Mission
To inspire, inform and influence the global community of young professional engineers, supporting and promoting technology innovation to meet the needs of society.
Objectives
What do we want to achieve?
- Young professionals are contributing to the IET’s wider strategy
- Young professionals understand and experience the value of being involved with the IET
- Young professionals have the opportunity to share knowledge and experience
- Raise the profile and awareness of young professionals within the IET.
Strategy
What will we do to achieve it?
- Undertake projects to address key issues that impact young professionals
- Showcase role models that young professionals can aspire to
- Provide platforms and opportunities for young professionals to build their personal networks
- Contribute to content that young professionals will find interesting and useful
- Improve communications to young professionals on the platforms that they like to use.
YPC constitution
The Committee has a total of 13 defined positions, as follows. Unless specified, these positions are not location-specific to ensure our Global YP volunteer and membership base is represented. Each year (October to September), there is an opportunity to apply for a position on the committee.
- Chair
- Vice-Chair
- Past Chair
- Ordinary Members (6 positions)
- A current IET Member and be able to bring the perspective of a region within the UK.
- Ordinary Member (International) (2 positions)
- A current IET Member and be able to bring an international perspective.
Representative Positions
We also have three audience-specific representative roles, each with a one-year term:
- Student Representative (UK)
- A current IET Student Member, under 30 years old, and based in the UK.
- Student Representative (International)
- A current IET Student Member, under 30 years old, and based outside the UK.
- Apprentice Representative
- A current IET Member who is an apprentice and under 30 years old.