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positions at the rank of Assistant Professor | Department of
Global Communications |
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The American University of Paris invites
applications for two full-time positions in the Global
Communications Department at the rank of Assistant Professor. The
department is looking for candidates with a strong background in the
following areas: politics and new media (convergence culture),
social movements, globalization, comparative media and web
journalism.
The Institution:
Founded in 1962, located on the Left Bank in central Paris, the AUP
is a small university with a liberal-arts core, dedicated to the
advancement of the arts and sciences in an international,
multicultural environment. With values rooted in the American Higher
education system, AUP is accredited in the USA by the Commission on
Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and
Schools. It is also recognized by the French Ministry of Education.
The
Department: Dedicated to the
international, comparative study of communications and media, AUP’s
Department of Global Communications offers a BA degree with
different specializations — plus an innovative and expanding MA
program in Global Communications. The Department has seven full-time
faculty, 12 part-time faculty, 125 undergraduate majors and 60
full-time MA students.
Post 1 -
Responsibilities: new faculty would be expected to take
responsibility for courses in Global New Media and Social Movements.
Teaching would also include introductory-level to MA-level courses
in the following areas: convergence culture and social movements,
web culture, game theory and critical journalism studies. Ability to
teach courses in social networking and new media and public
relations and society would be a plus. Commitment to scholarship,
excellence in teaching, student advising, university service, and
liberal arts pedagogy required.
Post 1 - Qualifications:
Ph.D. in communications or journalism by time of appointment (August
1, 2010). Clear capacity for research and strong teaching record.
European Union citizenship or legal right to work in France is a
decided advantage. Fluency in French a plus. Additional languages a
strong plus.
Post 2 –
Responsibilities: applicants for the second position will
develop master Online Journalism at AUP, designing and teaching
courses for a new digital-journalism major (practical and
critical-theoretical courses) and coordinating internships for
journalism students. Course areas will include reporting, editing,
publishing, NGO or public-interest and investigative reporting, also
cultural reporting and criticism. The successful candidate will
manage the department website, a student online journalism blog and
digital radio broadcasts/podcasts. He/she will also continue
contributing to online publications as a journalist. Experience in
the management of academic programs an advantage
Post 2 - Qualifications:
Demonstrated excellence in online journalism for large audiences.
Reporting and editing experience. Cutting-edge practical knowledge
of digital journalism. Interpersonal skills and professional
participation in coordination of student internships. Experience
designing and editing print and web publications. The successful
candidate must be able to multi-task between program design
management and maintenance, teaching practical courses, mentoring
students, and furthering her/his own journalism career. Fluency in
French and English obligatory. Relevant graduate training (Ph.D.
preferred) and academic publishing a plus.
Applications:
Please send brief cover letter, statement of research interests, one
writing sample, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching
effectiveness, and three letters of reference to Dr. Justin
McGuinness, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Global
Communications, The American University of Paris, 6 rue du Colonel
Combes, 75007 Paris, France. E-mail inquiries welcome (comsearch@aup.fr)
but applications MUST be sent by mail.
Review of applications will begin November 1,
and continue until the positions are filled.
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Assistant/Associate Professor | Environmental Sciences and Sustainable
Development |
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Chartered as a liberal arts college in 1962,
the American University of Paris is today an urban, independent,
international university located at the confluence of France,
Europe, and the world. We aim to provide the finest American
undergraduate and graduate programs to students from all national,
linguistic, and educational backgrounds, and to take our place as a
renowned global center for innovative interdisciplinary research.
Ours is an academic culture of engagement,
global citizenship, and community that fosters in students and
faculty alike a critical sense of commitment to and responsibility
for a world of interdependence. In the multilingual, multicultural
learning environment of The American University of Paris, students
develop a capacity for ethical and political judgment that is alert
to cultural diversity. In the living laboratory that is Paris, in
the exceptional space of the AUP classroom, students and faculty of
100 different nationalities meet to articulate civic values and
negotiate difference, as together they question, reflect upon, and
work toward creative solutions to real-world challenges.
With an eye to building two signature
interdisciplinary programs—an undergraduate program in “Science,
Technology and Society,” and a new Master’s program in Sustainable
Development Practice—AUP currently invites applications for a
position at assistant or associate professor rank, beginning fall
2010, in the Science Department.
