WE ARE RECRUITING FOR THE 2023/2024 BOARD

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We are hiring for 2023/2022 board positions!

We are currently accepting applications for the 2023/2024 academic year from PPLE students! Applications close on the 2nd of April at 23:59. All positions are open. If you have any questions, you can contact us using the on the website.

PPLE’s Talent Development Programme (TDP) is here to help students thrive and grow beyond academia; personally, professionally, and culturally. TDP offers a serious board experience with binding responsibilities. To give you an idea of what the ’23 – ’24 TDP board will organize:

·       3 big events on each of the mentioned pillars: that means, one career event, one personal development event, and one cultural and/or integration event.

·       2 recurring events, of which we are sure that they will be well-attended (such as de Peper or Data visualization).

·       Maintain 1 or 2 long-term cooperations, for example with Movies that Matter .

·       Work together with and join existing events, such as the Amsterdam Career Days, Voluntinder and the Springboard Career Event.

·       Continue to support our existing student initiatives – such as the Academic Journal, Periodic and Creature magazine – and support one new student initiative. 

This year, we are asking you to send us your CV and a motivation letter (±350 words). Please email it to us after you have completed this form.

Please tell us:

  • Why do you want to be part of the team and do you find the position interesting?

  • What do you have to offer?

TDP is a foundation that aims to get things done. Hence, we advise you to focus this letter on your hands-on, result-oriented skills. Keep in mind that a motivation letter isn’t just for us to hear how motivated you are, we want to know what makes you a good fit for the position you are applying for - so include qualifications, relevant experience, hobbies and whatever else you think makes you suited for the job. A good motivation letter explains why you are a good candidate for a certain position.

The application procedure is two rounds: in round one, your application and motivation will be reviewed (on paper); in round two you will be invited for an interview. After all interviews are completed, you will be informed of our decision via the email you have provided in this form. (If you are interested in more than one position, please indicate your first choice and note any others in your motivation letter or interview.)

The descriptions for the various roles are lined out below – including core tasks, time investment and required skills. Please note that a couple of conditions apply for becoming a TDP board member:

  • The board member needs to be in the Netherlands during the entire board term;

  • This is the sole governance function you fulfill in PPLE; no double functions within the PPLE governance are allowed

  • Weekly board meetings are mandatory

  • Note that some weeks you will have to work more than the average amount of working hours (12 hours for everyone, 15 hours for the chair).

  • It is important that TDP is your primary commitment, and that your time isn’t dedicated to too many other positions or boards.

What we offer:

  • Learning experiences

  • Compensation

Our board consists of seven students and a non-executive staff member. Here you’ll find who they are and here’s what they do:

chair

The Chair serves as the leader of the group and is ultimately responsible for the overall functioning of the TDP board (members). This person chairs the meetings of the board – in accordance with the statutes of the foundation; they decide in case disputes arise. The chair is also responsible for drafting the year plan, in close collaboration with the other board members, and functions as the main contact point for the Supervisory Board.

Your workload will be around 15 hours per week.

The chair’s core tasks and responsibilities include: 

·       Making sure the board is on track, determining the priorities and agenda 

·       Ensuring each member completes his/her assigned tasks

·       External communication and representation – primarily towards the TDP Supervisory Board (preparing and guiding 3 meetings a year: start, midterm, end)

Suggested qualifications: 

  • Experience in leadership

  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively

  • Passionate about growth 

  • Assertiveness and decisiveness

  • Ability to delegate  

  • Dependability  

treasurer

The main role of the treasurer is to protect the TDP budget with your life – and search for new ways to secure the budget. As the treasurer, you will be responsible for contacting and visiting the bank when asked to, generating the financial year plan, the half-year budget evaluation, and the end-term budget evaluation. You will also oversee consistent account keeping, reimbursing/transferring funds, creating invoices, and discussing funding-related support with students who want to realize their initiative. You work in close contact with the co-heads of initiatives to manage significant amounts of money, predict the costs for future events and request invoices from our event partners. This role requires much discretion in terms of how much to allocate to each payment category and which system of accounting to use; the most important requirement is that good accounting principles are adhered to. The TDP board bears legal, personal responsibility for the budget; the Treasurer is the first gatekeeper of this responsibility.

Your workload will be approximately 12 hours per week.

