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[Gabriella Safran]

Associate Director, CREEES, Stanford University (#010344. Posted:
04/24/2006.

Description
The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies at Stanford
University seeks an Associate Director.  incumbent will have primary
program and administrative responsibility for CREEES, within the Division
of International, Comparative and Area Studies (ICA). This position reports
to the ICA Division Executive Director, with a matrixed reporting
relationship to the faculty director of CREEES. CREEES is an international
studies center incorporating interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate
academic programs and outreach, with an annual operating budget of
approximately $750,000. The Associate Director has overall responsibility
for all operational aspects of the Center including, but not limited to,
the following: Develops and implements conferences, workshops, lecture
series.  Oversees budget and financial planning, assuring compliance and
appropriate expenditures of government grant monies and endowment funds.
Prepares proposals, grant applications, reports. Plans and oversees
fundraising efforts jointly with Center Director and ICA Division.
Responsible for donor relations and stewardship.  Supervises administration
of an interdisciplinary MA program and undergraduate minor, plans center
sponsorship of language and area courses. Supervises staff of four, plus
student assistants. Maintains public visibility of CREEES through public
outreach and teacher training programs, newsletters and the Center website.
Liaison to public, media, federal government, consulates & embassies,
schools & universities, and donors. Oversees selection and implementation
of student and faculty research and language study grants. Administers
visiting scholar, post-doctoral fellow and visiting faculty appointments.
Works with peers within the ICA Division, and the university, to
collaborate on joint activities. Requirements Advanced degree (Ph.D.
preferred) in the social sciences, humanities, or higher education
administration, with specialization and field work in Russian/East European
Studies. Demonstrated capacity to produce and evaluate interdisciplinary
research. Fluency in English and knowledge of a major area language
relevant to the program. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Demonstrated administrative experience, with emphasis on program
management, budgeting, strategic planning, event programming, and staff
supervision in an academic environment. Sponsored research experience,
including proposal authoring, compliance, and reporting.  Demonstrated
ability to work as a member of a team in cooperation with a wide range of
people, from administrative staff to students and faculty.  Strong public
relations skills including public speaking, media relations, planning and
design of publicity and other collateral materials.  Expertise in basic
computing applications (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite, calendaring programs).

TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, PLESE GO TO THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY JOBS
WEBSITE:
http://jobs.stanford.edu/openings/display.cgi?Job_Req=010344&JFam=NIL&JOBCODE=1440

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