2007-2008 1st Yr Positions

DIRECTOR-LEVEL POSITIONS: 2007-2008

Title: Career Director
Works closely with: Career Chairs (Sarah Glatt & Emma White)
Time Commitment: 3/hrs per week
Positions Available: 1
Ideal for: First year interested in a values-based internship and eager to strengthen his/her relationship with Net Impact.
Questions?: sarah.glatt@fuqua.duke.edu, emma.white@fuqua.duke.edu

Overview
Because careers in the social sector are not part of the formal MBA recruiting process, SIC relies on a strong career cabinet to connect students with their dream jobs and internships. The Career Director is responsible for overseeing all first year efforts initiated by the Career Co-Chairs.

Responsibilities
-Support Career Co-Chairs and serve as liaison to CASE, Net Impact and other graduate programs as needed.
-Coordinate appropriate trainings and info sessions to prepare students for attendance at November’s Net Impact conference.
-Write and submit “career report” to CASE, CMC and key members of the administration quantifying SIC’s career efforts and advocating for key resources as needed.
-Oversee marketing efforts of all career-related programming.
-Support WIC planning as needed by WIC chair.

Title: Curriculum Change Director
Works closely with: Curriculum Change Co-Chair (Suzanne Steffens)
Time Commitment: 2/hrs per week all year; 2-year commitment encouraged
Positions Available: 1
Ideal for: First years eager to advocate for improvements in Fuqua’s curriculum; First years comfortable and interested in interacting with members of the administration, faculty and peers; First year interested in taking the lead influencing change at Fuqua, esp. among first year students
Questions?: Suzanne.steffens@fuqua.duke.edu

Overview
“Understanding responsibility from a managerial perspective is not about a lone ethics course, nor is it only for your classmates that plan to work in the social sector. As future Presidents and CEOs of successful corporations, responsibility is about understanding the interdependency between business and society and leveraging those relationships so that both parties may sustain themselves and prosper in today's competitive environments. Just as business and society co-exist beyond your business school walls, they must co-exist within your business school education.” –Net Impact

SIC launched a significant curriculum change effort last year and needs a strong team to capitalize on this momentum. We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative first year student to co-chair this committee; working with the second year co-chair, MBAA, CASE and professors to introduce more of these themes into the core curriculum and electives.

Responsibilities:
-Summarize findings from last year’s research in a “Consultant’s Report” and present it to key advocates within the administration
-Continue to work with Net Impact and other MBA programs to collect best practices and incorporate into recommendation
-Define annual goals and oversee execution with help from Curriculum Change mentors
-Execute goals and manage committee of four students; including crafting roles, responsibilities and deliverables for each team member
-Advocate for curriculum change within the MBAA; coordinating with MBAA academic chair

Title: Managing Director, Duke Microfinance Club
Works closely with: Rachael Chong (President, Duke Microfinance Club)
Time Commitment: 5/hrs per week all year
Positions Available: 1
Ideal for: First years pursuing passionate about microfinance, interested in working with other graduate schools

Position Overview
The Managing Director will oversee the growth and development of the Duke Microfinance Club (DMC) and its various programs at the Fuqua School of Business and across Duke University. Reporting to the President, the Managing Director will work closely with the current presidents of the Social Impact Club, as well as an interdisciplinary executive board from across the Duke University graduate and undergraduate community, as part of the DMC leadership team. He/she will be responsible for designing and delivering all of DMC’s existing programming and for its future development, in partnership with the DMC executive board and his/her own leadership team at Fuqua.

Responsibilities:
-Responsible for developing and delivering DMC programs at Fuqua;
•Manage an interdisciplinary team of student leader representatives from Fuqua and other graduate programs at Duke;
-Work with other key stakeholders, including the DMC executive board and the Fuqua leadership team, to establish clear and measurable goals for each program and for the DMC’s microfinance work overall;
-Ensure consistency across programs, and identify opportunities for synergies;
•Develop & strengthen volunteer committees for each project, work closely & regularly with chair of each project to ensure committee oversight, support leadership development of student volunteers;
-Strengthen the funding base for all our microfinance work: cultivate relationships with donors and foundations, manage grant submissions, and integrate funding models into the growth of the work;
-Oversee budget development and financial management of programs;
•Strengthen the educational components of what we do;
-Oversee evaluation of programs;
-Strong supervision of a small but growing team of student leaders
-Lead the strategic planning process for DMC’s microfinance institution related work, working with the DMC’s other executive board members, leadership teams and student volunteers.