You will have the opportunity to create a new
undergraduate program, drawing upon new pedagogies of science
teaching, as well as to contribute actively—with a group of
colleagues from different disciplines--to the development of the new
Master’s program. You will be called upon to develop and teach at
both levels courses in several aspects of environmental science,
e.g. climate change, energy, water, sustainability, as well as those
of your own devising. You will take part in departmental curricular
development and renewal, student advising, and university service.
You will work with student activist groups on campus to build an
increasingly green environment, as well as environmental awareness
at AUP.
To succeed in this role you will need to hold a
Ph.D. in a natural science and demonstrate the potential for
high-quality, innovative, interdisciplinary research at the
international level. You will need to love teaching, and be able to
demonstrate a record of successfully having done so as a graduate
student or ranked professor. You will receive special attention if
you speak fluent French and hold European Union working papers
(although neither is a requirement for the job), have experience in
policy formation or environmental activism, and show evidence of
strong moral commitment to global sustainability.
If this sounds like the job for you, kindly
submit:
· A letter of interest demonstrating a
commitment to academic excellence and active learning in a diverse
liberal arts environment
· A statement of teaching philosophy, including
your areas of teaching interests and experience
· A statement of research interests and
experience
· A curriculum vitae
· Two letters of recommendation, and contact
information of two additional referees who may be contacted if the
application is shortlisted.
Applications must be sent by email to:
sc-search@aup.fr
Review of applications will begin November 15,
2009 and continue until the position is filled.
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Full-Time Faculty Position - Entrepreneurship and Marketing | Department
of International Business Administration |
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The Division of International Business
Administration at The American University of Paris seeks a faculty
member to teach courses in Entrepreneurship and Marketing at the
undergraduate level. The ideal candidate will hold a doctorate in
Entrepreneurship or Marketing, have recent publications and/or
conference presentations, be able to teach comfortably in both
disciplines, have experience living and/or working in more than one
country, and speak fluent English.
Qualifications
(1) Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship or Marketing (or a closely
related area),
(2) record of recent publications,
(3) fluency in English, and
(4) ability to teach both Entrepreneurship and
Marketing courses.
Application procedure
Qualified applicants should forward their application
package electronically to the Department Chair, Diane Hamilton, at
dhamilton@aup.edu.
Applications should include:
(1) cover letter indicating teaching experience
in each discipline,
(2) CV,
(3) contact information for three references,
(4) recent student evaluation results (if
available), and
(5) other pertinent documents as desired (e.g.,
relevant course syllabi).
Working knowledge of French would be an
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Full-Time Faculty Position - Accounting | Department of International
Business Administration |
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he Division of International Business
Administration at The American University of Paris seeks a faculty
member to teach accounting at the undergraduate level. The ideal
candidate will have either a Ph.D. in Accounting or professional
experience in the field, experience teaching both financial and
managerial accounting, and speak fluent English.
Qualifications
(1) Ph.D. in accounting or professional experience in the
field,
(2) fluency in English,
(3) ability to teach financial and managerial
accounting courses,
(4) Knowledge of US GAAP and the movement of US
companies towards international financial standards,
(5) sufficient understanding of the field to
take the lead in development and maintenance of all accounting
offerings.
Application procedure
Qualified applicants should forward their application package
electronically to the Department Chair, Diane Hamilton, at
dhamilton@aup.edu.
Applications should include:
(1) cover letter indicating teaching
experience,
(2) CV,
(3) contact information for three references,
(4) recent student evaluation results, and
(5) other pertinent documents as desired (e.g.,
relevant course syllabi).
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Director of Admissions |
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Chartered as a liberal arts college in 1962, The American University
of Paris is today an urban, independent, international university
located at the confluence of France, Europe, and the world. We aim
to provide the finest American undergraduate and graduate programs
to students from all national, linguistic, and educational
backgrounds, and to take our place as a renowned global center for
innovative interdisciplinary research.
The University’s mission is to educate AUP graduates to communicate
well in a world of many languages, to think critically about
history, culture, the arts, science, politics, business,
communication, and society, to develop creative interdisciplinary
approaches to important contemporary challenges, to be both
technologically and culturally literate in a world of swift-paced
change, to understand the ethical imperatives of living in such a
world, and to take their places as responsible actors in
communities, civil societies, and countries around the globe.
