I DO is run as a collaboration between RSM and the I DO Student Board, which allows us to manage the complexity of the NGO challenges as well as integrate student feedback. This arrangement therefore brings us closer to the RSM mission to be a force for positive change in the world.
Master students, Pre-Master students, and 3rd year Bachelor students during the 2024/25 academic year are welcome to apply to become student board members. Applications will open in Spring of 2024.
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The Student Board is responsible for connecting students and NGOs within the I DO course and supporting them to create positive impact as they take part. The Board is a unique group of motivated third-year BA and IBA students and master students who all have a passion for social impact. They demonstrate the spirit of I DO – as a course for students run by students.
At the beginning of your Student Board year, you will craft a comprehensive overview of the project’s phases with the other board members to align on t the overall direction and needs of the board in the coming year. This will help you establish deadlines and identify key targets.
After this, a typical week will involve hosting a weekly the a last weekly board meeting with the other board members to discuss weekly updates from their committees, align on the needs from internal and external stakeholders and results with your Vice President and giving your insights to the departments that you are responsible for. You will discuss and plan the organisation’s tasks for the week. You will note any needs from the other board members that need to be forwarded to external stakeholders.
You will be in frequent contact with all other board members in order to respond to ad hoc questions from their responsible committees. There may be ad hoc sessions or meetings about various topics – ranging from preparatory work to recruitment. You will end your week by having a hosting aweekly wrap-up meeting with the Vice President Student Board to share general organisational and stakeholder updates, department weekly progress reports, issues arising from them, and feedback and discuss any sharing of responsibilities if necessary.
Stakeholder communication will be paramount. You will generate updates regarding the progress and performance of the course with the Academic Development and Operations teams by hosting weekly update meetings with our RSM Assistant Professor Taslim Alade twice a week, which will also act as a platform of support for university technicalities and information. There is also a weekly meeting with the I DO Advisory Board to talk about the I DO project's future, to propose any necessary changes, and to reflect on progress.
This position is a board position.
At the beginning of your Student Board year, you and the strategy committee will work with the President and other board members to align on the projects that fulfil the needs of the I DO course and organization in alignment with internal and external stakeholders, generating clear project timelines and key targets.
A typical week starts with a meeting that you will host with your strategy committee where you will discuss progress, deliverables and identify questions and stakeholders that need to be contacted. You will also update your committee on the outcomes of last week’s board meeting.
During the week, you will attend the weekly board meeting where you will update the other board members and president on the performance of the strategy committee and address any questions or concerns.
You will end your week having a weekly wrap-up Student Board meeting with the President to share any to share general strategic updates and to support the president in carrying out tasks if necessary.
Every month, you could be meeting the I DO Advisory Board to talk about the progress of the I DO project, propose changes, or discuss the future of the project beyond the course at RSM.
This position is a board position
No two weeks are the same for the Head of Academic Development. During teaching periods, you will be scheduling and participating in meetings with external speakers who will be instructing students on marketing, fundraising, NGO analysis, and consulting, for example. You might have to prepare for these meetings – as well as researching potential external speakers. Not all teaching is done by external speakers. You will teach some of it and prepare workshops for students. Workshops will be in-person. To ensure that the whole Academic Team is moving in the same direction, most weeks you and your team will meet to establish the content of forthcoming lectures and prepare any necessary support such as designing presentation slides or researching and uploading reading materials. This can take between an hour or five hours per week, depending on the complexity of the sessions.
There will be a weekly hour-long meeting with the Student Board to review the academic department's progress.
Your responsibilities include managing the I DO Course on the Canvas platform; issuing weekly announcements, answering questions in the discussion section on Canvas, and keeping the modules updated. You will need to ensure students are kept informed of the course’s progress and updates.
Your week includes working with I DO stakeholders for scheduling, planning, and grading assignments.
This position is a board position
No two weeks are the same for an Academic Developer. During teaching periods, you will schedule and participate in meetings with external speakers who will be giving instruction to students about marketing, fundraising, NGO analysis, and consultants, for example. You may have to prepare before these meetings as well as researching potential external speakers.
Most weeks, you and your team will meet to ensure the whole Academic Team is moving forward in the same direction, and to establish the content of lectures and prepare any necessary support such as designing slides or researching and uploading reading materials.
Meanwhile, you support the Head of Academic Development in managing the I DO course on the Canvas platform, send out weekly announcements, answer questions in the discussion section, and keep the modules updated. This is to ensure the students are kept updated about the course.
