AIESEC IN STRATHMORE
DIRECTOR APPLICATIONSBOOKLET FOR THE YEAR 2016
D E A R C A N D I D A T E01C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s o n t a k i n g t h i s b o l d s t e p t o a p p l y f o r a s e n i o r l e a d e r s h i p p o s i t i o n i n A I E S E C
S t r a t h m o r e U n i v e r s i t y .
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n e e d e d i n t h e w o r l d n o w m o r e t h a n e v e r . I f y o u a r e s u c c e s s f u l i n b e c o m i n g a d i r e c t o r , y o u s h a l l g a i n
a u t o m a t i c q u a l i f i c a t i o n i n t o t h e M a n a g e m e n t B o a r d , w h i c h s h a l l b e t h e s e c o n d d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g
a u t h o r i t y i n t h e L C , s u b o r d i n a t e t o t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d .
T h i s a p p l i c a t i o n b o o k l e t h a s b e e n d e s i g n e d t o e n a b l e t h e s e l e c t i o n p a n e l t o k n o w m o r e a b o u t y o u ,
y o u r A I E S E C e x p e r i e n c e a n d k n o w l e d g e , a n d t h e p l a n s t h a t y o u h a v e r e l e v a n t t o t h e d i r e c t o r s h i p
p o s i t i o n t h a t y o u a r e a p p l y i n g f o r . K i n d l y e n s u r e t h a t y o u r e a d a n d f o l l o w t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s s t a t e d
h e r e i n t o t h e l e t t e r . K e e p y o u r a n s w e r s c l e a r a n d c o n c i s e .
A l l t h e b e s t i n y o u r a p p l i c a t i o n . b u i l d b e t t e r h o m e s .
R e g a r d s ,
L a u r a B i r i r
L o c a l C h a p t e r P r e s i d e n t 2 0 1 6
ContentsPROPOSED TIMELINE ..............................................................4
SECTION 3: CANDIDATE INFORMATION................. 6
SECTION 4: AIESEC EXPERIENCE QUESTIONS.... 7
SECTION 5: GENERAL QUESTIONS............................... 8
SECTION 6: AIESEC KNOWLEDGE................................. 9
SECTION 7: PORTFOLIO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS10
Proposed Timeline
10.01.16Director Applications Released
0216.01.16
Deadline for Application Submissions
18.01.16Review Board
19.01.16Review Board Results
7 Applications to be released:
TM, OGX, IM/COMM, BD,
iGIP, FLA, iGCDP
Every applicant shall meet the
deadline for the application. The
applications will be received until
11.59pm through
[email protected] A hard copy
will also be required and should be
submitted to Jeff Ngige at the
clubs office between 8.00am
and 2.00pm on Monday 18th
January.Both your soft copy and
hard copy have to be submitted on
time for you to be eligible for
reviews.
All applicants are expected to
attend the review board that will
run from 5:00pm till 7:00pm. The
reviews shall be done in order of
portfolios. Where there are
several applicants for one
portfolio, alphabetical order of
first names shall be used.
The review board results will be
released with details of those
who passed.
PROPOSED TIMELINE
04.02.16-07.02.16
National Conference
02
All candidates, successful or
otherwise are expected to
attend National Conference.
CANDIDATE INFORMATION03Full Name
Nationality
Date Of Birth
Degree/Major
Graduation Year
Email address
Mobile number (Insert Passport PhotoHere, MANDATORY)
Instructions: Kindly answer all the questions in Sections 3,4,5,and 6.
AIESEC EXPERIENCE QUESTIONS041.Please list your Experiences in AIESEC. Ensure that you also
include all conferences, projects, leadership roles and exchange
experiences that you have participated in. (Insert table with
headings year, experience, role and impact)
2.In no more than 100 words, describe how your AIESEC
experiences have contributed to the 3 wheels of AIESEC vision
2015: (Question shall not be graded if it exceeds 100 words
GENERAL QUESTIONS051. What are your key strengths and weaknesses? What challenges
would your team face working with you?
2. If a 10 year old kid asked you “Why are you applying for a
leadership position in AIESEC and what’s leadership all about?
How would you explain to them in a way they would understand?
(Not more than 100 words)
3. Come up with a contingency plan, for the portfolio you are
applying for, that you consider functional in case of any terror
attacks within the school.
AIESEC KNOWLEDGE061. Kindly explain what the AIESEC Way is and its key components.
