Job Announcement

[Irina Shevelenko]

Bard College seeks to fill the postion of Assistant Program
Manager of International Students to work for its program at
Smolny College in St. Petersburg, Russia. Complete job
description is appended below. The Assistant Program Manager
is expected to be present in St. Petersburg to start work on
July 1, 2004. S/He will then travel to New York for two
weeks in August for training at Bard and orientation for
students.

Minimum requirements include BA degree, two years of
appropriate work experience, fluency in Russian, and
experience living in Russia. US citizen or permanent
resident preferred. Please send a letter of interest, resume
and names & contact info of 2-3 references to Carlton Rounds
at <rounds at bard.edu>, with a copy to Kara Seim-Walsh at
<seimwals at bard.edu>. Applications will be accepted until the
position is filled.

Irina Shevelenko,
Associate Dean of International Students,
Smolny College

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Job Description
Assistant Program Manager of International Students

The Assistant Program Manager of International Students is
an employee of Bard College at Smolny College in St.
Petersburg, Russia.  S/He reports to the Associate Director
of International Programs at Bard and works closely with the
Deputy Director of International Affairs and other
administrators of Smolny College.

The Assistant Program Manager bears day-to-day
responsibility for the academic experience, and the personal
well-being and safety of North American students studying at
Smolny College through Bard College.  The Assistant Program
Manager is also responsible for effective communication
between Bard College and the Administration of Smolny
College, to ensure that international students at Smolny
College have all the necessary resources available to them
to successfully complete their course of study and spend
their time at Smolny College. This is achieved through close
collaboration of the Assistant Program Manager with Smolny
College▓s Associate Dean of International Students, Dean of
Students, and other members of the Smolny faculty and
administration.

This is a year-round, full-time position. The Assistant
Program Manager is expected to keep regular office hours as
well as attend and coordinate weekend and evening events.


The Assistant Program Manager▓s main responsibilities
include:

- The facilitation and coordination of visa invitations for
visiting international students.
- Greeting incoming students, arranging St. Petersburg
orientation, and arranging airport departures and pick-ups.
- Assisting visiting students with visa registration.
- Meeting weekly with international students and reporting
on a weekly basis to the Associate Director of International
Program at Bard and the Deputy Director of International
Affairs and Associate Dean of International Students at
Smolny.
- Coordinating a cultural program, including travel to
Moscow and other sites in Russia
- Placing visiting students in host families, interviewing
potential host families, and widening the base of possible
host families.
- Facilitating site visits by interested American colleges
and universities.
- Coordinating students▓ health insurance and referrals.
- Functioning as the Associate Director▓s contact on
recruitment.
- Providing administrative support for student initiatives
at Smolny College.

The Assistant Program Manager▓s additional responsibilities
include:

- Acting as a liaison between the Associate Director and
Smolny Administration for special course selections.
- Updating the existing student handbook for international
students.
- Working with the Russian Department at Bard College and
with the Associate Dean of International Students to develop
the Intensive Summer Program at Smolny College.
- Assisting international students with their own special
projects by acting as a guide and providing information
about the necessary paths to take and the people with whom
they should meet in order to realize their goals.
- Using the special goals and projects of International
Students and other Smolny and Bard resources to create a
pool of service and intern opportunities for all Smolny
students.

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