call for ipsf paro subcommittees' positions 2013-2014

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International Pharmaceutical Students Federation - Pan American Regional Office

Subcommittees Positions 2013-14

Committees members work under the PARO Regional Working Group and their work is more specificto certain activities. These positions require little or no travelling, although it is advisable to attend the60th IPSF World Congress and your committee meeting if one is scheduled. You should be able to

work on a daily basis throughout the year in your position and have regular Internet access. You mustbe reachable throughout your entire term through August 2014.

If you are interested in a particular Committee position listed here, you should submit the completednomination form and a motivation letter with 10 to 20 lines in the email body to the PARO Secretary

([email protected]) before the deadline for applications.

The number of positions available for each Committee are specified below.

All nomination forms must be submitted to [email protected] no later than Saturday, 5thof October 2012, 23:59 EST.

Chairperson & Secretary

IPSF PARO Corporate Relations Subcommittee

Positions Available: Two (2)

This Committee will work with the IPSF PARO Chairperson and Secretary to raise funds for the PARObudget and Development Fund to further IPSF initiatives and assist members attend IPSF events.Members of the Committee will work on the following tasks:

Developing a list of possible sponsors for the PARO region

Develop a sponsorship package that can be used to approach sponsors

Approach potential sponsors to support IPSF and the PARO Development Fund

The member of the committee should have:

Focused, organized, communicative, reliable, highly creative and resourceful

Experienced in financial duties of an organization

Innovative ability to create sponsorship ideas and fundraising opportunities

Motivated to further IPSF global pharmacy initiative

For further information, please contact [email protected] using subject heading PARO

Fundraising Committee Interest.


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IPSF PARO Translation Committee

Positions available: Five (5)

The Pan American Regional Office of IPSF is in need of members that speak Spanish, English,Portuguese, French and Dutch to join a Translation Committee to help translate the website andmaterials created by the PARO leadership. The aims of this Committee are to bridge the gap betweenthe northern, central and southern Americas, and make IPSF more relevant to all MemberOrganizations and to the non-members.


Fair knowledge about IPSF and IPSF PARO

Experience in IPSF or in their Associations

Multilingual in Dutch, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. Native speakers for thelanguages that speak English too are ideal.

Regular access and use to internet and e-mail

For further information, please contact [email protected] using subject heading PAROTranslation Committee Member Interest.

Regional Relat ions Off icer

IPSF PARO Membership Promotion Subcommittee

Positions available: Four (4)

This Committee will work with the IPSF PARO Regional Relations Officer (RRO) on thefollowing tasks:

Assisting the Regional Relations Officer in promoting and extending IPSF membership to non-

members

Assisting RRO in getting new contacts of interest and media

Assisting RRO in the relations with Englishnative speaking Countries.

Discussing with RRO the needs of IPSF PARO members and how IPSF PARO can help them

Assist in development of IPSF surveys

Promoting IPSF development fund to members


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Experience in IPSF or in their Associations

Good communication and presentation skills

Multilingual in English, Spanish (Native Spanish speakers preferred) or Portuguese is ideal.

Fair knowledge about IPSF and IPSF PARO

Regular access and use to internet and e-mail

For further information please contact [email protected] using subject heading PARO Outreach and

Development Committee Interest.

Regional Projects Off icer

IPSF PARO Public Health Project Coordinators

Positions available: One (1) per project

The Pan-American Regional Office Regional Working Group (PARO RWG) within the InternationalPharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF) is searching for two (2) Project Coordinators to facilitate

the implementation of projects extending between our communities and internationally.

Currently the projects requiring promotion, implementation, and growth are:

1. Vampire Cup

2. Diabetes & Healthy Living

This is an excellent opportunity to get involved with IPSF and PARO on an international level, as wellas to help unify the Americas through health awareness projects. Interested applications will becoordinating with the Regional Projects Officer to help organize and assist with the implementation of

these initiatives throughout the upcoming year and to see these projects take off throughout the PanAmerican Region.

Project Details:

1) Vampire Cup Challenge

This project has been running for three years and it focuses on encouraging people to donate bloodwithin their communities and that has become an international challenge for health care. It has room toexpand within the Pan American region and we hope to promote it this year. The campaign takesplace around June.

Toolkits and information for this Campaign have been developed by IPSF and are updated every year.


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Objectives for this project:

Increase the number of participants from pharmacy schools/colleges/associations throughoutthe Pan American region.

Start as soon as possible with the promotion, coordination and execution.

Help PARO bring home the Vampire Cup.

2) Diabetes Mellitus Awareness & Diabetes and Healthy Living Campaign

Already a well-established project promoted within IPSF and APhA-ASP (the American PharmacistAssociation - Academy of Student Pharmacists), this project focuses on DM which affects individualsin all countries, including North and South America. The Diabetes Mellitus Awareness campaign is

held in November and the Healthy Living in April.


Promote the project and increase the number of participants from pharmacyschools/colleges/associations throughout the Pan American region.