Title: Green Team Director
Works closely with: TBD
Time Commitment: 5/hrs per week all year
Positions Available: 1
Ideal for: First year committed to sustainability and significantly reducing Fuqua’s environmental footprint. This person will also gain experience managing a cross-functional team (including members from other grad programs) on a creative and substantial long-term project.
Questions?: jenny.harms@fuqua.duke.edu, vivek.sasikumar@fuqua.duke.edu

Overview:
This is a brand new initiative at Fuqua! We have the administration’s support in potentially overhauling some basic systems at Fuqua for greater efficiency and sustainability. Change begins at home. The Green Team Director will manage a team of students to construct a creative sustainability program for Fuqua. The director will work closely with the Net Impact Campus Greening Initiative and the greater Duke community to develop a long-term sustainability plan. This is one of the most high-profile projects for SIC this year as the Dean has expressed significant interest in this project. We are looking for someone who can devote significant time to this project for their two years here.

Responsibilities:
-Manage cross-graduate school task force to identify areas of opportunity within Fuqua’s operations for significant environmental improvements; this includes a full audit of all of Fuqua’s current systems
-Develop 5-year plan for improving Fuqua’s environmental footprint
-Serve primary liaison with Fuqua operations, Duke Sustainability Department and CASE
-Create key milestones and project deliverables

Title: Director of Special Projects
Works closely with: SIC Co-President (Gita Rebbapragada)
Time Commitment: 3 hrs/week all year
Ideal for: An entrepreneurial first year who has the ability to think big and execute well. A first year interested in understanding and improving SIC’s brand image.

Overview:
Part of what drive’s SIC’s success is the new ideas that are brought to the table every year. Last year, SIC’s CaseBowl earned the club another “Club of the year” award. We want to keep challenging our classmates and administration to think big and responsibly. But we want a first year who represents the interests of the ’09 class to drive the next round of innovative SIC programming. This is an extremely important position for the club, one that has potential to continue the legacy of high-quality and award-winning content.

Responsibilities:
-Plan and execute brainstorming session with key first-years to gage areas of interest
-Conduct a focus group within Fuqua’s student body to fully understand what programming the general student body wants with the goal of creating more quality content with good attendance
-Summarize findings from brainstorming and focus group and present to CASE and SIC Cabinet
-Take a lead role in developing content for Footprints conference based on focus group and brainstorm; out of the box thinking is encouraged
-Take new viable projects and oversee implementation

MANAGER-LEVEL POSITIONS: 2007-2008

Title: Week-in-Cities Manager
Works closely with: Career Chairs (Sarah Glatt & Emma White)
Time Commitment: 5/hrs per week in October and November
Positions Available: 1
Ideal for: First year interested in exploring a career in international development.
Questions?: sarah.glatt@fuqua.duke.edu, emma.white@fuqua.duke.edu

Overview
The Career Chairs of the Social Impact Club need a first-year student to plan and coordinate “Week in Cities.” “Week in Cities” is an opportunity for Fuqua students to spend a few days together in a particular city visiting companies of interest. Last year, SIC led excursions to two cities, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, along with a Day-in-Cities before the Net Impact Conference.

We are seeking a first-year student to coordinate the International Development WIC to Washington DC. WIC Coordinators will have the opportunity to cultivate personal relationships with key development institutions such as the World Bank, Technoserv and the Grameen Foundation. WIC coordinators also enjoy great flexibility in crafting the WIC trip and pursue organizations they think will be most interesting for their classmates.

Responsibilities
-Serve as primary liaison to Georgetown University WIC coordinator and develop itinerary for trip
-Research student career interest areas
-Connect with companies and organizations that may have internship opportunities
-Plan and implement the logistics of the trip -scheduling visits with companies/organizations
-Market the week in cities to Fuqua students -providing opportunities for student and alumni interactions during the trip

Title: Events Managers
Works closely with: Footprints and Events Chair (Renuka Nayani)
Time Commitment: 5/hrs per week all year
Positions Available: 3
Ideal for: First years interested in making Fuqua a leader in values-based business
Questions?: renuka.nayani@fuqua.duke.edu

Overview:
If you came here to make a difference, this is the position for you. As Speakers and Events coordinator you will work closely with the F&E chair, CASE and other club leaders to put together a calendar of events for this upcoming school year. Events can take on many forms including Tours, Visits, Interactive Presentations, Symposiums, Panels, Brown Bags, Debates, Speakers and Case Competitions. The events we have in mind for this year cover a huge range of topics including Social Entrepreneurship, Public Health, Corporate Social Responsibility, Microfinance, and more. The list goes on and on and is not limited to past events hosted by the club – you will have the freedom to design events around your interests and the interests of other SIC members. SIC is one of the most dynamic clubs on campus and is always on the look out for new ways to engage students in thoughtful discussion around social sector topics and to plug students into the vast network of career opportunities in the sector. To fill this position we are looking for several good men and women with lots of energy, creativity, and a vision for the role of SIC on campus.

As S&E coordinator you will have the opportunity to develop many important skills including event planning, marketing, logistics and promotion and you will be able to launch your career search by interacting with several notable local and national leaders in the social sector. The future of SIC is in your hands and it’s up to you to decide whether you want to sit on the sidelines and watch and see how it unfolds or whether you want to take an active part in shaping it by applying to be a FY Speakers and Events Coordinator.

