Systems Biology Research Editor
September 30, 2009
Advertised at last weeks excellent Source event: Research editor for ‘Molecular Systems Biology’. Details from
Deadline 15/11/09
Quant jobs event
September 29, 2009
How I Became a Quant London:
Financial Engineers Give a Personal View
of their Careers in Quantitative Finance
Interested in a Career in Quantitative Finance
The recent explosive growth in quantitative finance has led mathematics, physics, computer science and engineering students of all levels to wonder whether a career or an advanced degree in quantitative finance is right for them. With the rapid increase in sophisticated quantitative and computational techniques employed in financial firms there has been increasing demand for students with highly quantitative backgrounds to work in the financial field and an increase in advanced degree programs covering these topics.
This forum is designed to give a personal view of the world of quantitative finance from the point of view of quantitative finance professionals with varying specialties. Without formulas or Microsoft Power Point, our panelists will share their own experiences and engage in a moderated discussion with plenty of time to answer student questions. A reception for students and panelists will be held after the event.
Sponsored and Hosted by:
R U Cre8ive?
September 28, 2009
Apologies for the textspeak – and this will probably only interest you if you are interested in the advertising Industry. The professional association of Advertising -the IPA – has launched a ‘diagnostic tool’ to help people assess if they are creative. Apparently it takes 90 minutes to complete and can be used as part of an application to get into advertising. Its called Diagonal Thinking.
If anyone has a yen to try it – do let me know how you get on by commenting on this post.
Work Experience Placements in Media Communications
September 24, 2009
Work Experience Placements at Vizeum
Are you interested in starting a career in Media Communications?
Vizeum is one of the most progressive media agencies in the UK and offering an exciting opportunity for graduate to undertake a 6-8 week work placement. There may even be an opportunity to join Vizeum at the end of the placement for the successful high achieving candidates.
What we do?
Vizeum offer the best combination of a small, dynamic culture (c100 people) with big network resources and capabilities from being part of Aegis Media, Isobar and Vizeum Global. This, together with the quality of our people, enables us to provide our clients with the best strategic thinking and the best trading and execution in media today.
Our client list is unique in the UK and includes many famous brands such as Coca-Cola, Heinz, npower, BMW, Eurostar, myspace, Panasonic, Molson Coors and 20th Century Fox.
Our mission statement, Start From a Different Place describes what we do, how we approach clients’ business and what we expect from everyone that joins us.
For further information go to www.aegismediagrads.co.uk or www.vizeum.co.uk
Selection criteria
Applicants should:
Have a passion and determination to succeed in the Media Communications industry
Job descriptions
Vizeum has recently restructured so that the focus lies in Clients, Media and Consumers. The teams that are offering work placements are the Client and Media teams. The focus of the Client team is planning whilst for Media it is implementation.
Planning
- Developing good relationships with clients, agency teams and external agencies
- Using key planning systems to generate insight and substantiation for media recommendations
- Management and updating of media plans
- Competitive and marketplace reports for clients
- Participation in generation of innovative and creative media ideas
- Work closely with specialist teams to ensure optimum execution of media strategies and plans
Media specialist
- Negotiating and trading with all media owners
- Assisting is implementation and monitoring of client campaigns
- Developing relationships with media owners and becoming a specialist / expert within a specific field
- Participation in generation of innovative and creative media ideas
- Develop knowledge of key systems to enable proficient processing of booking schedules
Job Description:
Actual tasks will vary depending on the discipline, however all graduates need to be talented, motivated and professional to be a success in our business. See our online brochure, which can be found at www.aegismediagrads.co.uk
Application process:
We would like you to complete 250 words on what motivates you to apply for a work placement at Vizeum and why you think you would be suited to working in the Media or Client team. Please email with your CV to recruitment@aemedia.com
Start Date:
ASAP
Closing Date:
Friday 9th October 2009
Religion and Social Activism Post
September 24, 2009
Post Title: Program Manager, Nyon Process on Religion and Social Activism
Reporting to: Director of Forward Thinking
Salary: £30,000 -£35,000 per annum depending on Experience)
Hours: 35 per week
Place: 84-86 Regent Street, London SE16 5RR UK
Closing Date for Applications: 30th September 2009
Position Description
The individual who would succeed in this position would require excellent cross-cultural dialogue and networking skills, including full comfort with and an ability to develop relationships of trust and respect with members of each of the main constituencies involved in the Nyon Process. A deep understanding of the areas of political and religious sensitivity as well as areas of opportunity to foster understanding and possibly cooperative action would also be required. Finally, the ability and work ethic needed to ensure timely follow-up on meetings of the Nyon Process, to develop funding proposals, and to manage – in coordination with partner organizations – the implementation of projects that may result from the Nyon Process. One project that requires priority attention is the establishment of a password-protected blog that would allow for intellectual and policy-oriented dialogue between members of the Nyon Process and their constituencies in the months between their regular meetings.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain contacts and relationships of trust with the main participants in the Nyon Process through regular visits, phone conversations, and e-mail communication
- Facilitate on-going communication between Nyon Process participants, including exchange of op-ed articles and publications, support for facilitated dialogue and/or cooperative action involving sub-sets of the participants in reaction to events and opportunities that develop on an ad hoc basis, and issuance of periodic updates to Nyon Process participants as appropriate
- Take the lead role in organizing Nyon Process meetings, beginning with the next meeting to be held in Istanbul, Turkey in late Summer 2009. Meeting organization includes: working with a core group of the Nyon Process to determine the agenda and participant list, working with the host Government to issue invitations and to ensure that all necessary arrangements are made (travel, accommodations, meeting space conducive to frank, open, and discrete dialogue, interpretation, etc.), and ensuring that all programmatic and logistical requirements are in place to support successful meetings.