AUP’s is an academic culture of engagement, global citizenship, and
community that fosters in students and faculty alike a critical
sense of commitment to and responsibility for a world of
interdependence. In the multilingual, multicultural learning
environment of The American University of Paris, students develop a
capacity for ethical and political judgment that is alert to
cultural diversity. In the living laboratory that is Paris, in the
exceptional space of the AUP classroom, students and faculty of 100
different nationalities meet to articulate civic values and
negotiate difference, as together they question, reflect upon, and
work toward creative solutions to real-world challenges.
Location as Endowment:
Spread across eight buildings in Paris’ 7th arrondissement
stretching from the Eiffel Tower to the Invalides, AUP has the
remarkable advantage of its unparalleled location. The University
shares this neighborhood with other American institutions, such as
the American Library of Paris, and the American Church. This past
year, AUP purchased its third building, known as Combes, a block
from the Seine, and is actively pursuing opportunities to
consolidate its real estate in central Paris. AUP’s substantial
endowment has always been our location in the greatest city in the
world, and, investing it wisely, we have attached our curriculum to
the histories of the city—to Paris’s many centuries of art, culture,
literature, politics, music, sociology and the like, to its
monuments, libraries, neighborhoods, but also to the edgy new Paris
of demographic shifts, rising multiculturalism, food that is other
than French, urban renewal, and texts in many different languages.
AUP’s Academic Program:
AUP is a small, dynamic “world university” with a curriculum to
match—one that focuses on the cross cultural and the comparative.
The University’s curriculum is essentially American, although
inflected by the international educational background of AUP’s
diverse faculty body. The rigorous University curriculum is divided
into four schools—Arts and Sciences, Communications and Film,
International Business, and International Politics, Economics and
Public Policy—which house 14 different undergraduate majors and 8
graduate programs. Interdisciplinary programs and minors flourish
across all four divisions, driven by faculty research interests and
scholarly passions. AUP is also host to an interdisciplinary Arts
Arena, a Forum for Culture and Society, a Center for Writers and
Translators, a Cahiers series, a Fine Arts Gallery space, and numerous
lecture series, such as the Working Paper Series in the Social
Sciences, and the AUP Public Lectures in the Humanities. AUP also
enjoys partnerships with a global consortium of 22 American
universities across Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and North
Africa, as well as with liberal arts institutions in the US, and
national universities across Europe. A transatlantic international
curriculum is currently being designed in partnership with the
Eugene Lang College of The New School in New York City.
Students:
AUP students come from virtually every educational system in the
world, representing approximately 100 different nationalities each
year. The entering class has brought 87 different languages and
dialects into the University since 2001. The exceptional demographic
diversity of the University community has a powerful impact on
teaching and learning, and is the first reason students cite for
choosing to get a degree at AUP. Along with all the other
constituents of the University, students contribute handsomely to
the culture of interdependence at AUP.
Faculty:
AUP’s faculty body is composed of 23 different nationalities,
representing all continents of the world. Dedicated to teaching, the
faculty is also richly productive, hosting high numbers of
international conferences, study groups, research projects, and
events each year. Faculty research tends to focus on the
cross-cultural, the comparative, and the interdisciplinary,
supporting the University’s mission of producing students for a
world held in common. A shared curricular vision stretches across
the four divisions at both graduate and undergraduate levels, one
that looks toward global sustainability, conflict resolution, world
governance, cultural translation, and address of social injustice by
every disciplinary tool at our disposal, but most important of all,
focuses upon the steady cultivation of our own and our students’
humanity. AUP has no separate graduate faculty—all faculty members
who participate in graduate teaching also teach in the undergraduate
program.
Admissions:
The American University of Paris seeks to enroll adventurous, open,
intellectually curious, culturally competent, and linguistically
adept (or motivated to become so) students who will make the most of
the University’s vibrant, internationally diverse campus flavor and
learning community. Given our unique mission, location, and target
population, it is vital that our recruitment efforts and admissions
policies are aligned, and that publications accurately describe the
student population most likely to thrive at AUP.
As AUP seeks to meet the challenges facing all institutions of
higher education, but most critically those recruiting globally, the
University’s admissions function has been strategically redefined.
The Admissions Office is in full, productive renewal, including the
hiring of new leadership, hiring of new staff, the closing of the US
office in Denver, the centralizing of a global admissions strategy
in Paris, expansion into e-recruiting, social networking, and the
use of technology to market the University’s unique educational
product, even a complete refurbishment of the Admissions Office.
AUP seeks a dynamic, articulate, experienced leader to develop a new
enrollment management strategy that will build upon the University’s
exceptional curriculum, exceptional location, and uniquely
international educational environment.
