Mission: 
“Increase awareness and recognition of ESTIEM towards IEM Europe and bring value to the network,
by representing ESTIEM in external contexts, facilitating existing collaborations and establishing new collaborations with other organisations.”

As an Ambassador, you will be working on ESTIEM’s relations with other NGOs, staying in close contact with many ESTIEM entities, and expanding your network of contacts while developing your presentation and communication skills. You will build external relations, represent ESTIEM at relevant external events, and organise joint events with partner NGOs.

Important Changes:
This year, as the 36th Board elect, we decided to open a new position called “Ambassador Coordinator.” We are planning to choose one Ambassador Coordinator. This position has specific responsibilities, as outlined below:

Main Responsibilities of the Ambassador Coordinator:

• Being an Ambassador
• Coordinating Ambassadors
• Organising meetings and taking minutes
• Working on the strategic aspects of the Ambassadors together with the Board Responsible

We are asking every applicant to submit their Ambassador application individually, not as part of a team.

Main Responsibilities of Ambassadors:

• Managing relationships with partner NGOs
• Ensuring the representation of ESTIEM at relevant external events and sharing key learnings from those events with the network
• Inviting externals to ESTIEM events
• Promoting external opportunities among ESTIEMers
• Facilitating knowledge sharing and joint event offerings with other NGOs
• Establishing new partnerships with NGOs based on ESTIEM’s needs
• Ensuring the proper visibility of our partner NGOs within the ESTIEM network

Everyone considering applying for either the Ambassador or Ambassador Coordinator position must fill out the Mandate Plan Overview (MPO).
If you are applying for the Ambassador position, you do not need to fill out the Team & Leadership section of the MPO.
If you are applying for the Ambassador Coordinator position, you must fill out the Team & Leadership section of the MPO.

Please be aware that the 36th Board elect of ESTIEM reserves the right to appoint you as an ambassador, even if you have applied for the role of Ambassador Coordinator. Additionally, the 36th Board elect reserves the right not to appoint any coordinator.

Question for application:
How available will you be to travel to external events this year?

Mission:
“Support ESTIEM to make the decision-making more fact-based in order to help the organisation move forward, while supporting ESTIEMers in their professional development.“

As the Leader of the Analysis Committee you will responsible for making use of ESTIEM’s data. You will coordinate the development of Dashboards and work together with the board or other entities to enable them to make use of our data. During your leadership journey you will not only learn a lot about working with data, but also gain profound knowledge on Tableau, one of the leading BI-Tools in the world.

Main Responsibilities:

• Working on current databases and visualising them on Tableau
• Supporting relevant decisions based on data visualisation (dashboards on tableau)
• Offering support for ESTIEMers who are willing to learn analysis tools and to work with data.

Strategic Needs:

• Find synergies between AC and the Visual Storytelling with Data
• Develop more advanced event data analysis based on feedback forms submitted through the ESTIEM Portal

Questions for application:
AC already does a lot of analytics on events. Which area do you think would be the most valuable for AC to start performing data analytics on and why?
What improvement opportunities do you see regarding event feedback forms?

Mission:
“The Corporate Relations Committee is responsible for creating,developing and maintaining academic and corporate partnerships that will contribute with value and support to the network.”

As the Corporate Relations Committee Leader, you will be involved with the institutional and corporate partners of ESTIEM. You will have a chance to gain experience in creating and maintaining sustainable partnerships.

Main Responsibilities:

• Acquiring new partners (institutional or companies) through promotion of ESTIEM’s offers
• Securing financial and in-kind support for ESTIEM through strategic partnerships and long-term collaborations
• Maintaining strong relationships with current partners and ensuring that contractual agreements and deliverables are fulfilled (Customer Relationship Management)
• Developing and aligning value propositions (company workshops/trainings that add value to development of ESTIEMers) with ESTIEM’s Services and Events

Questions for application:
What do you think is the weakest point of CRC right now and how would you improve it?
What do you think about ” Value propositions in ESTIEM” in corporate relations and how can ESTIEM do it better?

Mission:
“The Event Quality Committee aims working towards having a standardized Events’ quality improvement system, and continuosly improving quality in ESTIEM events.”

