summer job at Middlebury

[Benjamin Rifkin]

I am looking for an individual to be the bilingual assistant to the
director of the Russian School for the summer 2002 session.

This person must have native Russian with excellent English and
excellent interpersonal skills.  The individual hired for the job
MUST have a green card or US citizenship (NO exceptions will be made
on this point.)  I am looking for someone who is energetic, works
well under pressure, has a good sense of humor.  Dates of employment
of Mon., June 10 through Sat., Aug. 17, 2002;
salary is $4,000 (plus room and board).

The bilingual assistant works with the director, associate director
and coordinators of the Russian School to complete tasks essential to
the smooth operation of the Russian School.  S/he must interact with
students and college staff in both Russian and English, as required
by the situation, to solve problems of all kinds.  S/he is
responsible for managing event publicity on campus, as well as
helping to manage the flow of information to faculty, students,
staff, and visiting lecturers and performers with regard to books,
materials, events, schedules, testing, and a variety of other
responsibilities including working with students to run the weekly
dance parties.  In interactions with and among staff and students,
the bilingual assistant must help all parties move beyond cultural
differences to understand one another.  The bilingual assistant must
be able to translate, in writing and speech, from English into
Russian with excellent control of Russian stylistics, and from
Russian into English with reasonable control.

To apply:  send letter of interest (describing match between your
interests and the responsibilities of the position), resume, list of
3 references to Ben Rifkin (brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu), director of
the Russian School, by e-mail by April 1, 2002.

- Ben Rifkin


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Benjamin Rifkin

Professor of Slavic Languages, Slavic Dept., UW-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI  53706 USA
voice: 608/262-1623; fax: 608/265-2814
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/slavic/rifkin/

Director of the Russian School
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT  05753
voice:  802/443-5533; fax: 802/443-5394
http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/Russian/

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