Tag: administrative position

Gates Foundation: Global Policy & Advocacy (USA)

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Senior Program Assistant, Global Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA. Position open until filled (posted 13 December 2021).

The mission of the Global Policy & Advocacy (GPA) division at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is to understand and shape the public policy debates affecting the foundation’s work, build support for its major program and policy objectives, and develop partnerships and alliances that can advance the foundation’s objectives nationally and globally. The division works in close partnership with grantees, our colleagues in the Global Health, Global Development, Global Growth & Opportunity, U.S. and Gender Equality programs and Foundation Communications to build the environment in which all people have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives. The Program Advocacy and Communications (PAC) team works in partnership with program teams and other teams in Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) to achieve their policy and finance goals by developing and coordinating the execution of advocacy and communications strategies, leveraging leadership and foundation voice to implement advocacy strategies, etc.

Loughborough U: International Student Coordinator (UK)

“JobInternational Student Coordinator, Student Services,
Loughborough University, England, UK. Deadline: 4 January 2022.

“This role will lead on the development and delivery of the Pre-sessional Orientation (supporting the Pre-sessional Programmes) including management of the Student Support team order to ensure the provision of appropriate pastoral support for all pre-sessional students. The role will also work proactively with relevant colleagues across the institution to enhance support for international student induction, transition, engagement and overall experience. In addition, the postholder will be required to develop and deliver some English language support.

The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills with a high level of intercultural awareness in order to support international students’ adaptation to a UK university and in collaboration with relevant colleagues. You should be a graduate with substantial experience of providing support for international students, preferably within an HE context as well as having significant experience of planning, coordinating and delivering events and/or projects. You will also hold an English language teaching qualification and have experience of teaching English to speakers of other languages. You must be fluent in English, both written and oral, and have excellent IT skills.”

Call for Nominations: Communication & Race Editor

Professional Opportunities

Call for Nominations/ Applications: Communication and Race, Editor-elect. Deadline: January 31, 2022.

 

The journal Communication and Race is a new peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. The journal publishes original scholarship on the centrality of race, racism, and colonialism to the praxis of communication. The journal contributes in distinct ways to the Communication discipline by building on the theories and epistemologies of Black, Ethnic, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian studies scholars.

During 2022, NCA’s Publications Council will nominate an Editor-Elect (or co-Editors- Elect) for the new journal. The appointed Editor, who will serve as the journal’s founding Editor, will begin processing manuscripts early in 2023, and will oversee the volumes for 2024-2026. The journal is to be published four times each year.

Everyday Peace Indicators: Project Coordinator (Sri Lanka)

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Project Coordinator,
Everyday Peace Indicators (EPI), Sri Lanka. Deadline: 20 December 2021.

Everyday Peace Indicators (EPI) is engaged in a long-term research project in Sri Lanka that aims to build knowledge about local understandings and dynamics of reconciliation. Specifically, we are working with the US Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) to gather data about perceptions of peace and reconciliation in 30 communities throughout Sri Lanka to inform the Social Cohesion and Reconciliation (SCORE) Activity funded by USAID. As outlined on our website, EPI uses a unique, participatory approach called Everyday Peace Indicators.

After a significant pause due to COVID-19, EPI will reinitiate its on-the-ground activities in Sri Lanka in early 2022. As such, EPI requires a project coordinator to manage local activities, assist with qualitative and quantitative research, and liaise with partner organizations and EPI staff in the USA. The EPI coordinator will be hired on a one-year fulltime contract with the possibility of extension, pending satisfactory performance. Project guidance will be provided by Professor Pamina Firchow from Brandeis University and Dr. Leslie MacColman from the Ohio State University.

City U Macau: Global Exchange Office (China)

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Head of the Global Exchange Office, City University of Macau, Macau, China. Deadline: 20 December 2021.

 

The City University of Macau is now inviting applications for the Head of their Global Exchange Office. Job description and qualifications include:

  • Assist the senior management in steering the development of the University in global affairs according to its vision & mission;
  • Responsible for the University’s global strategies. global education, exchange programs, and the University’s institutional development and partnerships in mainland;
  • Liaise collaborations and partnerships with international universities and corporations;
  • Responsible for agreements and MOUs with external entities;
  • Responsible for Study Abroad Programs;
  • Responsible for international visits by university delegations;
  • Responsible for other University affairs as assigned.

One to World: Director of Global Classroom (USA)

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Director of Global Classroom, One to World, New York, NY, USA. Deadline: open until filled (posted 3 November 2021).

