Applicants’ Brochure JADE Executive Board 2015

ONE? ARE YOU THE

#WantedInJADE

ARE YOU THE ONE?

☐ JADE Member (In a Junior Enterprise or at Confederation

level)

☐ Student or fresh graduate with the ability to seriously relocate

to Brussels for one year

☐ Have good command of English and desire to improve use of

foreign languages

☐ Identify your values with those of a Junior Entrepreneur

☐ Are passionate about JADE concept and spirit

If you checked all the options, you should apply for JADE

Executive Board 2015!

Amazing opportunity for:

Top Management experience at European Level, improve soft and

technical skills, work and live in a multicultural environment,

travel, promote the Junior Enterprise concept, International

network of contacts, meet the decision-makers of the world

JADE EXBO TASKS

• To promote JADE and the Junior Enterprise concept to third

parties (companies, media)

• To represent JADE and the Junior Enterprise movement in front

of European and other international institutions as well as

other European students associations

• To foster closer links between Junior Enterprises and

Confederations

• To coordinate Members international activities

• To lead all the departments, projects and processes in the

Headquarters

• To maintain strategic thinking and acting in the organisation

• To help the development of Members through projects and

programmes

JADE EXBO STRUCTURE

• Head of some departments

• Responsible for a number of member countries: by

communicating to National boards, exchanging best practices,

attending National events representing JADE and staying in

contact with the International Managers (representatives of

member countries)

• Project Manager of a few internal and external projects (and

partly operational tasks)

• Different roles in the General Assemblies

• Good and social house-mate, who takes care of the house and

contributes to the team

Internal responsibilities of an ExBo Member

President Secretary

General

Vice-

President Treasurer

ARE YOU READY?

To experience your

personal borders in

regards to workload?

To live together in the

same house with the same

people you work with?

To commit yourself for one

year full-time?

To move to Brussels – a big

city with various cultures?

To work unpaid and live

with low budget?

JADE HQ has one floor with

offices and the rest of the floors

are set up for living.

During the stay in JADE HQ the

members have to share the

space with other people, who

also work and live there

(Assistants or Project Managers)

as well as with guests from the

Network. The work of JADE ExBo

is voluntary, so unpaid. However,

the ExBo members do not have

to pay from their personal money

for accommodation and utilities

in JADE HQ, daily food, fees and

transport to attend international

and national events (the amount

though depends on the budget)

Working and living in JADE

House

BEING VICE-PRESIDENT

Develop new and looking

after the existing contacts

of JADE with private

companies or universities

in whole Europe for

developing financial

partnerships

International Experience

Client engagement experience

Organised

Resilient

Communicator

Persuasive

Sociable

Result-oriented

Team Spirit

Requirements

Highly Appreciated

Soft Skills

English Fluency

Fundraising and Prospecting

experience

Negotiation and Pitching Skills

Private

Cooperation

BEING TREASURER

€

Manage the financial

resources, forecast and

budget. Help JADE to

increase reserves

English Fluency

Experience in financial

management

French Skills

Accounting background

International Experience

Organised

Frugal

Responsible

Attention to detail

Team Spirit

Finance Requirements

Highly Appreciated

Soft Skills

WHY BRUSSELS?

Brussels is an old European

city with lovely parks and

secret little streets. You can

find a wide variety of cultural

activities and many

international people

The HQ in Brussels, the capital

of Europe, helps JADE to be

closer to the European

Institutions and some other

international Headquarters of

companies, which support our

Network.

The geographic location makes

travelling around Europe really

easy

THE PROCESS

ExBo 2015 Term of

Service:

9th August 2014 – 31st July

2015

Full-time working and living

in JADE Headquarters in

Brussels, Belgium

To be able to work full-time

for 1 year, previous JADE

ExBo either took a gap

year or took JADE ExBo as

an internship approved by

the university, or they were

recent Bachelor graduates

3rd June 2014: Deadline to

submit the application

(consisting of CV, Motivational

Letter and Recommendation

Letter from the JE and/ or

Confederation) and

completing the Podio form

4th June 2014: Interviews

4th-6th June 2014:

Assessment projects

10th June 2014: Elections

(remotely)

15th June-21st July: Handover

phase (remotely)

21st July-11th August 2014:

Compulsory attendance

handover in the HQ

Schedule

TOGETHER WE GROW!

Partners and References

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Office: +32 (0) 2 420 17 52

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