Requirements for the candidates:

Focused, organized, communicative, reliable, highly creative and resourceful.

Willingness to learn and adapt to what is needed.

Good time management skills and be able to work efficiently within a dynamic team and alsobe able to work independently.

Open to constructive criticism in order to improve workflow processes.

Able to effectively and efficiently use technology for networking, organization and planning,such as Microsoft Office, Skype, Facebook, blogs, databases, etc).

Able to take initiative.

Be creative to navigate around and find innovative solutions to obstacles encountered with thisposition.

Have access to a reliable Internet connection to facilitate group and individual meetings.

Available to keep in contact via Skype for meetings at least one per month with the RegionalProjects Officer and collaborations through Google docs.

Having experience in creating promotional material for the publication of the draft (newsletters,posters, columns, emails) is considered a benefit.

Ability to speak English is highly encouraged and speaking other languages are considered abenefit.


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3) IPSF PARO Public Health Series Coordinator

In the past years we have tried to introduce the Public Health Series to our Facebook page with thehelp of the project chairs. This is a project started last year where we posted on the PARO Facebookinformation relevant to each of the campaigns. This year, we want to expand and have not only thecoordinators do their part but also have publications such as images or videos in those months whenthere are no campaigns happening. The content will be discussed with the Regional Projects Officer.These publications will not happen every month but every couple of months.


Expand the Public Health Series project.

Promote our Facebook page to IPSF and PARO members.


Requirements for the candidates:

Experience in creating promotional material and/or experience with publication softwares suchas but not limited to Photoshop is essential.

Focused, organized, communicative, reliable, highly creative and resourceful.

Willingness to learn and adapt to what is needed.

Good time management skills and be able to work efficiently within a dynamic team and also

be able to work independently.

Open to constructive criticism in order to improve workflow processes.

Able to effectively and efficiently use technology for networking, organization and planning,such as Microsoft Office, Skype, Facebook, blogs, databases, etc).

Able to take initiative.

Be creative to navigate around and find innovative solutions to obstacles encountered with thisposition.

Have access to a reliable Internet connection to facilitate group and individual meetings.

Available to keep in contact via Skype for meetings at least one per month with the RegionalProjects Officer and collaborations through Google docs.

Ability to speak english is highly encouraged and speaking other languages are considered abenefit.

For further information please contact [email protected] using subject heading PARO Public HealthProject Coordinators Interest.


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Internal Coordinat ion and Commun icat ion Off icer

Media and Promotional Committee

Positions available: Two (2)

This Committee will work with the IPSF PARO Internal Communication and Collaboration Officer(ICCO) on the following tasks:

Creating, designing, editing of IPSF PARO media materials

o Examples including but not limited to:

Videos, posters, educational resources, and newsletters

o Innovating new ways to promote and fundraise for IPSF PARO

Maintaining a database of approved IPSF PARO media designs

o Collecting approved designs from our various IPSF PARO members

o Providing approved design database to IPSF PARO members

o Organizing media information

Participating in the creation of IPSF PARO newsletters

o Designing and reviewing publications

o Collecting information regarding announcements, events, projects, and ideas fromIPSF and our various PARO members

Maintaining the IPSF PARO social networks through Wordpress and Facebook

o Publishing IPSF PARO videos, pictures, and promotional items

o Sharing status updates and information

o Innovating new ways to educate, promote, and reach-out to IPSF PARO members

Members of this committee are required to have the following qualifications:

Able to utilize technology proficiently

Able to use the Adobe Creative Suite 5 or higher InDesign program

Skills in other programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator are desired yet not required

Able to use Microsoft programs of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Able to access Facebook

Would require signing up for a Facebook account, if member does not currently have one

Knowledge of the use of Wordpress is a plus but not required

Able to time manage and stay organized


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Experienced in creating publications such as newsletters, letters, or posters

Have good knowledge of video editing and animations

Have creative abilities to produce designs

Have access to a reliable internet connection

Available to contact via Skype meeting and Google doc collaboration

For further information please contact [email protected] using subject heading Media andPromotional Committee Member Interest.

Design and Creativity PARO Chair

Positions available: One (1)


Assist with the creative and design aspects of the Publications portfolio

Work with designing and creating IPSF promotional materials such as poster, brochures,posters, banners, logos, templates, layouts and web graphics

Members of this committee are recommended to have the following qualifications:

Extensive creativity and experience in using common graphic design tools such as Photoshop.It is also advantageous to have access to as well as experience with using Corel Draw and

Adobe Illustrator.

For further information please contact [email protected] using subject heading PARO Design and

Creativity Committee Member Interest.


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Website Development Chair

Positions available: One (1)


Primary role of this committee is to help with the website, keeping it updated and translated

Any technical issues will be addressed to this committee to fix them

This committee will have the challenge of making the website more used than it has been inthe past and the home for retrieving any information regarding PARO

Members of this committee are required to have the following qualifications:

Extensive skills in web design and website programming

For further information please contact [email protected] using subject heading PARO Website

Development Chair Member Interest.

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