As the Event Quality Committee Leader you will be working on different aspects of event quality, analysing and developing the quality in ESTIEM events, and coordinating the Event Quality team.

Main Responsibilities:

• Work closely with VP of Activities, Service Leaders and Local Groups in developing the event quality
• Organisation of “Training Event Organisers” 
• Development of content related Feedback Forms for every Service & Initiative with their respective Leaders
• Ensuring feedback collection on content within Services & review of the feedback with Leaders
• Support to Leaders in questions on organising their events

Strategic Needs:

• Committee receives a new scoping in close collaboration with VP of Activities
• Developing EQC to become a central partner for Service Leaders and Local Groups in event organisation

Questions for application:
What is missing from the current support that Central ESTIEM provides for Local Groups to organise events and what could be done/improved?

Mission:
“Provide insights on IEM through conduction of research projects and support of the management of academic partnerships, in order to connect and inform the stakeholders in IEM Europe.”

Being a EDC Leader is more than just organizing research and managing projects. It is a journey filled with opportunities to impact IEM (Industrial Engineering and Management) education and engage with various stakeholders across Europe. This role allows for significant contributions to education and the broader IEM community.
So, if you would like to:

• Impact IEM education
• Discover academic opportunities for IEM students
• Make a significant impact within the academic community

This is the perfect role for you!

Main Responsibilities:

Questions for application:
How can you improve the visibility and attractiveness of the Academic Opportunities provided by ESTIEM and Academic-related Institutions ?
How has been your involvement in University projects previously and what’s your motivatation to be involved in research projects?

Mission:
“The Financial and Legal Committee is responsible for ensuring GDPR compliance, making financial analysis and contributing to the budget realisation.”

As Financial and Legal Committee Leader you will be involved in the financial and legal matters of ESTIEM. You will gain insight on the operational side in developing a budget and gain understanding on the importance and correct use of GDPR.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensuring all data processing within ESTIEM aligns with GDPR, in collaboration with the Vice President of Administration
• Monitoring, advising and analyzing the budget with the Vice President of Finance
• Providing knowledge on financial documents (invoices, reimbursement form..)
• Supporting the proper use and documentation of project-based grants; ensuring all payments are justified, tracked, and reported

Questions for application:
Why do you think GDPR compliance is important, and how could it be improved within ESTIEM?

Mission:
“Support the Board in the application of grants opportunities for ESTIEM, seeking for new grant application opportunities and reporting them.”

As Grants Committee Leader you will work on the obtention of European grants in order to (financially) support ESTIEM and report on progress on fulfilling obligations tied to the received grants. Next to that, most European Grants give an overview of how ESTIEM is doing as an European Youth Network. Thus, you will be responsible of providing ESTIEM with these valuable insights.

Main Responsibilities:

• Research grant possibilities (project-based or structural)
• Make sure that ESTIEM submits the deliverables according to the grant application
• Apply for relevant European Grant(s)
• Evaluate the results and how ESTIEM is aligned with European Youth Goals

Strategic Needs:

• The Committee shall be further professionalised in operations
• Explore further grant opportunities and design a project plan for smooth grant application process with balanced workload
• Further improvement of knowledge transfer within the Committee to have a high performing team of grant writers that can produce cohesive results

Questions for application:
Which other grants would you apply for and why?
What options do you see to include technology in our grant writing process to ease workload while ensuring high quality applications?

Mission:
“Support all Central ESTIEM entities in recruiting, onboarding, and developing their team members by facilitating recruitment processes, assessing stability and providing opportunities for development.”

Main Responsibilities:

• Managing opportunities for further development of Central ESTIEM members
• Supporting the recruitment processes of Central ESTIEM
• Team Members Assessment and understanding of motivation
• Organising Training Next Leaders

• Investigation opportunities to automate the operational work 

Questions for application:
Come up with new HRC activities and offers for actives in Central to further delevop them during their mandates.

Mission:
“The Information-Technology Committee is responsible for maintaining the IT platforms and infrastructure, providing security on all ESTIEM platforms and providing technical support to users.”