Responsibilities:
-Support Footprints and Events chair by designing and implementing events of your choosing
-Participate in forming and contacting a notable list of speakers for SIC general meetings and special events
-Support Footprints team as needed

Title: Conservation Week Managers
Works closely with: Business & Environment Chair (Vivek Sasikumar)
Time Commitment: 5/hrs per week terms 1 and 2
Positions Available: 2
Ideal for: First years passionate about the environment
Questions?: vivek.sasikuma@fuqua.duke.edu

Overview:
This year is going to be a busy year for the Business and Environment group. Our plan is to scale up the wildly successful Conservation week but change it by putting more organization to it and we need some first years with some creative ideas and a passion for the environment to really take the lead on that. I want the first years to really create a template that will allow first years in the future to have an operational infrastructure to work with.

Title: “Be Green”Super-SIP Managers
Works closely with: Business & Environment Chair (Vivek Sasikumar)
Time Commitment: 5/hrs per week terms 1 and 2
Positions Available: 2
Ideal for: Entrepreneurial first years interested in pursuing a “green”career
Questions?: vivek.sasikuma@fuqua.duke.edu

Overview:
We are planning to launch a Business and Environment career fair. These two managers will be responsible for helping recruit organizations, logistics, pretty much soup-to-nuts. For this position you will be operating in a white space. You must be comfortable creating something from scratch, so I highly encourage first years with a passion for the environment who have an entrepreneurial spirit to join me. This event will be as small or as grand as the first year who joins wants it to be. So those who can think big are preferred!

Title: Fundraising Managers
Works closely with: Fundraising Co-Chairs (Lyle Ross, Tim Hagerty)
Time Commitment: 1 hr/week Terms 1-2; 5 hrs/week Terms 3-4
Positions Available: 2
Ideal for: First years not necessarily pursuing employment in the social sector but interested in supporting their classmates and social interest programming at Fuqua
Questions?: lyle.ross@fuqua.duke.edu, timothy.hagerty@fuqua.duke.edu

Overview:
Without a dynamic fundraising team, SIC members would never have been able to take internships with key institutions that span the globe: from Nicaragua to Geneva. Good fundraising is also critical in allowing SIC to put on elaborate and provocative programming throughout the year. Last year’s team was highly successful, doubling this fund and we have our sites set on greater things this year! Associates support the cabinet in all aspects of fundraising, including corporate sponsorships and executing key SIC events including the highly-popular Give-A-Day “Stache Bash”.

Responsibilities:
-Organize and execute key fundraising events including Stache Bash and Cap and Gown Rentals
-Identify new potential resources and events for the Give-A-Day Campaign
-Benchmark and report on fundraising versus budget

Title: Outreach Manager
Works closely with: Outreach Chair (Daigo Yoda)
Time Commitment: 2/hrs per week all year
Positions Available: 1
Ideal for: First years interested in bringing SIC’s mission to other graduate programs, Net Impact professionals network. First years interested in community service and/or employment in the Raleigh-Durham area
Questions?:

Overview:
The Outreach Cabinet was created by a combination of last year’s membership development chair and community service chair. In short, our mandate is to raise awareness of the need for social impact within our community and also to liaise with the Duke GPSC (Graduate & Professional Student Council) on community projects. We need creative ideas and execution power to drive community projects, such as the “Million Meals”, a food packaging event for a Raleigh based NGO called Stop Hunger Now (www.stophungernow.org).

Responsibilities:
-Support Outreach cabinet in designing and implementing key programming; including SIC/GPSC networking reception
-Serve as primary liaison to Net Impact Professionals Chapter
-Serve as primary liaison with GPSC
-Execute 2008 Day in Durham

Title: Marketing Manager
Works closely with: Marketing & Communications Chair (Seth Groener)
Time Commitment: 2-3/hrs per week all year
Positions Available: 1
Ideal for: First years interested in obtaining a valuable brand experience going into marketing interviews as well as experience w/ cause marketing. Plus, with the power to create and customize SIC event materials, you’ll shape the way Fuquans see the club.
Questions?: seth.groener@fuqua.duke.edu

Overview:
The Social Impact Club received a lot of positive feedback about its clever marketing last year and we need a creative person to help us maintain our witty edge. This person will help with brand initiatives for the club and make sure efforts are consistent for all events. He or she will also work to update the club website, monitor and engage others in the SIC Blog, update club mall-way board, and work with club members to ensure SIC is adhering to the MBAA marketing guidelines. Lastly, this person will work to identify new channels to promote SIC events to the larger community and is tasked with seeing how technology can further difference SIC from other clubs on campus as well as other Net Impact Chapters across the country.

Responsibilities:
-Support Marketing & Communications Chair in club branding efforts
-Identify and implement new marketing opportunities for SIC events
-Document best practices for marketing efforts
-Assist in the building and maintenance of a network of 1st yrs from each section to assist in the communication of events and initiatives