MCP 15.16 MessageDear applicant,

I’m glad you are curious to read this application and already have the will to change a country.

You’re probably finishing your current experience by now, and still, you have the will and courage

to apply to a new challenge. Such is the beauty of AIESEC!

The question arises: where do you see yourself a year from now? If you see yourself in an

experience that will challenge you, offer different learnings and experiences but most of all will

enable you to be part of the generation that will lead AIESEC in Portugal towards 2015

achievement, then applying to MC VP is the right step!

By applying, you’ll go through a huge journey of self-discovery and self-development. The

application process is designed to help you grow and learn, so take full advantage of it.

Next year represents the moment where AIESEC in Portugal will be focused on the external

environment and be recognized by the life-changing leadership experiences we provide.

I invite you to be part of this ambition. I invite you to be part of this team. I invite you to be part of

this dream and have an active role in making it real.

Take the decision that can change your life forever!

Cheers,

Henrique Santana

MCP 15.16

Welcome to Portugal

Welcome to PortugalPortugal is a country of sun, beaches, beautiful landscapes and a strong cultural

heritage.

From north to south, Portugal offers wonderful sensations throughout the year. The

extensive planting of vineyards that produce the best wines in the world, wonderful

cuisine and monuments dating from the Romans, Medieval Castles, Maritime

Discoveries and recent cut-edge architecture that will leave you breathless.

Discover what’s been happening in Portugal, discover its warmth and welcoming

people. Welcome to Portugal!

Best Country to live in 2013, by globespots.com LINK

Portugal is the 10th Country in the world where it’s easier to start a new

business LINK

Porto is the European Best Destination to travel in 2014 LINK

AIESEC in Portugal

AIESEC in Portugal FactsAIESEC in Portugal was founded in 1959 being one of the oldest youth-run organizations

in the country.

AIESEC in Portugal has around 500 members, based on 9 different entities around 6

different cities. Delivering 367 life-changing exchange experiences in the past term, this

year we aim to deliver 599 exchanges.

With 16 State Universities, Portugal counts over 400.000 University level students, with

a big interest to go abroad and have an International Experience.

AIESEC in Portugal 2015 StatementsEvery young person in Portugal recognizes us and as access to an AIESEC

Experience.

The Educational System recognizes us as a Youth Leadership development

organization.

AIESEC in Portugal develops the life-lasting leadership our society needs.

MC Life

MC LifeSalary

All MC members receive a salary of 370€, monthy and enough to cover all expenses. With this salary

you’re expected to cover meals on working days, weekends and the MC flat utilities. Other expenses

involve going out, personal items and travel. General food suplies and transportation are very affordable in

Portugal!

HousingThe MC flat is located in the outskirts of Lisbon, being a 20 minutes metro ride to the MC office. Housing

is provided for MC members.

MC officeThe MC office is located at Rua do Quelhas, at ISEG University. It’s a wide space equiped with Internet,

heat and all the office supplies required. There’s also low-cost places to have meals around the office.

HolidaysAll MC members are granted 22 days of vacation during the term, according to the Portuguese law.

Concrete dates need to be authorized by the MCP. Each MC VP is also entitled to have 7 days for personal

development which includes opportunities to be FACI or Chair at International Conferences.

Representation travels to National and International Conferences will not be counted as vacations.

ConferencesAll MC members are expected to attend all National Conferences, with the fee and transportation covered

by the MC budget. Travel costs and conference fees for International conferences will also be covered

(number of MC members attending International Conferences will still be decided).

WorkloadThe MC term requires full-commitment as a full-time job. On average, you can expect 45 hours per week,

which can be higher around special events and lower in calmer periods. Working week goes from Monday

to Friday, being Saturday and Sunday rest days.

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General InformationAIESEC in Portugal 15.16 term officialy starts on the 1st of July 2015 until the 30th of June 2016.

All MC members are expected to fully attend transition, starting on April 2015.

All MC members are expected to be physically present for transition, starting on June 2015.

The first salary will be provided at the end of July, and the MC members are expected to cover their living

expenses until then.

Application ProcessDeadline for applications is 10th of January, 23.59 GMT (Portugal)

Applications will NOT be accepted if:

The application package is incomplete;

The application package is sent out of the deadline;

The questions were not fully answered;

The format of the documents is different to the one clearly stated.