Main Responsibilities:

• Maintaining ESTIEM portals and all IT related platforms
• Ensuring proper functioning of the SSO and Google Spaces mail servers
• Providing technical support for all users
• Ensuring security on ESTIEM platforms
• Maintenance of the website

Questions for application:
How would you work on attracting more people to apply for team members in ITC?

Mission:
“The Knowledge Management Committee is responsible for sharing knowledge and experience within the network, properly managing ESTIEM drives and supporting the use of Elium as a knowledge sharing platform.”

Main Responsibilities:

• The knowledge management structure in ESTIEM
• Organising information and knowledge by storing it and managing its visibility
• Providing incentives for knowledge sharing and promoting a sharing culture in ESTIEM
• Administration of knowledge management tools

Questions for application:
Come up with an activity to improve the knowledge sharing and sharing culture in ESTIEM?

Mission:
“Members Committee’s mission is to assure every association is following ESTIEM’s Membership Regulations, monitoring and supporting Guests and Observers on their way to Membership and controlling the activeness of our Members. We also explore new opportunities in European Technical Universities to establish new Local Groups that would make the network more diverse.”

Main Responsibilities:

• Monitoring Local Group Requirements
• Assuring Membership Regulations are followed and informing Local Groups about their membership requirements status prior to Council Meetings in case of shortcomings
• Close monitoring of Guest and Observer Local Groups’ activity and providing constant support
• Analyzing new growth opportunities by managing incoming requests from interested stakeholders

Questions for application:
Which countries / Regions in Europe would you like to approach to establish a new LG there and why?

Mission:
“The Public Relations Committee aims to maintain the ESTIEM brand by creating and publicizing the necessary brand materials for this purpose and to support entities and Local Groups in order to increase the recognition of ESTIEM to its stakeholders.”

As Public Relations Committee Leader you will work on the betterment of the Brand and image of ESTIEM; and work closely with the Vice President of Public Relations while having the chance to develop your own leadership and PR related skills.

Main Responsibilities:

• Managing ESTIEM’s social media channels, creating content and tracking KPIs
• Collaborating with other entities inside the organization
• Creating PR-related development opportunities for your team and the whole network
• Coordination of merchandise for Central Teams for Council Meetings

Strategic Needs:

• Promote Industrial Engineering and Management among our stakeholders through our communication channels
• Support Local Groups with their PR needs
• Adapt PR centralisation to the network

Mission:
“Connect, educate, and support ESTIEM in the making of initiatives relevant to Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER).”

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to shape the creation and implementation of ESTIEM’s sustainability strategy to a new level. SERC plays a crucial role for the attractiveness of ESTIEM towards the EU and grant admission by the EU. It is thus not a “nice to have” but an entity of strategic value and high importance for ESTIEM and its external stakeholders.

Main responsibilities:

• Ensuring the implementation & reporting of sustainability activities
• Coming up with new and impactful initiatives on SER topics
• Coordinating the implementation of current effective projects
• Prioritisation of committee workload and resources

Strategic needs:

• Development of an implementation plan to ensure that grant related sustainability activities are being done and followed up on.
• Scouting of further opportunities to make ESTIEM a more inclusive and sustainable organisation
• Operationalizing the work within SERC in projects & work packages

Questions for application:
Implementation of the SDG Challenge is a project that SERC has been working on for a while. What’s your vision for it and do you see it in ESTIEM? Describe your vision for a sustainable ESTIEM in 100 words.

Mission:
“Trainers Community provides training sessions to ESTIEMers to help their personal and professional development while supporting the future growth of the community.”

As the Trainers Community Leader, you will work with dedicated trainers and handle the operational tasks to sustain and develop the community.

Main Responsibilities:

• Supporting the future development of current Trainers and organizing Training New Trainers events
• Developing internal and external training opportunities
• Working to increase the quality of training sessions
• Increasing the awareness about training culture in the Local Groups and encouraging Trainers to deliver on a local level
• Develop, implement and improve a structure to support the above

Strategic Needs:

• Ensuring a sustainable trainer pool to fulfill the network’s Trainer needs.
• Increase awareness about how to collaborate with TC within the network
• Exploring the option of setting up a team around the TC Leader to balance workload