Tunde Lukman Anifowose

LCPe 16/17 Term Taiwo Oyegun

LCP 15/16 Term

Congratulations for taking the first step and taking the opportunity to apply for Local Committee Vice President

of AIESEC Abuja for the term 16/17.

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.

Taiwo Oyegun, Tunde Lukman Anifowose

Best Regards

APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY You must be a full member of AIESEC in Abuja. The official term for 16.17 will start on the 1st May 2016 and will end December 31st 2016. Transition for the EB will start in March 2016 until April 2016.

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 6 parts; Manifesto: 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 Letters: 1 Alumni endorsement, 1 endorsement from someone that led you in AIESEC Abuja.

NB: All endorsements must be dully signed by endorsing parties.

APPLICATION TIMELINE

Application Opening–29th February, 2016

Application Submission Deadline–All dully completed applications must be submitted latest by Monday 14,

March 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 Elections –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 7 PDF documents which are Manifesto, Curriculum Vitae, Questionnaire, 2 endorsement letters). For any clarifications please communicate strictly via email to taiwo.oyegun8@aiesec.net anifowose.tunde@aiesec.net Name your final application package (.Zip): First Name_Surname_EB16.17_Abuja_Application (Example; Tunde_Anifowose_EB16.17_Abuja_Application). All duly completed applications should be submitted to taiwo.oyegun8@aiesec.net and

anifowose.tunde@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 QUESTIONNAIRE

Local Committee Executive Board 2016

AIESEC in Abuja

A. Me and My Experience:

1. Personal Data:

Full Name

Current Position in AIESEC

Preferred position

Cell Phone

Email Address

Skype

Date You Joined AIESEC (Mo/Year)

3. Please list all relevant work experiences (inside and outside of AIESEC).

Dates Organization Position Results Achieved

Please Insert

your Picture

Here

University

Career

Actual / Expected Graduation Date

Relevant Academic Courses Taken

Language Spoken

4. Please list the National/Local Meetings you have attended and your Role (OC, Delegate, Faci, and

Chair)

Year Meeting Location Role

5. Rank 2 main areas in AIESEC where you have

had the most experience. Briefly list your

experiences and results achieved and describe

how these experiences will help you accomplish

your goals during your term.

6. What do understand by AIESEC 2020 and its

statements and what it means for AIESEC in

Abuja?

6. Please name your greatest challenge that you

faced during your AIESEC experience. What was

the challenge, how did you overcome it and

what have you learned from this?

7. What are the two positions you would like to

apply for?

B. Motivation and Personal Characteristics:

1. Why have you decided to apply for the Local

Executive Board for AIESEC in Abuja and what

can you bring to the team?

2. How would other people describe your

leadership style? (100 words maximum)

3. Please list 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses and

answer the following questions for each

.

Personal Strengths How will this make you a better Leader?

Personal Weakness What are you doing to overcome these weaknesses?

C. General Questionnaire:

1. Strategic Analysis test:

a. Make a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) of the LC.

Strengths Weaknesses

Opportunities Threats

b. Based on the above SWOT Analysis:

What are the main priorities for your LC

overall?

What will be the greatest challenges for

the LC in the next year? What actions

would you propose to overcome these

challenges?

How can you use your Strengths and

Opportunities to overcome your

Weaknesses and Threats?

2. What are 2 strategies that you would like to

see implemented in the LC in order to increase

the number of exchanges delivered (keep in

mind our Drivers)?

3. What do you think is the ideal role of EB in

AIESEC Abuja? What are we lacking now? How

can we bridge the gap?

4. How will you drive talent capacity in your LC?

5. Describe an organizational culture you would

like to see in our committee. What actions

should be made to achieve it?

6. Which synergies among areas do you consider

most important that an LC should have? And

how would you ensure that they actually could

benefit from each other?

D. Specific Questionnaire

LCVP Business Development: (Please, answer all the following questions) For more information, contact: taiwo.oyegun8@aiesec.net and anifowose.tunde@aiesec.net 1. Please Describe your top three achievements in Business 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.

4. Please explain in detail your brand positioning strategic within AIESEC Abuja

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 16.17, and how will you deliver on them?

LCVP TM & OD: (Please, answer all the following questions) For more information, contact: taiwo.oyegun8@aiesec.net and anifowose.tunde@aiesec.net 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 oGCDP / oGIP and Marketing/PR to make more effective recruitments? Where are the major bottlenecks currently, and how can you improve them?

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? LCVP Finance, Admin & Legal: (Please, answer all the following questions) For more information, contact: taiwo.oyegun8@aiesec.net 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. 8. Are you aware of the new financial policy of AIESEC Nigeria? How will you effect these changes during your term for AIESEC in Abuja? LCVP OGX and Market Expansions: (Please, answer all the following specific questions) For more information, contact: anifowose.tunde@aiesec.net 1. Please analyze current GCDP EP Delivery Flow. What changes in the process would you propose to ensure LC’s have efficient recruitments? What kind of influence would these changes bring for our delivery rate and time?

2. What is your proposal to keep a better EP tracking for EPs after Realization?

3. What Segment of the market will you target in 2016? Describe in a tabulated form your Expansion plan/strategy for AIESEC Abuja and how it will synergize in creating multiple Experiences for our entity as we thrive towards AIESEC 2020 using the Global goals?

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.

5. Design a project document explaining in details major strategies and campaigns that you will implement in the SUs, putting exchange numbers and University relations in consideration.

LCVP iGCDP & Project Development: (Please, answer all the following questions) For more information, contact: anifowose.tunde@aiesec.net 1. Which local and national projects would be the main contributors for your realization goals and why? Please explain the project management process that will occur in your LC.

2. Please make a diagram of your ideal team structure, stating the responsibilities each of you members will have.

3. What should be the growth strategies of iGCDP 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.

4. What should be done to improve the effectiveness of our current partnership with NGOs and also get new partners? LCVP iGIP: (Please, answer all the following questions) For more information, contact: taiwo.oyegun8@aiesec.net and anifowose.tunde@aiesec.net 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 iGIP 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 in ensuring financial sustainability for the LC?

5. Please propose a structure for iGIP 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 Abuja in terms of Culture? LCVP Marketing and Communication: (Please, answer all the following questions) For more information, contact: anifowose.tunde@aiesec.net 1. Do you think AIESEC Abuja is at its best in Mac and Comm? If No, What are the areas in which there are lack and please do mention some of the innovations that can improve Information Management? Otherwise, if your response is Yes, Do identify the areas which have made IM at its best and give reasons why you think so. 2. What best platform can we use to communicate AIESEC Abuja to the society? Suggest also what other communication channel can be used to develop Talent capacity for AIESEC Abuja. 3. Please design a sample of newsletter (be innovative in creating the newsletter to our local content) 4. Please make a diagram of your ideal team structure, stating the responsibilities each of you members will have. 5. A big part of your role is to use the Information Management platform to generate income for AIESEC Abuja. How do you intend to achieve this? Do mention proposed partners that you have in mind.