It’s HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to send the applications at least one day before the deadline.

MC Structure & JD’s

MCP

MC VP Finance &

Legal

MC VP Marketing

MC VP BD MC VP OD

MC VP OGX

MC VP iGIPMC VP iGCDP

MC VP TM

You can find all the Job Descriptions for the different positions in the Application Package or HERE

Job Descriptions

The MC Team will be composed by 9 full-time core MC members and part-time members that will be

selected afterwards.

All the MC VP positions are opened for International applicants, except MC VP Finance and Legal which is

only opened for Portuguese applicants.

Application PackageApplication Package

1. CV + Questionnaire

A valid application package contains:

All questions must be answered, not exceeding a maximum of 10 pages. The CV should have a

maximum of 1 page. Overall, you should have 11 pages maximum + cover. The format is PDF.

2. Executive SummaryResume your application in 1 page maximum. The format is PDF.

Application Timeline20th December

Applications

Open

9th January

Applications

Deadline

11th January

Applicants

Announcement

25th January

General

Assembly

6th February

Final

Announcement

26th January – 5th February

Assessment Center

Application Package

5. TestsYou have the templates for the Belbin and Enneagram tests on your MC VP Application Package

6. Nomination LetterYou have the template in the Application Package. The letter should contain the date, your

signature and sent in PDF Format

NotesThe endorsement letters cannot come from the current MC and MCPe of AIESEC in Portugal.

The application package should be in a RAR format with the format

“Name_Surname_MCVP1516_Application_Portugal”

The applications should be sent to henrique.santana@aiesec.net, presidency@aiesec.pt and

pag@aiesec.pt

Portuguese Candidates International Candidates1 from someone you lead

1 from someone that lead you

1 from an LC of AIESEC in Portugal

1 from someone you lead

1 from someone that lead you

1 from your Home LC

1 from your Home MC

4. Endorsement LettersAll endorsement letters should be submitted in separate PDF files.

3. Presentation VideoA vídeo presenting yourself, your experience and main strategies. It should not exceed 4 minutes

and should be uploaded to youtube. You should then submit the vídeo link in the package in 1 PDF

file.

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Election ProcessAll candidates for MC will be required to go through the following stepsduring the General Assembly on the 25th of January:

Accepting their nomination;

Opening Speech – 10 minutes in English;

Q&A;

Closing Speech – 2 minutes in English;

NoteApart from time restriction, no other restriction is defined concerning speeches, this means that

you can let your creativity free.

International candidates should be present through Skype all day and ensure a good internet

connection.

All the process will be held in English, independently of the nationality of the candidate.

Candidates with Vote of Confidence will go through an assessment center between26th of January until 5th of February.

Final announcement will be made latest on 6th of February.

You are applying to be MC VP of AIESEC in Portugal. Your personal preferences will betaken into account, but the final allocation will be decided by the MCP.

Questionnaire

1. Who are you and why are you standing for MC VP 15.16 of AIESEC in Portugal?

2. State your 3 biggest strengths and personal improvement points as a leader and how will they influence your term.

3. State your 3 biggest achievements and non-achievements during your AIESEC experience stating what Key

Learning Points you take from them.

4. Please rank the available MC positions by order of preference, ranking 1 being the role you are more interested in.

5. Logistical question:

a) Are you applying to other MC countries?

b) Outline which preparations and commitments AIESEC in Portugal can expect from you as MC VPe between

the election until the term starts (February-July 2015)

6. In your opinion, what is the relevance of AIESEC to Portugal? And to the World? Explain AIESEC’s impact model in

your own way.

7. Identify 4 key trends that are shaping the external environment of AIESEC in Portugal, outlining 3 strategies to

capitalize on them in order to increase our ELD experiences.

8. Taking into account the Leadership Development Model, in your opinion what is the characteristic (Self-

Awareness, World Citizen, Solution-driven, Empowering others) that is the most crucial to develop in the Portuguese

Youth? Why?

9. Conduct a SWOT Analysis of AIESEC in Portugal 14.15 and evaluate the organizational performance of AIESEC in

Portugal for the past 3 terms (2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015), taking from each term one BCP and one KLP.

