International Pharmaceutical Students Federation

Pan American Regional Office

Call for Pan American Regional Office Positions

Regional Working Group

Second round

The Pan American Regional Office (PARO) is calling interested pharmacy students from all the IPSFs
associations from the Americas to join the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation as part of
the PAROs team on the Executive Committee and Regional Working Group. The appointment of
Subcommittee members will follow throughout the year.

For all the positions, you must be able to work on throughout the year in your position and have regular
internet access. You must be reachable throughout your entire term, until October 2018. All the positions
are invited to attend the 63rd and/or 64th IPSF World Congress, 11th and/or 12th IPSF Pan American Regional
Symposium and your committee/subcommittee meeting, if one is scheduled. However, it is not
obligatory.

If you are interested in a particular position listed here, you shall submit the completed Nomination Form
and a Motivation Letter with less than 300 words and send the documents to the PARO Secretary
(secretary@paro.ipsf.org) before the deadline for applications.

The Chairperson of PARO appointment and the election of the Regional Working Group Officers will
happen during the 14th PARO Regional Assembly at the 11th Pan American Regional Symposium from July
3 to July 9, 2017. The election of the Chairperson of PARO will happen during the IPSF General Assembly.

Candidates for both Chairperson and Regional Working Group Officer positions must prepare an oral
presentation with maximum duration of 3 minutes to present at the applicable assemblies.

All the nomination forms (with Motivation Letter) must be submitted to secretary@paro.ipsf.org no
later than July 7, 2017, 14:59 (2:59 pm) CT (Mexico City, Mexico time).
 Executive Position

Chairperson of the Pan American Regional Office

As the Chairperson, you are responsible for:

Representing the Regional Office

Co-coordinating and overseeing the implementation of IPSF projects and activities in the region
Ensuring sound financial standing and administration
Establishing further relations with student and professional organizations in the region
Overseeing the organization of regional events
Offering leadership and direction towards strategic goals

As Chairperson of the Regional Office, you are also a member of the IPSF Executive Committee and
therefore will have to correspond regularly with Executive Members. You shall promote IPSF and your
Regional Office through all means; monitor progress on projects and activities; actively investigate and
follow up on opportunities for strategic development and to make any public announcements on behalf
of the IPSF Regional Office.

Confidence and proficiency in oral and written English, presentation and communication skills as well as
effective time management and organizational skills are important to the position.

Hence, the ability to lead and work well in a team is vital to be innovative in solving problems, ensuring
projects follow timelines and action plans, and to implement new projects and ideas. Previous experience
in a leadership role is preferred.

To meet these responsibilities, its highly recommended for the Chairperson to travel to attend local,
regional and international events, such as the Executive Meetings (EM1: September~October; EM2:
February~March; EM3: prior to World Congress), IPSF World Congress (July~August), and the IPSF Pan
American Regional Symposium (June~July) for next year.

For more information on the position, please write to chairperson@paro.ipsf.org.

 Regional Working Group Positions

Regional Projects Officer (RPO)

As the Regional Projects Officer, you are responsible for coordinating the implementation of IPSF projects
at the regional level. Thus, you will be required to work closely with the relevant IPSF Committees and
Chairpersons as a co-opted member of the IPSF Public Health, Pharmacy Education, Professional
Development and Policy committees. For the RPO, this means being involved in each of these committees
and helping with tasks whenever possible and/or necessary. You will not be responsible for any projects
in these committees unless it is not part of the Regional Working Group wishes.

The main job of the Regional Projects Officer is to focus on projects in the Region. For PARO, the focus
projects are currently the Diabetes & Healthy Living Awareness Campaigns and the Vampire Cup
Challenge. These campaigns will have a bigger focus and will require more effort from the team. Apart
from these, the RPO is also responsible for other publications during the year when there are no focus
campaigns. These follow the WHO calendar for health days such World Tuberculosis Day and World
Immunization Week. The RPO chairs the PARO Public Health subcommittee who will assist them in
developing these campaigns. In doing so, the Regional Projects Officer will also be responsible for the
promotion of the approved projects and will work very closely with the Regional Media and Publications
Officer to develop appropriate promotional materials. Having a creative streak would be beneficial for
the Regional Projects Officer as the position requires extensive work with publications and promotional
materials. The ability to use Photoshop or other related programs is important, but if you do not possess
these skills yet, they can be learned.

The RPO will also be required to maintain some degree of communication with member countries in the
promotion and implementation of IPSF projects at the national level. Because of the variety of projects
that the RPO may be involved with, and the many people that they have to cooperate closely with, it is
important for the Regional Projects Officer to have impeccable communication skills, time management
and organization. The process to publish materials requires careful planning to meet all the deadlines,
allowing time for translations and review of all material.

For more information on the position, please write to rpo@paro.ipsf.org.