means to you.

• 8. Tell me about a time you set difficult goals. What

did you do to achieve them? Walk me through the

process and purpose.

• 9. What is the thing you will be happy doing every

single day for the rest of your life?

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

1. Create a strategy for growing followership across AIESEC in Abuja social media platforms(twitter, Instagram and the blog)

2. Display innovation by carrying out a unified media campaign with graphic designs that promotes : the LC, OGV and OGT, With aim of getting a minimum of 100likes on the Facebook page, 20followers and 15 sign ups on the opportunity portal(submit evidence).

3. Design a promotional material to be used for membership recruitment for AIESEC in Abuja.

4. The LC has a minimum of 10 sign ups on the opportunity portal monthly. Create a strategic plan to increase the sign up from 10 to 50 monthly. Please make it realistic.

5. What do understand by AIESEC 2020 and its statements and what it means for AIESEC in Abuja?

Marketing and Communications

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

4. What should be the growth

strategies of OGX program for the next

term? Please keep in mind program

bottlenecks as well as external

(market) and internal (global) trends.

Include the perspective of front and

back office support. Think of at least 3

strategies.

1. Considering the fact that AIESEC Abuja

has the highest sign ups on the

opportunity portal, what method will you

explore to convert the sign ups to Eps.

2. What is your plan to ensure that AIESEC

Abuja realises 200 exchanges.

3. What is your proposal to keep a better

EP tracking for EPs after Realization?

OUTGOING EXCHANGE

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

1. Over the years, AIESEC Abuja has not been on top form in this functional area, what measures will you take to correct this deficiency

2. Give an analyses of the exchanges in this functional area over the past two years with the strategies used in these years.

3. How do you intend to manage partnership servicing.

4. Propose 3 new industries/sectors you think your LC can work with. Please justify your answer by providing data and arguments to defend your position regarding external and internal trends (AIESEC) and which counties are better to do international cooperation and why?

5. What is the role of ICX(GV) in ensuring financial sustainability for the LC?

INCOMING EXCHANGE (GV)

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

5. Please propose a structure for iGT area. Please

mention how many middle management positions you

would create and how many members you would

manage. Also, explain how your structure will cover all the needed processes and actually make them more

efficient in order to raise 20 TN's in a period of 3 months

and deliver better service to our customers.

6. Describe three components of your philosophy of sales

management that demonstrate what you value and

add, as an individual, to an organization’s culture and work environment. What do you perceive to be the future evolution of sales in AIESEC

INCOMING EXCHANGE (GT)

1. Please outline a plan specifying how to increase results by

taking advantage of regional, global realization peaks per

pool. You can choose the best way/format to outline your ideas.

2. How can you increase raising, please put a specific

strategy to push each iGT Sub products that AIESEC Abuja

has. (Please write one strategy for each sub-product)

3. Propose 3 new industries/sectors you think your LC can

work with. Please justify your answer by providing data and arguments to defend your position regarding external and

internal trends (AIESEC) and which counties are better to do

international cooperation and why?

4. What is the role of ICX (GT) in ensuring financial sustainability for the LC?

TALENT MANAGEMENT

5. Member retention is a key factor to the success and growth of an LC. What

activities will you focus on in order to

increase member retention? How will you track this?

6. Explain how TXP will be implemented during your term towards achieving AIESEC 2020

7. What is your ideal structure for the TM area?

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

1. How will you ensure that every member

has a high quality XP in AIESEC?

2. What do you think is the role of a TM in

relationship to the other areas?

3. How can TM contribute to organizational

development?

4. How do you propose to work with oGV /

oGT and Marketing/PR to make more

effective recruitments? Where are the major

bottlenecks currently, and how can you

improve them?

FINANCE & ALUMNI RELATIONS

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

1. How would you measure the impact of an

investment?

2. Design a financial statement template and

briefly mention their relevance.

3. What are the Finance

deliverables/responsibilities every month?

4. How can F&A support the LC to improve

financial sustainability and management?

How do you see the role of VP F & A in this

support?

6. What are the challenges of the finance

and Legal department of AIESEC Abuja?

Provide possible solutions to these

challenges you have identified

7. Please make a diagram of your ideal

team structure, stating the responsibilities

each of you members will have.

PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

1. Please Describe your top three

achievements in Partnership Development,

Sales and Marketing (Achievement can be

inside or outside AIESEC). How can these be

replicated at the local level (please give

strategies if they can be replicated) which

program will you think will be entrance to

position AIESEC in your local reality?

2. According to your reality, which will be

your local structure of the area and will that

support your local needs.

4. Please list your 3 main points to work this

year in the area and how you will achieve

them.

5. Present here, a segment of the Abuja

market that AIESEC has not tapped into, what

opportunities are within and the AIESEC

Products that you will sell to them.

6. What Private and public funding

opportunity do you envision for AIESEC Abuja

17.18 Term, and how will you deliver on them?

GOODLUCK TO YOU ALL