European Student Think Tank

Are you a European stu­dent, inter­ested in European news and policy-making and would you like to con­trib­ute to a freshly estab­lished youth organ­isa­tion as a rep­res­ent­at­ive in your country?

The organ­isa­tion:

The European Stu­dent Think Tank (EST) is an organ­isa­tion for and by ambi­tious stu­dents. It aims for nar­row­ing the gap between European polit­ics and its cit­izens, pro­mot­ing the dis­cus­sion about European policy by provid­ing mul­tiple per­spect­ives from EU mem­ber states and non-member European coun­tries, and provid­ing oppor­tun­it­ies for European stu­dents to gain exper­i­ence in an inter­na­tional organisation.

The pos­i­tion:

As EST Ambas­sador you are one of the key play­ers in our net­work. You are the main con­tact for the Exec­ut­ive Board, a rep­res­ent­at­ive of EST in your coun­try and an import­ant part of the grow­ing suc­cess of a young organ­isa­tion. You will be respons­ible for pro­mot­ing EST in your coun­try and build­ing a net­work of stu­dent con­trib­ut­ors. Basic­ally, you are the face of EST in your own coun­try. Since we are still a very young organ­isa­tion, there is plenty of room for your own input, ideas and challenges!

We are cur­rently look­ing for Ambas­sad­ors for the European Union mem­ber states:

Aus­tria, Bul­garia, Czech Repub­lic, Den­mark, Esto­nia, Fin­land, France, Hun­gary, Ire­land, Latvia, Lux­em­bourg, Malta, Poland, Por­tugal, Romania, Slov­akia, Sweden.

As well as the fol­low­ing EU can­did­ate countries:

Ice­land, Mace­do­nia, Montenegro.

Can­did­ate profile:

• Higher edu­ca­tion student
• Liv­ing in the coun­try that you want to be Ambas­sador for
• Cap­able of work­ing independently
• Good work­ing know­ledge of English
• Demon­strable interest in inter­na­tional affairs
• Social and enga­ging personality
• Know­ledge of social media
• Pro­mo­tional skills and enthu­si­astic attitude
• Rep­res­ent­at­ive

You will become one of the first gen­er­a­tion Ambas­sad­ors to EST, so there are no con­straints of already exist­ing pro­ced­ures. We ask for a lot of motiv­a­tion to help cre­at­ing a pro­fes­sional en qual­it­at­ive organ­isa­tion. There­fore you will prob­ably spend around 5 hours a week on

• Pro­mot­ing EST and its activities
• Build­ing a national net­work of enthu­si­astic students
• Devel­op­ing a plan for sus­tain­able growth of and com­mit­ment to EST
• Report­ing pro­gress to the Inter­na­tional Officer

As an Ambas­sador you will bene­fit from gain­ing exper­i­ence in an inter­na­tional organ­isa­tion, and you will have a chance to con­trib­ute to a young and devel­op­ing organ­isa­tion. You will have EST mem­ber­ship for the dur­a­tion of your appoint­ment. The pos­i­tion is for the dur­a­tion of 12 months, but dates are flexible.

The European Stu­dent Think Tank hopes to wel­come you soon. If you would like to apply, please send an to application@studentthinktank.eu with a motiv­a­tion let­ter and a resume before May 20th 2012. We aim on con­tact­ing you within a week. If you meet our require­ments we will then ask you to dis­cuss your ideas and motiv­a­tion with us in per­son. In case you have any ques­tions or com­ments, do not hes­it­ate to con­tact the Inter­na­tional Officer at: International@studentthinktank.eu

Kind regards,

Arno Hamar de la Brethon­ière, EST Inter­na­tional Officer

Related posts:

1. Call for Strategy Groups Par­ti­cipants: 10th till 12th of June 2013 in the House of Europe in The Hague
   March 28th, 2013
2. Call for Ambas­sad­ors
   March 26th, 2013
3. Call for writers
   Octo­ber 12th, 2012
4. Call for: EST Graphic Designer
   Septem­ber 17th, 2011
5. Sup­port EST with a dona­tion!
   June 16th, 2012