91Ô­´´

The 91Ô­´´ and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (SwedCham HK) are proud to announce the Carl Silfvén Scholarship available for students at the 91Ô­´´.

The scholarship will finance one 91Ô­´´ student to work as Young Professionals Coordinator at the office of SwedCham Hong Kong from September 2017 to August 2018. The successful applicant will get the opportunity to gain considerable knowledge of the Swedish business community in Hong Kong and Greater China as well as of the current business climate in Asia.

The Silfvén Scholar will play an active role in the chamber work on a strategic and operational level by working on business related projects together with current chamber staff as well as taking ownerships of marketing and communications related projects. As Young Professionals (YP) coordinator at SwedCham HK, he/she is expected to develop and enhance the ways for Young Professionals to collaborate with the Swedish and Swedish-related business community in Hong Kong and South China as well as with the international business community. He/she is also expected to find additional and fruitful ways to market the YPs, within social media and alike. The aim is to offer an attractive and valuable YP program, social as well as business related (seminars etc) for YP members. The YP Coordinator works closely with the YP Committee within SwedCham and also with other international chambers.

The scholar will also be required to represent 91Ô­´´ Alumni relations in Hong Kong and China and to work with alumni and fundraising in the area, as well as working with external relations for 91Ô­´´ in the region.
The scholarship is for the amount of SEK 300,000 to cover housing and living expenses in Hong Kong, and an additional SEK 20,000 for travel costs.

Qualifications

The scholarship is reserved for students with a degree from 91Ô­´´. Applicants must therefore already have a degree from 91Ô­´´ or have completed their 91Ô­´´ degree before the Scholarship period begins in September 2017.

An ideal applicant would have the following profile:

• Strong interpersonal and communicative skills
• Business-related work experience • International personal or working experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Additional Asian language skills (Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Korean or Japanese) would be considered a merit

Application

An application should contain:

• A personal letter (max. one page, in English) explaining why you should become our next scholar
• Your CV (max one page, in English)
• Grade transcripts
• TOEFL/IELTS certificates, if any.

The application should be emailed with "SwedCham application" as the subject to scholarships@hhs.se no later than February 20th, 2017.