General Questionnaire

Questionnaire10. AIESEC is implementing its new Customer Flows. In your opinion, what’s still needed to do to fully implement

them in Portugal? How do you think the Customer Flows will affect our organizational behaviors?

11. When would you say that AIESEC in Portugal achieved 2015? State specific milestones.

12. Present 3 strategies to ensure that in 15.16, AIESEC in Portugal will be a truly connected network. What should be

the role of the MC and LCs to make this happen?

Specific QuestionnaireAnswer the following two questions for your 1st and 2nd portfolios of preference (that you stated in question 4).

13. Please perform a SWOT analysis of the areas of your 1st and 2nd portfolios of preference.

14. Which should be the 3 priorities of AIESEC in Portugal in the term 15.16 for the areas of your 1st and 2nd preference?

What strategies would you propose for each priority and what are the results you’d like to have in the area at the end

of the term.

Answer the following questions ONLY for your 1st portfolio of preference (that you ranked previously):

Finance1. Having in mind the organization health and the necessary points to obtain an unqualified audit, make a Risk

Assessment of AIESEC in Portugal taking into account the following points:

Financial situation of AIESEC in Portugal;

Legal situation;

Operations processes

2. Evaluate the last 3 terms (12/13, 13/14 and 14/15) regarding the Financial processes and what still needs to be done

to achieve an healthy organization.

QuestionnaireMarketing

1. How would you ensure that the Marketing Strategy would be created nationally by all the VPs and then

implemented locally? Create a timeline where you would create, implement and track the strategy.

2. Based on the presented costumer flow, in your opinion what changes should be done to the role of the area inside

the costumer flows? Create a timeline based on the costumer flows.

Business Development1. Evaluate the relevance of the current BD products to AIESEC and to society and then:

a. mention which ones you think it’s relevant to run next year;

b. propose 2 innovative ideas for the ones you consider relevant;

c. mention how will you measure and guarantee that projects as LT and Y2B are boosting the number of

ELD experiences.

2. Currently, our national partners (consider annual and punctual) are not exchange partners. How can we change

this? How can BD leverage a high volume growth in GIP programs?

Organizational Development1. How will you manage, as team leader, the tracking, results and experience of the operations core (MC VP OGX, MC

VP iGIP, MC VP iGCDP, MC VP TM), while being responsible for expansions?

2. The state of AIESEC in Portugal:

a) Describe the current state of each entity in AIESEC in Portugal;

b) Present concrete next steps in order to develop each entity;

c) Develop a strategy to boost collaboration between entities.

QuestionnaireOGX

1. How will you ensure co-delivery in our experiences? Which key countries will you want to cooperate and what

actions will you take to ensure we are facilitating truly leadership development experiences? How to ensure you

follow-up on the partnerships. Please answer this question for both programs.

2. What are the 3 main bottlenecks of OGX in AIESEC in Portugal? Suggest action steps to overcome this

challenges.

iGIP1. What strategies do you suggest for collaboration between ICX GIP and TM for building and developing pipeline for

sales capacity in the country?

2. What are the key changes that needs to be done so that we can grow massively in ICX GIP?

iGCDP1. What strategies do you suggest for collaboration between ICX GCDP-TM and ICX GCDP – MKT that will ensure

that we're growing massively in ICX GCDP?

2. How will you ensure ICX GCDP is capable to ensure every standard and leadership development for the trainees?

QuestionnaireTM

1. Analyse the current flow of our talent (TMP/TLP) and identifying bottlenecks. How will you ensure that each one of

those experiences develops leadership aligned to AIESEC's global Leadership Development Model?

2. What changes or innovations will you bring about in the Talent Management systems to ensure that the TMP and

TLP Programs as our Talent Capacity are driving organizational growth?

ContactsHenrique Santana (MC VP OGX) (MCPe) – henrique.santana@aiesec.net

Rita Abrantes (MCP) – presidency@aiesec.pt

Cláudia Silva (MC VP Fin & Legal) – finance@aiesec.pt

Artur Rodrigues (MC VP TM) – talents@aiesec.pt

Mariana Silva (MC VP BD) - externalrelations@aiesec.pt

Ana Passaporte (MC VP ICX) – incoming.exchange@aiesec.pt

César Costa (MC VP Marketing) – communication@aiesec.pt

Looking forward to read your application.

Good Luck!