Apply for Positions in the National ASA

The National African Students Association, LLC is an organization committed to excellence, professionalism, and devotion to the progress of the African continent.  We are determined to accept leaders into our organization who demonstrate the potential to be an asset to our organization and the African continent.

Are you hard-working, determined, innovative, and a team player?  Then, please apply to become a board member in the National African Students Association!  Take the National ASA to the next level!

Please e-mail the following materials to nationalboard@nationalasa.org:

* The deadline for application is June 17th, 2011 at 11:59pm

Please note: If you are currently not a student, you can email us about being a part of the Advisory Board which is for post-graduates and professionals.  Email nationalboard@nationalasa.org for more information.

General Information:

What you need to send in:

• Resume
• National Leadership Application 2011
• Recommendations
• Supplemental Materials

Qualifications:

• Student must be in good academic standing.  We ask that applicants have a 3.0 GPA or above and if not, please explain this below.
• Student should be an active member of their local African student group, if one exists, and have held some leadership role in some capacity in that, or another, student group on their campus.  If student is currently not active in their African student group but would like to be a part of the National ASA, please explain your reason for inactivity below.  If an interested applicant has had no leadership experience, please indicate this below.  These will be handled on a case by case basis.
• To apply for the National Board, applicants must be enrolled in an institution of higher learning.

Recommendations:

To apply for Board positions, you will need to send in at least one letter recommendation. These recommendations can be about one page or more.

• Recommendations can come from a Faculty Member, Group Advisor, Staff, Co-worker, or Community Member/ Elder, or African student group member. No recommendations from relatives.
• For National Board positions, especially President, Vice President, Director of Communication, and Director of Finance, please send in two recommendations. One being from the Executive Board or Advisor of your African Student Group and the other a person being of your choosing.
• Recommendations must demonstrate individual’s potential for leadership, dedication and commitment, diligence, teamwork capacity, and why they would be a positive contribution to the National ASA.

Tips for Successful Process:

• Do not be intimidated  by the application process!
• Check your email regularly in case we need some information from you or would like to schedule an interview.
• Use spell check and grammar check on your application, as such things will count against you.
• Give the email subject the appropriate title to ensure appropriate processing.
• During the interview, be ready to answer standard interview questions and be knowledgeable about the organization.

Mail Applications to:

National Leadership Application 2011

Questions? Concerns? Problems? Don’t hesitate to email us at nationalboard@nationalasa.org! Please give us two business days to reply.