Council on International Educational Exchange

Resident Director, Beijing

Council on International Educational Exchange, known as Council and as CIEE, is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to helping people gain understanding, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world. Founded in 1947, CIEE has developed a wide variety of programs and services primarily for students and teachers at secondary through university levels. Today, with 300 professionals working in 30 countries, CIEE has become one of the world's leading operators of international exchange programs and related services.

Council-International Study Programs (Council-ISP), a division of Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), offers educational programs abroad for students, faculty and educational administrators. In addition, Council-ISP is responsible for a major annual conference for professionals in international educational exchange and is the founding institution and one of the on-going sponsors of the Journal of Studies in International Educational Exchange, a forum for noteworthy scholarship and provocative thinking about efforts to provide quality international educational exchange programs. Council-ISP is currently seeking qualified individuals to lead and manage study abroad programs at several locations beginning in the Fall 2002.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Terminal degree in a related field
Fluency in Chinese language.
Experience teaching university students about Chinese culture, history, politics, or language
Experience in program administration and/or counseling
Knowledge of U.S. university Chinese language programs
In-country living experience
Interested in the experiential learning process and leading excursions in and around the city of Beijing

SALARY/BENEFITS: CIEE offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package for this full-time position.

If you are interested in the position, please submit, via email attachment, a letter of interest, current vitae, and the names, phone numbers, and addresses of three references to:
CIEE Human Resources Department
Email address: ewright@councilexchanges.org

Please use the following information in the email subject line:
"Resident Director - [Your Full Name]"

Mail: Eunice Wright
CIEE; Council on International Educational Exchange
633 Third Avenue
20th Floor
New York, NY 10017-6706

Website: http://www.ciee.org/isp

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