Vice President External Relations

Accountable to: Local Committee President

Overall responsible for:

• Maintaining the company database
• Preparation and coordination for major external meetings
• Externals for training workshops
• Tracking alumni/maintaining alumni database/servicing alumni
• Conceptualizing sectors for market research based on LCs needs
• Press and Media management
• Signing internship (TN) contracts
• Promoting the TN program to companies – contacting organizations
• Getting externals involved
• Local Support Group (LSG) and Board of Advisory (BOA) partnerships management
• Marketing AIESEC to organizations
• Researching and contacting organizations

P eople involved: Working closely with the Executive Board (EB), managing the Business Development team (Business Development), coaching the Career Days team, and being in close contact to alumni and to other stakeholders (university, companies and other organizations).

Background required:

• Teamwork: Active contribution, constructive feedback, and harmonizing in a team with different characters.
• Management: Organizational skills, delegation, process tracking and evaluation.
• Selling skills

Gains and Benefits:

• Relationship management skills
• Time management skills
• Selling, Networking & Negotiation skills
• Company contact

Competencies acquired according to the Global Competency Model

01. Personal Effectiveness 
02. Awareness of Others ✓
03. Commitment to Results ✓
04. Developing Others 
05. Effective Communication ✓
06. Flexible thinking ✓
07. Inclusiveness 
08. Innovation 
09. Resilience 
10. Self-awareness 
11. Stakeholder Focus ✓

A word from the current VPER

Hearing about External Relations you might think that it consists of boring business contracts and unfriendly phone calls, but you are mistaken. As a VPER in AIESEC you get the rare chance to have an inside view into the business world. You are able to develop yourself and your team as businessmen and -women at a young age, where we still have the possibility to make mistakes. Mainly the work is based on managing relationships with stakeholders outside the LC: companies, partner organizations, alumni and media. You build up new partnerships and networks by selling the AIESEC internship programm, by arranging sponsoring for AIESEC or by any other possible collaboration. As a sales representative of the LC Zurich you must be aware of its needs and wishes, which is why you keep close contact to all the other departments in the Local Committee. You have the possibility to try out new selling strategies and to give selling trainings to the organizational teams of projects in AIESEC Zurich. Being VPER also means that you are responsible for the alumni relations in Zurich. The alumni are an important source of information and knowledge. This means that you attend the regular alumni encounters and you keep in contact with them..

As VPER you not only get the possibility to improve on your selling and organizational skills but you have the unique chance to have a piece of everything. You will be able to give trainings, to lead a team, to sell, to make deals and last but not least to get personal contacts which might be helpful for your future career. You have the opportunity to be seen as the face of the LC Zurich in front of companies.

Sereina Pfister
Vice President External Relations 10/11

For any questions, please contact the Executive Board in your Local Committee!