University Governance and Reporting
Relationships:
AUP is led by the President, who is appointed by a 26-member Board
of Trustees comprised of dedicated alumni, business leaders,
nonprofit leaders, and people from a range of professions and walks
of life. AUP’s Board Chair, Judith Ogilvie, is an alumna of the
first class of graduates. Increasing numbers of alumni have joined
the Board, bringing further passion and commitment to planning for
AUP’s future.
In October 2008, Celeste Schenck became AUP’s twelfth president.
Having served AUP for nearly 20 years in multiple capacities,
President Schenck was a Professor of Comparative Literature,
Associate Dean for Curriculum Development, Vice President for
Academic Innovation, Vice President for Development and Grants
Management, Dean of the University and Provost before assuming
presidential responsibility. Schenck is a scholar of women’s
literature, editor of multiple series, and, more recently, co-author
of books on women, culture, and development. She received her
undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her doctorate
from Brown University.
The Director of Admissions reports directly to the President, with
whom he or she will work intensely and closely. The Director of
Admissions serves as a member of the President’s Cabinet, along with
the VP for Student Services, the VP for Finance and Administration,
the Director of Development, the Academic Dean, and four faculty
leaders of the four academic divisions. The Director also works
closely with the Board Subcommittee on Enrollment.
Position Description:
AUP currently invites applications for the position of Director of
Admissions. Key challenges for our next Director of Admissions will
include:
Recruitment, Admissions and Office
Management:
Energetic leadership of a team of recruitment and admissions
professionals in an inspirational and creative manner in an
increasingly competitive international environment
Establishment, in association with the President and senior staff
members, of all recruitment and admissions targets across all
categories of students for both fall and spring admissions cycles;
meeting of all targets for student recruitment
Daily management of student admissions and financial aid processes,
including full-time undergraduate and graduate students, visiting
and transfer students
Daily management of all recruitment and admissions staff to ensure
that an effective team-based approach to duties is successfully
established; creation of a disciplined admissions process and
function, and training of staff to ensure its implementation
Liaison with the Board, the President and Senior Staff to ensure
that recruitment and admissions strategies, targets, and other
issues are clearly communicated to all concerned
Management of effective relationships with other relevant offices
within the University, including Student Affairs, the Registrar,
Advancement and Alumni Affairs, Public Relations and Communications,
as well as with faculty colleagues
Development of Strategy:
Development of a recruitment and admissions strategy that enrolls
the kind of student most likely to flourish and to succeed at AUP.
Development of a recruitment and admissions strategy based upon
agreed-upon student admissions targets, one that additionally
supports AUP’s institutional strategic plan and objectives
Development of a strategy that seeks to diversify AUP’s traditional
sources of student recruitment, all the while maintaining optimal
ratios of degree-seeking to visiting students, undergraduate to
graduate students; particular emphasis shall be placed on the
development of strategies in prioritized geographic target markets
Communication and discussion of such strategy with Admissions staff
to ensure effective planning and implementation.
Marketing and Communications:
Enhancement of international marketing and recruitment activities to
promote the distinctiveness of studying at AUP
Development of appropriate marketing and communications plans to
ensure that student recruitment and admissions targets are met
Management and implementation of marketing and communications
techniques that support student recruitment in an international
context, with a particular emphasis on developing new markets for
student recruitment to AUP
Management of the individual marketing and communications plans of
all Admissions staff.
Use
of state-of-the-art on-line marketing techniques to ensure that AUP
academic programs are presented to appropriate international target
markets.
External Relations:
Leadership as a senior ambassador for AUP internationally in a range
of contexts
Development of an international profile for AUP that supports the
strategic goals of the University, with a sharp focus on student
recruitment and admissions
Development, with AUP Senior Staff, of strategic institutional
partnerships that provide innovative routes to increased student
recruitment
Identification, with AUP Senior Staff, of key institutional
partnerships to enhance AUP’s international positioning, notably in
the area of academic partnerships.
