Center for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
Program Representative
Job Description:
The Center for South Asia of the University of California is an organized research unit under the Dean of International and Area Studies. The Center has as its central mission the support of teaching and research, along with relevant cultural and community activities, related to South Asia and South Asians, on the Berkeley campus, the other campuses of the University of California, and throughout the State.
Responsibilities:
The Program Representative will have the following primary responsibilities:
organizing lectures, conferences, and other events; circulating press
releases and developing promotional materials; editing newsletter and
website content; fundraising and grantwriting assistance; database
management; oversight of the Visiting Scholar program; outreach (programs
for K-16 teachers and the public).
Requirements & Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
Outstanding project management and communication skills. Strong
organizational skills and ability to streamline processes. Knowledge of
South Asia. Software literacy (spreadsheet, database, word processing, Power
Point, Illustrator). Comfort working in a team environment and with
individuals at all levels inside and outside academia. Ability to manage
intellectual as well as physical aspects of large and small events. Minimum
of two years experience in a job of comparable responsibility.
Desired Qualifications:
Graduate degree, preferably in an area of South Asia studies. Experience in
an international organization or overseas environment. Facility in one or
more South Asian language. Event planning, public relations, fundraising,
design layout, and/or copyediting experience.
Other:
Applications must be submitted online through UC Berkeley's e-recruit
website available at http://jobs.berkeley.edu. Please include a letter of
application, resume, and one short writing sample with your applicaton -
this information can be copied and pasted in the space provided on page 6 of
the form.
Job #5725
Salary: $ 32,568- $ 37,000
For more information about the Center, please see
http://ias.berkeley.edu/southasia/. For more information about the position,
please email us at csas at berkeley dot edu, or call 510-642-3608.
