Assistant Director Position at Indiana University

[REEI-David Ransel]

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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:09:54 -0500
From: iaunrc at indiana.edu

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center,
Indiana University

Primary responsibilities: The assistant director administers a wide
variety of activities for the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource
Center, a federally-funded area studies center devoted to instruction,
outreach, and research focusing on Inner Asia, Turkey, Hungary,
Estonia, and Finland. The assistant director designs and carries out
projects, including collaboration with other Center staff and
supervision of their work; s/he also manages grant funds in accordance
with Federal and University regulations. Assistant director is
responsible for organizing programs for visitors, conducting outreach
programs, planning and holding conferences, and maintaining relations
with other units at IU and at other universities. Incumbent also helps
identify sources of external public and private funding, prepares
grant proposals, and provides assistance as needed to the Center
director.

Qualifications: Excellent communication, organizational, and
interpersonal skills required in order to work effectively with
faculty, students, and visitors from diverse cultural backgrounds, as
well as with potential funding sources and other outside communities.
Must be able to organize office staff effectively. Requires native or
near-native English, familiarity with US higher educational
institutions, and a graduate degree. Familiarity with proposal
writing, computer skills, and university financial management are
highly desirable. No candidates without permission to work in the US
will be considered.

Send cover letter describing interest in and qualifications for
position, resume, and names and phone numbers of four persons to be
contacted as references to:

Professor William Fierman
Director, Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405

Applications may be sent as e-mail attachments to IAUNRC at indiana.edu
or faxed to (812) 855-8667. If e-mailed or faxed, please send
follow-up hard copy by mail.

Indiana University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer.

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