Opportunities and Challenges:
You will have the opportunity, at AUP, to put your mark on the
creation of a dynamic, technologically sophisticated, creatively and
efficiently organized admissions team within a small, tightly knit
community. You will work closely with the President, Board, and
Senior Staff to broaden AUP’s recruitment and admissions reach, to
articulate an enrollment approach that will support the
institutional strategic plan, and to involve all of AUP’s
constituencies in its implementation. To that end, you will work
collaboratively and transversally with other directors in the
Advancement and Outreach group, participate on the President’s
Cabinet, and connect with faculty, students, alumni and staff across
the University. You will use your languages and your cultural
competencies to move between AUP’s vastly varying target markets,
and to build new ones. You will rapidly come to share the excitement
of members of the community for the University’s mission, and will
communicate that enthusiasm to prospective students and their
families, to schools, guidance professionals, administrators at
partner institutions, and to governments. In short, you will have
the satisfaction of experiencing the direct impact of your
leadership and entrepreneurialism on the University’s forward
motion.
Challenges include the vastness of AUP’s global “catchment” basin
(our alumni live in 163 different countries), and the rapidly
changing and increasingly competitive face of international
education.
Qualifications:
To succeed in this role, you will need to hold a minimum of a
Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. In addition, you will need to
have a minimum of five years senior admissions and/or international
student recruitment experience at a successful university or its
equivalent. You will need to demonstrate proven management and
team-building experience. You will have demonstrable skills in
marketing research, market planning, and development of admissions
strategy. You will manifest awareness of the current international
education landscape, with knowledge of contemporary trends and
marketing techniques. You will have a proven track record in setting
and meeting student recruitment and admissions targets in an
international setting. You must be willing to travel. You must speak
English and master French, and manifest adeptness in crossing
cultural borders. You will receive special attention if you speak
fluent French and already have the legal right to work in France
(although the latter is not a requirement for the job), and show
promise of thriving in AUP’s special environment.
If this sounds like the job for you, kindly
submit:
(1) A letter demonstrating your interest in developing AUP’s
admissions capacity in a highly competitive, international higher
education environment
(2) A brief statement within the letter of your personal and
professional approach to student recruitment in an international
environment
(3) A review of your experience, including your strengths and
weaknesses in light of the job description
(4) A curriculum vitae or resume
(5) A list of three referees, including email addresses and
telephone numbers, whom the search committee may contact
Applications should be sent by e-mail to Susan Mackay, Office of the
President:
smackay@aup.fr
Compensation: Open, depending upon
experience, and competitive
Starting Date: As soon as possible
Review of applications will begin in January
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Director of Development |
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Chartered as a liberal arts college in 1962, The American University
of Paris is today an urban, independent, international university
located at the confluence of France, Europe, and the world. We aim
to provide the finest American undergraduate and graduate programs
to students from all national, linguistic, and educational
backgrounds, and to take our place as a renowned global center for
innovative interdisciplinary research.
The University’s mission is to educate AUP graduates to communicate
well in a world of many languages, to think critically about
history, culture, the arts, science, politics, business,
communication, and society, to develop creative interdisciplinary
approaches to important contemporary challenges, to be both
technologically and culturally literate in a world of swift-paced
change, to understand the ethical imperatives of living in such a
world, and to take their places as responsible actors in
communities, civil societies, and countries around the globe.
AUP’s is an academic culture of engagement, global citizenship, and
community that fosters in students and faculty alike a critical
sense of commitment to and responsibility for a world of
interdependence. In the multilingual, multicultural learning
environment of The American University of Paris, students develop a
capacity for ethical and political judgment that is alert to
cultural diversity. In the living laboratory that is Paris, in the
exceptional space of the AUP classroom, students and faculty of 100
different nationalities meet to articulate civic values and
negotiate difference, as together they question, reflect upon, and
work toward creative solutions to real-world challenges.
Location as Endowment:
Spread across eight buildings in Paris’ 7th arrondissement
stretching from the Eiffel Tower to the Invalides, AUP has the
remarkable advantage of its unparalleled location. The University
shares this neighborhood with other American institutions, such as
the American Library of Paris, and the American Church. This past
year, AUP purchased its third building, known as Combes, a block
from the Seine, and is actively pursuing opportunities to
consolidate its real estate in central Paris. AUP’s substantial
endowment has always been our location in the greatest city in the
world, and, investing it wisely, we have attached our curriculum to
the histories of the city—to Paris’s many centuries of art, culture,
literature, politics, music, sociology and the like, to its
monuments, libraries, neighborhoods, but also to the edgy new Paris
of demographic shifts, rising multiculturalism, food that is other
than French, urban renewal, and texts in many different languages.
AUP’s Academic Program:
AUP is a small, dynamic “world university” with a curriculum to
match—one that focuses on the cross cultural and the comparative.
