Call for applications for financial positions in the Student Union and Ylva
NEWS
The Student Union’s Board is looking for active students interested in and familiar with the Student Union’s finances for the boards of Ylva and Ylioppilaslehden Kustannus Ltd. The students act as equal members of the Board with the duty to advance the interests of the company while listening to the owner.
The central criteria in the selections are
- the individual’s commitment to the position and
- their experience and understanding of the operations of Ylva or Ylioppilaslehti.
We require them to be prepared to focus on the duties and to have the courage to be active on the board. The administrative language is Finnish, and the applicants are expected to be able to work in Finnish. In the final selections, we will strive to achieve equal representation of different genders and to select members from at least three Representative Council groups.
A two-part Ylva Business School will be organised as training for those selected for the financial positions. The first part will tentatively be held in the end of April and the second one later in the spring. We hope that the selected individuals will be able to participate in the training. The term of the boards is from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
Open positions
Ylva’s Board
Ylva is a responsible, student-owned corporate group with solid financial standing, operating in real estate, restaurant, accommodation and investment business. Our next few years are defined by significant construction projects in the central areas of Helsinki, and we aim to be a pioneer in corporate social responsibility and ethicality in all of Finland.
Ylva’s Board acts as the board of its parent community, HYY’s property funds, as well as the board of Ylva Palvelut Ltd and its corporate group. The Board’s duties include preparing the target budgets for properties owned by the Student Union as well as the financial statements and property affairs that are decided by the Representative Council. The Board also oversees the implementation of real estate finances and approves property investments under its jurisdiction. Ylva’s Board further directs and supervises the Student Union’s investment activities.
In 2019, Ylva’s turnover was almost €40M and, at the end of the year, it had around 170 employees. Serving on Ylva’s Board and involvement in ownership cooperation require the student member to invest a large amount of their time to the duties, which is why they are paid a meeting fee as remuneration. Further information on Ylva is available at Ylva’s website.
Three (3) individual student members will be selected for Ylva’s Board.
Pre-assignment for candidates
The pre-assignment can be maximum of three (3) pages in total.
- Make a STEEP analysis on Ylva’s real estate, investment and restaurant business, and discuss how Ylva’s Board should take the conclusions of your analysis into account.
- How do Ylva’s objectives on sustainability and responsibility affect its operations? If you wish, you can describe your vision for achieving the objectives.
- Make a SWOT analysis on HYY without membership fee in Ylva’s perspective.
- How do you see the role of Ylva’s Board in Ylva and your role in the Board?
Instructions on applying to Ylva’s Board
The applications of candidates recommended by Representative Council groups are collected and sent, along with their attachments, to hallinto@hyy.fi by the chair of the Representative Council group. Representative Council groups may nominate more than one person for the position.
In other cases, the pre-assignments and free-form applications along with CVs should be addressed to HYY’s Board and sent electronically to hallinto@hyy.fi. Attach an application letter that describes your motivation and skills (maximum length of 1000 characters) as well as a CV (maximum length of 1 page) as separate documents.
The applications should arrive by 11.59 pm on Monday 28 February. Late applications will not be considered.
The recruitment working group will process the pre-assignment documents anonymously during the first stage of the process. After this the application letter and CV will be processed without anonymisation. The selection will be done with overall consideration but primarily based on the pre-assignments. The documents may contain visual elements such as graphs and should be delivered as PDF files.
If needed the recruitment working group may arrange interviews for the applicants. The possible interviews will be held between Monday 7 March and Friday 11 March.
The Board and Chair of the Board of Ylioppilaslehden Kustannus Ltd
Ylioppilaslehti is one of the oldest student magazines in the world, with one of the widest circulations, too. Ylioppilaslehti is a unique institution in the Finnish media field and deals with societal and cultural phenomena before others have even realised they exist.
The Board of Ylioppilaslehden Kustannus Ltd handles financial matters related to the publishing and marketing of the magazine and proposes the annual target budget and financial statement for the Board of the Student Union to approve. The administrative language is Finnish, and the applicants are expected to be able to work in Finnish.
One (1) individual student will be selected for Chair of the Board and three to seven (3-7) individual student members will be selected for Ylioppilaslehden Kustannus Ltd.
Pre-assignment for candidates for the Chair of the Board
The pre-assignment can be maximum of three (3) pages in total.
- How do you see the role of the chair of the Board of Ylioppilaslehden Kustannus Ltd in relation to the Board, the editorial staff and the owner?
- What do you see as the greatest challenges and opportunities of Ylioppilaslehden Kustannus Ltd in the future? Why?
- Compare Ylioppilaslehti to other Finnish magazines. Justify your answer.
Pre-assignment for candidates for Members of the Board
The pre-assignment can be maximum of one (1) page in total.
- Compare Ylioppilaslehti to other Finnish magazines. Justify your answer.
Instructions on applying to the Board and Chair of the Board of Ylioppilaslehden Kustannus Ltd
The applications of candidates recommended by Representative Council groups are collected and sent, along with their attachments, to hallinto@hyy.fi by the chair of the Representative Council group. Representative Council groups may nominate more than one person for the position.
In other cases, the pre-assignments and free-form applications along with CVs should be addressed to HYY’s Board and sent electronically to hallinto@hyy.fi. Attach an application letter that describes your motivation and skills (maximum length of 1000 characters). Those applying for the chair’s position are also expected to send a separate CV with a maximum length of 1 page.
The applications should arrive by 11.59 pm on Monday 28 February. Late applications will not be considered.
The recruitment working group will process the pre-assignment documents anonymously during the first stage of the process. After this the application letter and CV will be processed without anonymisation. The selection will be done with overall consideration but primarily based on the pre-assignments. The documents may contain visual elements such as graphs and should be delivered as PDF files.
HYY emphasises diversity and equality in its activities. We hope to receive as many applications as possible from people with different backgrounds. Members of Ylva’s Supervisory Board, the Student Union’s Board or the University Board cannot act as members of Ylva’s Board at the same time. The student members of Ylva’s Board must currently study at the University of Helsinki. The maximum number of terms in Ylva’s Board is two (four years in total). Training will be provided for the selected individuals at the beginning of their term.
Further information
Mikko Kanervo
Member of HYY’s Board in charge of Ylva
mikko.kanervo@hyy.fi
046 921 7850
