Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Location: Urbana, IL
Posted: 06/29/2013
Type: Full Time
Education: MA required, PhD preferred
Deadline: July 15, 2013

The Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies seeks to hire an Associate Director to assist the Director in all aspects of CEAPS activities, including academic programming, grant development and management, and coordination of outreach activity.

Responsibilities

1) Assist the Director in the oversight of the daily functioning of CEAPS:

Assist the Director in setting and implementing operational policies and procedures for handling administrative matters.
Office coordination, including supervising civil service staff in absence of Director.
2) Program creation and implementation (e.g., conferences, workshops):
With creative input from Faculty and Director, create programming including conferences and workshops for faculty, students, and community that create synergies. Itinerary development and logistical arrangement in consultation with Director, communicate with visiting speakers, organize related CEAPS and other on-campus activities and meals, develop announcements and publicity materials, delegate tasks to CEAPS staff, and communicate all plans to participants and CEAPS staff and faculty.
Work with other International Studies Center Associate Directors (on a rotating basis) in coordinating and running the Joint Area Centers Symposium each year.
3) Organize and develop outreach activities including educational workshops and programs (e.g., for K-12 teachers, business, media and the community):
Collect and develop educational materials for use by pre-college students, teachers, and community groups; media liaison and internet-based outreach; Itinerary development and logistical arrangement in consultation with Director, communicate with all speakers, organize related CEAPS and other on-campus activities and meals, develop announcements and publicity materials, delegate tasks to CEAPS staff, and communicate all plans to participants and CEAPS staff and faculty.
4) Develop and manage grants:
Identify and coordinate grant-writing efforts for the Center.
5) Create yearly newsletter.
Solicit and generate content for the newsletter, edit and produce newsletter with assistance of Graduate Assistants.

Qualifications
Required: Master’s degree. Initiative and ability to work well as a member of a team of faculty and staff to help implement the day-to-day activities of the Center and help chart its future directions.

Preferred: Ph.D. preferred in a social science or humanities discipline with a concentration on East Asia, Southeast Asia or the Pacific. Conversational fluency in an Asian language (highly preferred). Some experience relevant to effective management of our joint (with Indiana University) U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center (including computer skills which include management of databases and on-line reporting). Experience or interest in other Pacific cultures; excellent communication, managerial, supervision and organizational skills, ability to work effectively with diverse constituencies both in and beyond the University (i.e., faculty, staff, students and foreign visitors) and be able to coordinate many diverse efforts (from on-campus programming to off-campus outreach).

Full application details at HigherEdJobs.com.