The University’s curriculum is essentially American, although
inflected by the international educational background of AUP’s
diverse faculty body. The rigorous University curriculum is divided
into four schools—Arts and Sciences, Communications and Film,
International Business, and International Politics, Economics and
Public Policy—which house 14 different undergraduate majors and 8
graduate programs. Interdisciplinary programs and minors flourish
across all four divisions, driven by faculty research interests and
scholarly passions. AUP is also host to an interdisciplinary Arts
Arena, a Forum for Culture and Society, a Center for Writers and
Translators, a Cahiers series, a Fine Arts Gallery space, and numerous
lecture series, such as the Working Paper Series in the Social
Sciences, and the AUP Public Lectures in the Humanities. AUP also
enjoys partnerships with a global consortium of 22 American
universities across Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and North
Africa, as well as with liberal arts institutions in the US, and
national universities across Europe. A transatlantic international
curriculum is currently being designed in partnership with the
Eugene Lang College of The New School in New York City.
Students:
AUP students come from virtually every educational system in the
world, representing approximately 100 different nationalities each
year. The entering class has brought 87 different languages and
dialects into the University since 2001. The exceptional demographic
diversity of the University community has a powerful impact on
teaching and learning, and is the first reason students cite for
choosing to get a degree at AUP. Along with all the other
constituents of the University, students contribute handsomely to
the culture of interdependence at AUP.
Faculty:
AUP’s faculty body is composed of 23 different nationalities,
representing all continents of the world. Dedicated to teaching, the
faculty is also richly productive, hosting high numbers of
international conferences, study groups, research projects, and
events each year. Faculty research tends to focus on the
cross-cultural, the comparative, and the interdisciplinary,
supporting the University’s mission of producing students for a
world held in common. A shared curricular vision stretches across
the four divisions at both graduate and undergraduate levels, one
that looks toward global sustainability, conflict resolution, world
governance, cultural translation, and address of social injustice by
every disciplinary tool at our disposal, but most important of all,
focuses upon the steady cultivation of our own and our students’
humanity. AUP has no separate graduate faculty—all faculty members
who participate in graduate teaching also teach in the undergraduate
program.
University Advancement:
AUP has grown and professionalized its advancement function
substantially over the past seven years, building strong
relationships with its alumni, creating regional chapters, hosting
Global Alumni Weekends in Paris, publishing a biannual alumni
magazine, installing Raiser’s Edge, and an exciting new AUP Alumni
Online community. Dedicated alumni trustees support the University’s
efforts to reach out to its alumni. Parents are being increasingly
solicited for engagement and support. AUP has also demonstrated the
capacity to fundraise substantially for major projects. A
mini-campaign for AUP’s Campus in the 7th to renovate facilities and
purchase real estate is currently underway as the first step in a
multi-year campaign for the University’s fiftieth anniversary.
Alumni Relations:
AUP has a dedicated, engaged alumni community of 9,500 members
living in 163 different countries around the globe, a fact that can
make fundraising a challenge. That said, AUP alumni are deeply
engaged with the University, returning to campus as speakers,
providing internships for AUP students, and supporting the
University in its efforts to maintain contact with and extend our
reach to active alumni worldwide.
University Governance and Reporting
Relationships:
AUP is led by the President, who is appointed by a 26-member Board
of Trustees comprised of dedicated alumni, business leaders,
nonprofit leaders, and people from a range of professions and walks
of life. AUP’s Board Chair, Judith Ogilvie, is an alumna of the
first class of graduates.
In October 2009, Celeste Schenck became AUP’s twelfth president.
Having served AUP for nearly 20 years in multiple capacities,
President Schenck was a Professor of Comparative Literature,
Associate Dean for Curriculum Development, Vice President for
Academic Innovation, Vice President for Development and Grants
Management, Dean of the University and Provost before assuming
presidential responsibility. Schenck is a scholar of women’s
literature, editor of multiple series, and, more recently, co-author
of books on women, culture, and development. She received her
undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and her doctorate
from Brown University.
The Director of Development reports directly to the President, with
whom he or she will work intensely and closely. The Director of
Development serves as a member of the President’s Cabinet, along
with the VP for Student Services, the VP for Finance and
Administration, the Director of Admissions, the Acting Academic
Dean, and four faculty leaders of the four academic divisions. The
Director also works closely with the Board of Trustee Committees on
Development and Alumni Affairs.
Position Description:
AUP currently invites applications for the position of Director of
Development, overseeing both advancement and alumni functions.
