Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
The World Healthcare Students Symposium (WHSS) event shall take place every two years as a regular joint initiative of the partner organizations. This initiative is known as the Joint Working Group (JWG) and is formed by representatives of the different organizations, with approximately 10 members in total. IFMSA currently have two slots in the JWG: one for a candidate to be selected and one for IFMSA Liaison Officer to Students’ Organizations.
As a member of the Joint Working Group you will be responsible for representing IFMSA in organizing the next World Healthcare Students Symposium.
The duties of the Joint Working Group members will be:
- Planning the event programme and arranging speakers according to the timeline.
- Actively promoting the event during meetings, via email and other means of communication.
- Attending at least two joint meetings (face-to-face) before the World Healthcare Students Symposium event in 2013.
- Developing and issuing press releases and joint statements.
- Issuing calls for bids to host future World Healthcare Students Symposium events.
- Considering applications to host future World Healthcare Students Symposium two years in advance.
- Attending the World Healthcare Students Symposium event (in 2013), being present at the venue two days before the start of the event.
- Organizing the post-event report and follow up.
Candidates for this position must have access to email on a daily basis and must be medical students at the time of submitting the application. In addition, previous experience with organizing events, good communication skills, a solid knowledge of the IFMSA and how it operates, and a contagious exuberance for inter-professional collaboration are definite assets in successfully completing the expectations of this position. The two IFMSA representatives in the JWG will be allocated an annual 500€ budget to cover JWG meetings’ expenses.
Please find more information in the attached call. For further information please contact: Lukas Sveikata, IFMSA Liaison Officer to Student Organizations, at loso@ifmsa.org.
Please submit your motivation letter and CV within the attached application form to loso@ifmsa.org and secretary@nzmsa.org.nz, no later than Wednesday, 29th February 2012, 23:59 GMT + 0.
