• NMUN•NY 2022 Staff Application

    Thank you for your interest in serving on the volunteer staff for National Model United Nations•New York 2022. The 2022 Executive Staff team will be accepting applications via this online application form. Please read below for more detailed instructions and guidelines. Your application must be received no later than 14 May 2021 at 11:59pm ET. 

    If you have any questions, please contact us at dsg.ny@nmun.org or secgen.ny@nmun.org.

    RESPONSIBILITIES & EXPECTATIONS

    NMUN volunteers work as part of a diverse, international team and build skills in facilitation of debate, conflict resolution, and customer service while learning alongside delegates about emerging global issues. In addition, members of substantive staff receive publishing credit for their work on the background guides. One of the greatest rewards is often the lifelong friendships formed among volunteers.

    Serving on staff is also a significant time commitment. Applicants should carefully review the full position descriptions (available here) to ensure they can fulfill all requirements.

    FINANCIAL & TIME CONSIDERATIONS

    • NMUN•NY offers training, provides shared New York hotel accommodations and limited refreshments, and reimburses some travel expenses;

    • Volunteers should be available to attend the 2022 NMUN•NY conference 1-8 April 2022 (Conference A) or 8-15 April 2022 (Conference B).

    • Typically, Directors come to NY for a fall training one of the first two weekends in October. Due to COVID-19 considerations, plans for training are under review; if held, no one feeling uneasy about travel would be required to attend. 
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  • Travel Eligibility

  • Please review U.S. State Department visa guidelines to answer the next question.

  • Conference Availability

  • Institutional Affiliations

  • NMUN Experience

  • Hiring Preferences

  • Position Preferences

    Please rank the position(s) you are applying for in order of preference (1 = most preferred). If you are not interested in a specific position, please select "N/A."

    Applicants for Director (Committee or Information Services) must have at least one year of prior NMUN staff experience.     This does not include chair and rapporteur service.

  • Committee Preferences

  • Please rank your preferred committee size (1 = most preferred).

  • Application

    Please combine the following documents into one PDF file and attach below. Please name your file Last Name, First Name - 2022 Staff Application (e.g. Smith, Jane - 2022 Staff Application). If you do not name your file as requested, your application may not be considered.

    1. Cover Letter (3 pages max.)

    Please ensure your Cover Letter includes the following information:

    • How will you contribute to the educational mission of NMUN and promote an inclusive environment? 

    • How have you grown in your previous MUN experiences, and how do you hope to grow this year? Please identify specific skills and competencies which you would like to learn or improve.

    • Describe your ideal working environment, including how you prefer to give and receive feedback, how you manage your needs in high-stress situations, and what kind of support you need to succeed in your role.

    • Deadlines and Communication: Although a volunteer program, NMUN•NY has many deadlines that staff members are expected to meet. Staff members are also expected to respond to conference-related communications within 24-48 hours, with any exceptions cleared with your Under-Secretary-General. What is your plan for meeting NMUN•NY deadlines once given and what will you do if you cannot meet a deadline? What challenges do you foresee with respect to communication and how would you address them?

    If you are a returning staff member, please address the following (in addition to the prompts above):

    • If you were previously unable to fulfill your NMUN obligations for any reason, how will you prevent or manage these challenges in 2022?

    • If applying for Director (Committee or Information Services), how will you identify and meet the mentoring needs of your team? Reflecting on mentors and leaders in your own life, describe what you appreciate most as a mentee and how this relates to your own mentorship style.

    2. Résumé / CV (2 pages max.)

    Your current résumé (no more than two pages). List all prior National Model United Nations experience you have (general MUN conferences are not required). Please detail countries represented and committees simulated as a delegate, as well as any experiences as chair, rapporteur, or conference staff.

    3. Hypothetical Questions (1 page max.)

    Starting on a new page, address how you would handle the following hypothetical situation(s) in no more than 100 words per scenario. Provide responses to all situations if you are applying for both substantive and administrative positions.

    If applying for a Committee position:

    1. You're on the Dais with your dais partner, your chair and your rapporteur. It's Tuesday morning, and the work is piling up: working papers are coming in, notes reach the Dais, your dais partner is complaining about their rapporteur and during a suspension you notice that your Chair is walking around giving feedback to delegates' working papers. What do you do?

    2. While in suspension, you are walking among the delegates in the halls of the Hilton. While you are there, a Faculty advisor sees your Staff badge and immediately approaches you. They begin with a litany of concerns about CCPCJ a committee that you do not sit on. They are concerned that their delegation has not been on the speaker's list for three hours. How would you respond?

    3. During chairing you take 2 motions to set the agenda, 1 motion to suspend the meeting for 20 minutes, and another to suspend the meeting for 10 minutes, and one delegate raises a point of order. In what order do you entertain these motions and why?

    If applying for a Conference Management position:

    1. You have several tasks that you have been asked to assist with; you need to upload draft resolutions to the Hub, a committee needs assistance editing a working paper, and there are several delegates waiting for help in Information Services. How would you address this situation and organize your response to these tasks?

    2. You find yourself in regular disagreement with a member of your logistics team during the conference. You think they give delegates incorrect information and take too long to complete tasks, or they are not including you in making decisions. How would you address this situation?

    3. You are approached by a delegate who says they never received their placard from their faculty advisor. When you inform the delegate that there is a $10 fee for a new placard, he becomes very upset. Please describe how you would address this situation.

    4. Writing Sample (3 pages max.)

    Please submit a writing sample, with footnoted or in-text citations, of no more than three pages with your application (this can be an excerpt from a larger piece of work). The writing sample should not have gone through significant editing or revisions from external editors. At the beginning of the writing sample, please indicate for what purpose and when (month/year) it was written. Please do not submit a background guide written for any MUN conference.

    To submit your application:

    Combine all above documents into a single PDF file and name the file according to "Last Name, First Name - 2022 Staff Application" (e.g. Smith, Jane - 2022 Staff Application). Press "Choose File" below and select your PDF application. This will attach the document to your submission form.

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