- Ensure timely issuance of meeting reports and other follow-up from meetings
- Manage implementation of projects that arise from the Nyon Process with priority emphasis on those that may have policy-oriented results, including:
- Develop a strategy and clarify respective roles and responsibilities of diverse partner institutions’;
- Develop concept papers and fundraising proposals for projects;
- Facilitate and manage implementation for projects;
- Maintain any reporting requirements for Nyon Process participants and/or donors.
n As a first project, establish – in cooperation with think tanks and NGOs participating in the Nyon Process or otherwise identified as relevant to the process – a policy-oriented blog, including: developing a system to ensure regular contributions and dialogue from diverse perspectives, including from members of the N yon Process directly; a system for bringing insights from the blog to the attention of relevant policy-advisors and policy-makers as appropriate; and a system to manage the technical aspects of the blog.
Skills and qualifications
Required
- 5 or more years experience in facilitating or supporting international or cross-cultural conflict resolution projects or dialogue processes, including with high-level officials
- 5 or more years experience in international program development and management, including fundraising (proposal writing and reporting) and program implementation and management
- Demonstrated cross-cultural communications and networking ability, preferably including the Middle East, Europe, and/or the United States and including high-level officials
- Ability to work with multiple implementing partners
- Fully bilingual (Arabic and English) speaking and writing ability
- Experience in dealing with both religious and secular worldviews
Preferred
- Advanced degree in conflict resolution or related field (political science, religion & politics, etc.)
- Technical capacity to develop and manage a website and blog
Europe / Russia and FSU Interns
September 21, 2009
AKE’s intelligence team is looking for two interns, one to cover political and security issues in Europe (EU27 and Central/Eastern European countries) and another to analyse these same themes in Russia and the Former Soviet Union. Please note that these are separate positions and the role is unpaid.
The internship program includes:
Collection and analysis for dissemination of AKE intelligence from a number of sources and for a variety of end purposes, including:
• Analytical intelligence for a range of public and private sector clients
• Country intelligence reports
• Internal company reports and briefings
Requirements:
• The successful candidate will have a working knowledge of the overall trends in the region s/he has elected to cover, preferably with a specialist focus on one or two countries and a keen interest in the others.
• Fluent English and excellent written skills to produce first class analysis of political, security and strategic events in the region. Additional languages of the region are not a pre-requisite but are desirable.
• They will have at least an upper second-class Bachelors degree (but preferably educated to post-graduate level) in a relevant discipline. It would be advantageous to have an interest in economic policy and business issues as well as current affairs.
• A good command of IT skills is essential, particularly the use of word processing and internet packages.
Please send your CV and covering letter to intel@akegroup.com
Sub-Saharan Africa Intern
September 21, 2009
AKE is looking for a specialist intern in the political and security issues of Sub-Saharan Africa, to support the analytical team of AKE Intelligence. Please note that this position is unpaid.
The internship program includes:
Collection and analysis for dissemination of AKE intelligence from a number of sources and for a variety of end purposes, including:
• Assisting with updating of AKE’s online country intelligence services
• Analytical intelligence for a range of public and private sector clients
• Political risk consultancy
• Internal company reports and briefings
Requirements:
• The successful candidate will be a specialist in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
• They need to be able to produce (and prove the ability to produce) first class analysis of political and strategic events in the region.
• They will have at least an upper second-class Bachelors degree (but preferably educated to post-graduate level) in a relevant discipline. It would be advantageous to have some experience of the business sectors AKE works within.
• Further to this they will have a good appreciation of the business environment in Sub-Saharan Africa and a grasp of the security issues of the region.
• A good command of IT skills is essential, particularly the use of word processing and internet packages.
Please send your CV and covering letter to intel@akegroup.com.
South and Central Asia Intern
September 21, 2009
AKE is looking for a specialist intern in the political and security issues of Afghanistan and Pakistan to support the analytical team of AKE Intelligence. Please note that this position is unpaid.
The internship program includes:
Collection and analysis for dissemination of AKE intelligence from a number of sources and for a variety of end purposes, including:
• Analytical intelligence for a range of public and private sector clients
• Political risk consultancy
• Internal company reports and briefing
• Trend analysis and logging security incidents into AKE databases
Requirements:
• The successful candidate will be a specialist in the AfPak region.
• They need to be able to produce (and prove the ability to produce) first class analysis of political, security and strategic events in the region.
• They will have at least an upper second-class Bachelors degree (but preferably educated to post-graduate level) in a relevant discipline. It would be advantageous to have some experience of the business sectors AKE works within, particularly the media.
• A good command of IT skills is essential, particularly the use of word processing and internet packages.
Please send your CV and covering letter to intel@akegroup.com
Guy’s Campus Graduate Lounge Opening
September 21, 2009
Halloween Party – feel free to dress up!
Date: Friday October 30th
Location: Guy’s graduate lounge, Ground floor, Hodgkin Building, Guy’s campus.
Time: From 5pm
Drinks and food available
Speech coaching
September 21, 2009
I have a King’s postgrad student who wants to do some work on his spoken English to improve the way he engages in discussion in the Viva /Upgrade situation. If anyone has done this kind of coaching before and is happy to offer some time then let me know and I will put you in touch with him. Have an idea of how much you would charge per hour as this will be a ‘business arrangement’.
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