The core tasks and responsibilities of the treasurer include: 

  • Creating the proposal for the budget based on estimates – and being able to account for them during the midterm and final meetings with the supervisory board

  • Uphold good accounting principles by keeping track of all transactions and invoices (managing the budget)

  • Making payments via our bank account 

Suggested qualifications:

  • Professional: excel skills, familiar with fundamental accounting and budgeting principles, values precision, enjoys to  work with numbers

  • Personal skills: communication and interpersonal skills, problem-solving, organization, and time management skills

Secretary 

The Secretary is responsible for administration, internal communication, and website maintenance. Your tasks include taking minutes during board meetings, making sure internal operations run smoothly, and managing the website. The secretary assists the chair in bureaucratic tasks such as writing a year plan and communicating with the supervisory board. The secretary does not engage very much in event planning but may be required from time to time to host an event. In a way, you are the right hand of the chair and work closely together.

Your workload will be approximately 12 hours per week. The work of the secretary has a more levelled time investment in comparison to e.g. the co-heads of initiatives, since scheduling meetings, administrative work and the management of the website are a consistent effort and workflow.  

 

The core tasks and responsibilities include: 

·       Recording/keeping minutes of the meetings: scheduling, taking minutes, creating the (weekly) agenda beforehand 

·       Updating and managing the website – incl registrations for events  

·       Administrative manners, such as writing the evaluation report or taking the lead for writing proposals to the supervisory board.

·       Possibly: hosting and organizing events 

 

Suggested qualifications: 

  • Experience working with web design of any kind (we use Squarespace) 

  • Well-organized and able to communicate proficiently

  • Familiar with TDP’s mission and goals 

Head of Projects and Collaborations

As the Head of Projects and Collaborations, you will be in charge of managing TDP’s longer-running (student) initiatives, ensuring that we’re doing enough to help them achieve their goals, whilst making sure that we’re achieving ours. You’ll also be in charge of scouting out new initiatives with a long-term character and initiating collaborations with organizations that can help us plan diverse events. Heads of Projects and Collaborations are expected to be people persons, and good at juggling multiple complex tasks. You’ll also need to embody TDP’s goals, and its corresponding year plan, in order to represent us faithfully.

Your workload will be approximately 12 hours per week.

Suggested qualifications:

  • Good people skills

  • Capable planner

  • Creative problem solver

  • The ability to reach out and take initiative

Co-head of Initiatives 

As the Co-Head of Initiatives, you will work closely with your counterpart. Your primary role is to create and host the 3 big events on each of the mentioned pillars. You uphold TDP’s long-term networks with UvA-internal and external organizations and student initiatives. Organizing student initiatives means helping students develop their ideas into a coherent, actionable initiatives; students get to realize their own ideas with the funding and planning of TDP.  The Co-Heads manage all contact with speakers, trainers, companies, and organizations that TDP wishes to work with or have partnerships and long-term collaborations. Co-Heads should possess great communication skills and be self-starters that are proactive and can execute projects in the context of a broader team. They should be organized and make the TDP their primary commitment.

Your workload will be approximately 12 hours per week.

Core tasks and responsibilities:

-       Planning and executing core initiatives

-       Facilitating student initiatives

-       Leading and fostering collaborations with other organizations

-       Advertising events at lectures / to your fellow PPLE-students/friends

 

To illustrate this role a little more, below is an example of an initiative:

If you were to come up with a trip to the ICC/ICJ in The Hague – as that is linked to multiple PPLE courses and enriches the learning experience of students –, you would first talk to the TDP board for approval, pitching your idea. Then you would contact the relevant people (perhaps the AIM travel committee for a collaboration or transport services/venues for the trip itself). You would then organize the event with all the stakeholders in mind, keeping the board updated throughout the process. An x number of days before the event, you would need to have full details prepared so that the head of PR can begin marketing it – so people can sign up. Finally, you would be in charge of executing the trip (potentially together with other PPLE students and/or TDP board members).

 

Suggested qualifications

  • Punctuality and organizational/planning skills

  • Experience in organizing events

  • A friendly and approachable demeanor and communication skills 

  • Pro-active/ability to take initiative

Head of Public Relations

The Head of PR, apart from taking part in daily TDP decision-making, is responsible for the visual identity of TDP. The main task is to create promotional material for the events organized by the board, both online (social media) and on campus (posters, presentation slides). Along with this goes keeping social media up to date with event changes and developments. As Head of PR, you are also responsible for developing any other branding material such as merch, and aiding in designing the TDP website. Overall, you are responsible for keeping all communication on brand to maintain the visual cohesion of the Programme.

Your workload will be approximately 12 hours per week.

The core tasks and responsibilities of the head of PR include:

·      Keeping all communications on brand to maintain the visual cohesion of TDP, including developing branding materials such as merchandise

·      Keeping social media up to date for events, incl changes

·      Aiding in designing and maintaining the TDP website

Suggested qualifications: 

  • Experience with design software is a plus (in particular Adobe Illustrator and Indesign)

  • Passionate about graphic design

  • Creative 

  • Familiar with TDP’s brand identity