2. What are the Global Sustainable Development Goals? What
opportunities and threats do they represent for AIESEC? How can
you as a leader capitalize on the opportunities to better position
AIESEC in Strathmore University in Kenya?
3. What are the pillars of vision 2020? Briefly explain
PORTFOLIO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS07
1. Kindly outline the Talent Management processes and how they are
currently being implemented in AIESEC Strathmore.
2. What 2 key initiatives do you want to be implemented in the year? How
will you deliver them?
3. How does the TM portfolio interlink with all other portfolios?
4. What do you think has worked in the TM team in the past two years?
What do you think could have been done better?
5. What measures will you put in place to ensure your team members are
motivated throughout the year?
TALENT MANAGEMENT
Instructions: Kindly answer all the questions relevant to the portfolio you are applying for. Make sure youindicate, as a heading, the portfolio questions you are answering, in your answer booklet. Ensure thatyou present your answers neatly.
PORTFOLIO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS07
1. Give a detailed step by step breakdown on the new exchange process
using GIS i.e. sequence (from recruitment to post realization). Give a brief
explanation on what needs to be done during each step.
2. Give a detailed breakdown on how to look for relevant opportunities for
both GCDP and GIP EPs on GIS and how to raise and match EPs on GIS.
3. What do you think has worked in the OGX team in the past two years?
What do you think could have been done better?
4. What strategies will you implement to market exchange among
AIESECers and non-AIESECers? Give at least 2 strategies for each member
segment, i.e., 2 strategies for AIESECers and 2 strategies for non-
AIESECers.
5. What measures will you put in place to ensure your team members are
motivated throughout the year?
OUTGOING EXCHANGE
PORTFOLIO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS07
1. Kindly outline what information management and communication in
AIESEC involves and the measures that are currently being implemented in
respect of the two.
2. What is branding? What measures will you implement to increase brand
awareness amongst the stakeholders of AIESEC Strathmore? (Ensure all
stakeholders are mentioned).
3. What do you think has worked in the IM & COMM team in the past two
years? What do you think could have been done better?
4. How does the IM & COMM team interlink with all others? How would
you ensure that IM & COMM doesn’t become redundant in some of the
portfolios?
5. What measures will you put in place to ensure your team members are
motivated throughout the year?
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION
PORTFOLIO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS07
1. Kindly outline what business development involves and the
measures/initiatives currently in place in respect of this portfolio.
2. Kindly outline the role of Business Development in relation to branding
and public relations (PR)
3. What do you think has worked in the BD team in the past two years?
What do you think could have been done better?
4. What measures will you put in place to raise the number of partnerships
the BD team forms for its events? What measures will you put in place to
ensure that current partnerships are retained? What measures will you put
in place to ensure your team members are motivated throughout the year?
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
PORTFOLIO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS07
1. Kindly give a step by step breakdown of how to source for a supply of
interns on GIS.
2. What companies would you target to form partnerships with as GIP TNs?
What has informed the selection you have made?
3. How would you work with the BD team to ensure the success of the iGIP
portfolio?
4. What do you think has worked in the iGIP team in the past two years?
What do you think could have been done better? What measures will you
put in place to ensure your team members are motivated throughout the
year?
INCOMING GLOBAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
PORTFOLIO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS07
1. Kindly outline how the finance portfolio interlinks with all the other
portfolios.
2. Kindly outline the stakeholders that the finance portfolio currently
services. How can these stakeholders be better serviced?
3. What measures would you put in place to ensure that AIESEC members
are knowledgeable of the compendium articles? How would you ensure that
the LC is in compliance with these articles?
4. What do you think has worked in the finance portfolio the past two years?
What should have been done better?
5. What measures will you put in place to ensure that members are
motivated throughout the year?
FINANCE, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATION
PORTFOLIO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS07
1. Kindly give a detailed step by step breakdown of how to search for and
match international EPs to local projects on GIS.
2. Using Google docs, come up with a system that would ensure proper
intern management from the time they are matched and realised to when
they leave the country. This should include a system for managing pickups.
3. What CSR project would you initiate that would ensure involvement of
LC members as well as interns?
4. What do you think has worked in the GCDP portfolio in the past
two years? What could have been done better?
5. What measures would you put in place to ensure that team members are
motivated throughout the year?
INCOMING GLOBAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
SINCE
WE SPARK
2003