 

One To World, Inc. (OTW) is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to foster intercultural understanding by creating face-to-face and virtual experiences among local communities, international students and Fulbright scholars. OTW’s flagship program, Global Classroom, selects and trains international college and university students and scholars to become volunteer facilitators known as “Global Guides.” With the support of the Global Classroom (GC) staff, Global Guides lead thematic, interactive and globally-focused workshops for K-12 students in the New York and New Jersey areas. As a member of the senior management team, the Director of Global Classroom will build on the GC program’s past success to expand its reach and impact.

Obama Foundation: Global Program Associates (USA)

“JobGlobal Program Associate positions (Europe and Asia Pacific); Global Program and Learning Design Senior Associate, Obama Foundation, Chicago, IL & Washington, DC. Deadline: Open until filled.

The Program Associates function as key members of the Global Programs Team and reports to the relevant Program Manager. In pursuit of the Foundation’s mission, Global Program Associates support a strategy to inspire, empower, and connect the next generation of leaders. Regional leadership development programs support emerging leaders from across sectors to build more prosperous, sustainable, equitable, and inclusive communities in their respective regions and around the world. In addition to supporting the program lifecycle for a specific geographic region, Associates will serve as a member of the team’s Strategic Operations cohort, working closely with other program associates in different regions to coordinate and streamline operations-related planning and implementation across the Global Programs team and the Foundation as a whole.

The Global Program & Learning Design Senior Associate will support the continued development of the Foundation’s leadership framework and the lifecycle of curriculum design and implementation, from collecting research and designing user testing that inform our leadership approach, to supporting teams in tailoring the Foundation’s leadership framework and curricula to various programmatic audiences. This position would have additional responsibilities in supporting the design and implementation of leadership programming in the United States. The Senior Associate will work closely with external design partners and subject matter experts, and will regularly collaborate with teams across the Foundation to support a shared approach for leadership development across our audiences, including global programming, programmatic partnerships in Chicago, online resources for the general public, and Obama Presidential Center experiences. A key member of the Program Team, the Global Program & Learning Design Senior Associate will report to the Global Program & Learning Design Manager.

East-West Center: Title IX & DEI Coordinator (USA)

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Title IX & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Coordinator, Management Operations, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Deadline: Open until filled.

The East-West Center is accepting applications for a two-year, limited position as a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Coordinator. This position oversees Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) efforts throughout the East-West Center (EWC). Serving as a subject-matter expert and organizational culture champion, the incumbent will work collaboratively with Management Operations and the Human Resources Office to implement a robust, integrated DE&I strategy that spans compliance, accountability, retention, employee engagement, talent acquisition, and learning and development. The position will foster innovation in DE&I initiatives by using meaningful data to measure compliance with and aligned business strategies to DE&I principles and with regard to Title VII, Affirmative Action and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). Additionally, this position will have primary responsibility for ensuring compliance with Title IX to support the organizational climate in which all members of the EWC team are protected from all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and gender-based harassment and discrimination. The DE&I Coordinator will serve as a liaison with DE&I Committee and other stakeholders to develop initiatives and processes at the Center along with providing support to programs that promote equity for under-represented minorities on the EWC campus.

Call for Nominations: JIIC Editor

Professional OpportunitiesCall for Nominations/ Applications: Journal of International and Intercultural Communication Editor-Elect. Deadline: January 31, 2022.

The Journal of International and Intercultural Communication (JIIC) is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association (NCA). JIIC publishes original scholarship that expands understanding of international, intercultural, and cross-cultural communication. Widely interdisciplinary, JIIC features diverse perspectives and methods, including qualitative, quantitative, critical, and textual approaches to intellectual inquiry.

During 2022, NCA’s Publications Council will nominate an Editor-Elect (or co-Editors- Elect) for JIIC. The newly appointed Editor will begin processing manuscripts early in 2023 and will oversee the volumes for 2024-2026. The journal is published four times each year.

United Nations U: Media & Engagement (Japan)

“JobMedia and Engagement Specialist, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Deadline: Open until position is filled.

 

For the past four decades, United Nations University (UNU) has been an important think tank for impartial research on the pressing global problems of human survival, conflict prevention, development, and welfare. Based at UNU’s Headquarters in Tokyo, the Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) is charged with the mission of serving the international community through policy-relevant research and capacity development focused on sustainability, including its social, economic, and environmental dimensions.

The Media & Engagement Specialist will promote UNU-IAS and its activities to raise visibility and impact. She/he will play a key role in implementing the communications strategy of UNU-IAS, with the overall goal of shaping, packaging, and delivering the institute’s products and expertise to maximize impact, effect positive change, and drive further demand for UNU-IAS work. Required qualifications and experience include, but are not limited to: a master’s degree or equivalent qualification in communications, journalism, sustainable development, environment, social sciences, international relations, or a related field; equivalent experience in combination with a bachelor’s degree will be considered a minimum of 5 years of working experience in public information, journalism, international relations, public relations or related area is required, preferably in an international setting.