Committee Director Application

The 2025 NMUN•Canada leadership team is currently accepting applications to fill four committee Director positions. Please read below for detailed instructions and guidelines, and do not hesitate to contact dsg.canada@nmun.org with any questions you may have about the application, the conference, or the responsibilities of the committee Director positions.

Applications are due on Friday 25 April 2025, 11:59 PM (EASTERN)

RESPONSIBILITIES & EXPECTATIONS

Committee Directors are the primary officials in their respective committees and are therefore responsible, with input from the Assistant Director (AD), for the substantive and logistical affairs of the committee. They are expected to remain current on all of their committee's topic areas and be well-versed in NMUN Rules of Procedure.

Directors are responsible for researching and writing one of the topics for committee Background Guides within the deadlines set by the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General. They will also edit the work of their AD and should maintain a strong mentoring relationship with their AD.

FINANCIAL & TIME CONSIDERATIONS

Volunteers must be available to attend NMUN•Canada from 22-29 November 2025. This period is inclusive of Conference training.

Shared lodging and air transportation are paid for by National Model United Nations (up to certain maximums).

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

NMUN•Canada requires applicants to have a minimum of three full years of staff experience, in a Director or higher position, specifically at NMUN•NY, to ensure the highest quality in writing, directing, and mentoring of ADs.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name:*

First NameMiddle NameLast Name

Email:*

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Phone Number:*

Country CodeArea CodePhone Number

Skype Username:

Address:*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip CodeCountry

In November 2025, from which country will you be traveling?

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

Country

Years on NMUN•NY Staff as Director or Higher Position*

What was the most recent position you held as a staff member at NMUN•NY?*

COMMITTEE PREFERENCE

In 2025, NMUN•Canada will simulate the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the Human Rights Council (HRC), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Please rank your committee preference from 1 to 4, with 1 being the committee you most prefer to staff (your first choice) and 4 being your least preferred committee to staff.

	1 (most prefer)	2	3	4 (least prefer)
UNDP
HRC
UNEA
UNESCO

Is there a specific topic or region you have expertise in?

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

COVER LETTER

In your Cover Letter, please discuss the following:

Your reasons for applying for a Director position;
Your plan for mentoring your AD through the writing process, preparing your AD for the Conference, and involving your AD in the management of committee;
Examples of mistakes and successes in your mentoring of NMUN staffers in the past and how that has impacted your mentoring approach; and
Whether you plan to staff upcoming/future NMUN conferences, including NMUN•DC 2025 and NMUN•NY 2026.

CV/RESUME

Please include all prior staff positions you have held at all NMUN conferences.

WRITING SAMPLE

Please submit your most recent NMUN Background Guide first draft (for example, your topic's Main Draft that you submitted to NMUN•NY before edits from Volunteer Senior Staff were made).

If you are unable to submit a previous Background Guide draft, please submit a writing sample, with footnoted citations, of no more than five pages (this can be an excerpt from a larger piece of work).

Please ensure that your Writing Sample indicates when it was written and for what conference or purpose it was written.

Cover Letter*

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CV/RESUME*

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Writing Sample*

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REFERENCES

Please provide the names and contact information for two NMUN references. One reference should be a NMUN•NY volunteer staff member who supervised you. The other reference should be a volunteer staff member that you have mentored. Please provide an explanation of your working relationship with the references listed.

First Reference:*

Second Reference:*

By clicking the Submit button below:

I hereby authorize the NMUN•Canada leadership team to conduct inquiries on my performance and professional demeanor, as well as any other information deemed necessary, and to contact the individuals listed above as well as any other individuals with whom I have had a professional relationship at current and previous National Model United Nations (NMUN) conferences for reference checks; and
I authorize these individuals to disclose all information related to my volunteer tenure at NMUN, including, but not limited to, performance during the writing process, performance in committee sessions, and professionalism.