Key challenges for our next Director of
Development will include:
Hands-on, entrepreneurial, and creative leadership of a relatively
young development function
Energetic management and growth of the University’s Advancement
Office, including development of its small, but dedicated and
productive staff
Strategic oversight of the Annual Fund, Alumni, and database
functions of that Office performed by its staff members
Articulation of the University’s fundraising plan in alignment with
strategic goals and priorities of the University for academics,
scholarships and the Campus Plan
Responsibility for mounting and implementing a multi-year campaign
for AUP’s 50th Anniversary
Identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major
donors in close collaboration with the President and the Board, as
well as Development staff
Demonstration of a capacity to fundraise “multilingually,” that is,
according to American standards and practices of fundraising, but
inflected by a European or Middle Eastern, African, or Asian
sensibility (less overt, more tacit, and subtle in approach)
Enhancement of a culture of giving and volunteer engagement
Effective communication with a variety of different constituencies
Opportunities and Challenges:
You will have the opportunity, at AUP, to put your mark on the
creation of a dynamic, technologically sophisticated, creatively and
efficiently organized development team within a small, tightly knit
community. You will work closely with the President and members of
the Board to broaden AUP’s circle of major donors, to articulate a
broad, multi-pronged development plan for the campaign, and to
involve all of AUP’s constituencies in its implementation. To that
end, you will work collaboratively and transversally with other
directors in the Advancement and Outreach group, participate on the
President’s Cabinet, and connect with faculty, students, alumni, and
staff across the University. You will pioneer new ways to bring
globally mobile alumni into a virtual community, and parents and
other constituencies into a gradually widening base of support for
the University. You will use your languages and your cultural
competencies to move between different fundraising environments,
slowly but surely building up an increasing circle of alumni,
friend, and corporate donors. You will rapidly come to share the
excitement of members of the community for the University’s mission,
and will communicate that enthusiasm with alumni, donors, and
granting institutions. In short, you will have the satisfaction of
experiencing the direct impact of your leadership and
entrepreneurialism on the University’s advancement capacity.
Challenges include the vast globalization of AUP alumni across 163
different countries, the lack of a native culture of giving to one’s
alma mater, and the relative youth of the institution.
To succeed in this role, you will need to hold a minimum of a
Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent; the successful candidate is
likely to have a Master’s degree as well. You will have had an
absolute minimum of four to five years of experience in development
in non profit and higher education contexts, and will be able to
show evidence of job experience and success in several areas, such
as annual fund, planned giving, major gifts, and campaign
operations. Campaign experience is a must. You will need to provide
evidence of your capacity to become the University’s chief
fundraiser by presenting your track record of gifts secured. You
will show evidence of strong writing and communication skills, as
well as meticulous organizational capacity. You must demonstrate by
some means that you understand the differences between university
fundraising in an American context and fundraising in other regional
contexts, including your ability to “shift gears” when required. You
must be willing to travel frequently. You will receive special
attention if you speak fluent French and hold European Union working
papers (although the latter is not a requirement for the job), have
experience in organizing multi-year fundraising campaigns, and show
promise of thriving in AUP’s special environment.
If this sounds like the job for you, kindly
submit:
(1) A letter demonstrating your interest in developing AUP’s
advancement capacity in an international, highly diverse environment
(2) A brief statement within the letter of your personal and
professional approach to development
(3) A review of your experience, including your strengths and
weaknesses in light of the job description
(4) A curriculum vitae or resume
(5) A list of three referees, including email addresses and
telephone numbers, whom the search committee may contact
Applications should be sent by e-mail to Susan Mackay, Office of the
President:
smackay@aup.fr
Compensation: Open, depending upon
experience, and competitive
Starting Date: Negotiable
Review of applications will begin in December
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Information Services Counselor: U.S. Focus | Office of Admissions |
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POSITION OVERVIEW:
Responsible for the management of enquiries,
application and other prospective student data, the support of
information and marketing activities central to the admissions
function at AUP, and the specific function of providing data support
to marketing and recruitment activities in the USA. As this is the
first university contact in many cases, this position involves
promoting a positive, nurturing relationship with prospective
students and parents. The geographical focus of this position will
be the USA.
DUTIES:
Data management
The joint management of the admissions
database in liaison with the Information Services Counselor – World
focus, and other relevant colleagues;
Provides data support for all staff focused
in recruitment, admissions and marketing activities in the USA;
Produces application/enrollment statistics
and answers enquiry and enrollment requests for US region–
undergraduate and graduate.