Your week will include working with I DO stakeholders on scheduling, planning, and grading assignments.
This position is a committee position
Every week is different and your work depends on current topics that are relevant to stakeholders, so it’s probably more accurate to describe a typical month instead. Your greatest workload will come in the first few months of the academic year because you need to recruit 13 NGOs(tbd) before the start of the course. Recruiting them will require several interviews and a careful assessment against the established metric. There’s an onboarding period for students, during which you will assist the Student Operations Manager to assign 13 student (tbd) consultant teams.
In a typical month after the onboarding process is complete, you will oversee work produced by four of the student consultant teams for their respective NGOs – you will closely monitor the relationship between student teams and NGOs. This is where your skills at problem solving and your quick reactions are of utmost importance, to respond to issues as they arise.
You will also be responsible for other external stakeholders in addition to the NGO stakeholders, and for maintaining a healthy relationship with them.
This position is a committee position
At the beginning of the Student Board year – and before the start of the academic year – you will review the successful student applicants and form them into teams of five. After that, every week will be different according to how the projects are going; this is why you will need good prioritisation skills to be able to focus on the most important tasks in multiple projects.
A typical week could start with checking in with the PMs and gathering relevant feedback from them. Then you may reach out to one NGO per week and inquire into how they feel and room for improvement. Both stakeholder views would then be communicated to the board and relevant members to ensure continuous improvement. You will review the issues raised with individual students or teams.
You are expected to attend most of the academic workshops during the week so you can follow students’ progress and keep up to date with the course itself. You will end the week with a general meeting of the Student Board to discuss progress of other departments and share information. During recruitment period you may expect to coordinate the board to redefine board roles, plan interviews, and execute it smoothly.
This position is a board position
As a member of the strategy committee of I DO, you’ll be responsible for executing the long-term vision and strategic operations of I DO. You can expect to join two meetings two meetings per week; one with your committee head, the Vice President, in addition to non-regular meetings with other committees or external stakeholders in regards to the execution of strategic initiatives. You can expect to attend an average of one and a half hours of meetings per week whilst the other time involves executing strategic tasks. Some weeks will be dedicated to projects such as those related to finances, legal issues, or strategic requests by the Vice President. Other weeks will have fewer obligations, in which case you’ll have the opportunity to use your proactiveness to work on your strategic proposals and projects. Being a member of the I DO Strategy Committee will give you freedom to work on projects you believe will strengthen the future of I DO, and having a proactive attitude is therefore important for succeeding in the role of Strategy Manager.
This role is a committee position.
Your week might start with a general meeting with I DO Student Board members and the Vice President to discuss budget allocations for marketing and events. After the Board has decided on the budgets for projects, you might schedule another meeting with the I DO Strategy Department to align the vision of I DO with the various marketing initiatives that deliver these objectives. Afterwards, you will create engaging content by collaborating with the Academic Development team and the Operations team. You will ensure that all of I DO’s social media pages are updated and deliver the correct messaging. You will also keep track of what our partner NGOs are doing and what other prominent NGOs are posting on social media so you can share that. Furthermore, you will brainstorm event ideas to develop the IDO community and brand and ensure the events align with relevant stakeholder interests. You will plan and organize these events, which may include contacting venues, providing food and entertainment, and managing the budget.
This position is a board position
Your week might start by meeting with the Marketing and Events coordinator to align on what tasks the team will work on this week. Here you might brainstorm post ideas, how to increase engagement, or upcoming events to bring students together. Then you may call a venue to get a cost estimation or look into fun events for the board. Similarly, you’ll work to ensure that all of I DO’s social media pages are updated and deliver the correct messaging. You may create posts, update the newsletter, and monitor the IDO social media pages. Your week might also include brainstorming ideas for potential on-campus marketing ideas to promote upcoming events.
This position is a committee position
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Prof. Lucas Meijs is professor of Strategic Philanthropy and Volunteering at RSM and has advised the Student Board since the beginning of the I DO project. He now supports Taslim Alade in actively running the I DO course in co-creation with the student board.
Dr Taslim Alade is a lecturer in the department of Business-Society Management at RSM and the coordinator of the I DO course. He also teaches, coordinates the Professional Development course, and is a thesis coach to RSM master students. Taslim is very passionate about lecturing because it aligns with his personal value of positively impacting society via the students that he teaches and coaches.