Ensures efficient handover of applicant files
to the Registrar at orientation;
Marketing and communications support
Maintains mailing lists for marketing and
recruitment of all prospective students (PML, CIS and others) and
ensures the execution of all communications campaigns in association
with relevant Admissions Counselors and the Marketing and
Information Services Counselor – World focus;
Manages enquiries (from all sources) for the
USA, in association with all relevant colleagues;
The support of all relevant marketing
activities and promotional initiatives implemented with Admissions
Counselors - USA territory;
Responsible for editing, updating and
producing acceptance packages for all students from the USA;
Coordinates with print-house where necessary;
Serves as campus contact for the in-house
distribution of documentation;
Activities
Working well within the Admissions team
through collaboration and sharing information so as to ensure the
processing of applications.
Providing support, where necessary, to the
Information Services Counselor – World region for updating
admissions information on the AUP website and updating the
undergraduate admissions section of the AUP Academic Catalog;
Responsible for a limited admissions
territory dealing with certain files from inquiry to enrollment.
Aiding in the implementation of the ERP
system and dedicated to improve processes especially in line with
changes in Admissions policy or priorities
Other duties as assigned by Supervisor
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelors degree or equivalent
English, with fluency in French
High level of IT literacy, including
familiarity with database organization and management
Experience in international education and
international qualifications, ideally with some hands-on marketing
background
Creative, with some experience of written
communications
Excellent interpersonal skills, clear
communicator and confident with people
CANDIDATES FOR THIS
POSITION SHOULD APPLY TO GERALDINE OJALVO, E-MAIL:
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Information Services Counselor: World Region | Office of Admissions |
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POSITION OVERVIEW:
Responsible for the management of enquiries,
application and other prospective student data and the support of
information and marketing activities central to the admissions
function at AUP. As this is the first university contact in many
cases, this position involves promoting a positive, nurturing
relationship with prospective students and parents. The geographical
focus of this position will be the world, not including the USA.
DUTIES:
Data management
The development, management and execution of
an ongoing enquiry function that maximizes the potential for
international student recruitment to AUP;
The joint management of the admissions
database in liaison with the Information Services Counselor – US
focus, and other relevant colleagues;
Produces application/enrollment statistics
and answers enquiry and enrollment requests for Rest of the World
region – undergraduate and graduate;
Ensures efficient handover of applicant files
to the Registrar at Orientation;
Marketing and communications support
Maintains mailing lists for marketing and
recruitment of all prospective students (PML, CIS and others) and
ensures the execution of all communications campaigns in association
with relevant Admissions Counselors and the Information Services
Counselor – US focus;
Manages enquiries (from all sources) for
World territories, in association with all relevant colleagues;
The support of all relevant marketing
activities and promotional initiatives implemented with Admissions
Counselors - World territories;
Responsible for editing, updating and
producing acceptance packages for all students from the Rest of the
World territories;
Responsible for tracking and maintaining
minimum required levels of in-house documentation;
Activities
Working well within the Admissions team
through collaboration and sharing information so as to ensure the
processing of applications.
Responsible for updating certain aspects of
admissions information on the AUP website, in liaison with the
E-Recruitment Coordinator and updating the undergraduate admissions
section of the AUP Academic Catalog;
Responsible for a limited admissions
territory dealing with certain files from inquiry to enrollment.
Aiding in the implementation of the ERP
system and dedicated to improve processes especially in line with
changes in Admissions policy or priorities
Other duties as assigned by Supervisor
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelors degree or equivalent
English, with fluency in French
High level of IT literacy, including
familiarity with database organization and management
Experience in international education and
international qualifications, ideally with some hands-on marketing
background
Creative, with some experience of written
communications
Excellent interpersonal skills, clear
communicator and confident with people
CANDIDATES FOR THIS
POSITION SHOULD APPLY TO GERALDINE OJALVO, E-MAIL:
GOJALVO@AUP.FR |
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REGULATIONS
GOVERNING EMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE
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Citizens of
France and other European Union countries automatically have the right to reside and
work in France.
If the
successful applicant for a full-time faculty position is a
citizen of some other country, The American University of
Paris will apply for a visa to allow the person to live and
work in France, but cannot obtain immigrant visas for
spouses and dependents.
Applicants for part-time faculty
positions and for administrative positions must have French or EU citizenship, or hold a valid
French Carte de Résident.
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