{"id":34712,"date":"2014-04-22T02:14:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T06:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=34712"},"modified":"2014-04-22T02:14:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T06:14:10","slug":"job-xian-resident-director-the-alliance-for-global-education-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/22\/job-xian-resident-director-the-alliance-for-global-education-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Xi&#8217;an Resident Director &#8211; The Alliance for Global Education (China)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via JET alum Carleen Ben.\u00a0<em>Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/jaymetsutsuse\"><strong>Jayme Tsutsuse<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/Kyoto-JET-Alumni-3755092\/about\">Kyoto<\/a>-fu, 2013-Present),\u00a0<\/em><em>organizer of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/crossculturalkansai.wordpress.com\/\">Cross-Cultural Kansai<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em><strong>seeking work opportunities in NYC starting in August 2014.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><i>Position<\/i><\/strong><em>: Xi&#8217;an Resident Director<\/em><br \/>\n<em><b>Posted by<\/b>: The Alliance for Global Education<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><i>Locatio<\/i><em>n<\/em><\/strong><em>: Xi&#8217;an, China<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>Type<\/em><\/strong><em>: full-time<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Xi\u2019an Resident Director is responsible for developing and coordinating all aspects of the Xi\u2019an program. Primary responsibilities include assisting students with academic advising and adjusting to life in China; serving as liaison between the host university in China, the students, and the Alliance U.S. staff; and overseeing the ongoing development and implementation of orientation, the academic curriculum, activities, and excursions.<\/p>\n<p>The RD serves as a cultural resource to students during their time in China. He\/she will meet with students, administrators, and teaching faculty on a regular basis. The RD will also be responsible for managing the Alliance Xi\u2019an office and its operating budget. An important part of the RD\u2019s job entails facilitating ongoing interaction between the American students and Chinese students. This position requires someone with strong leadership skills and willingness to adapt easily to change. More information about the Alliance programs may be found at www.allianceglobaled.org.<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least two years of relevant work experience in China; experience studying or working in the<\/li>\n<li>U.S.<\/li>\n<li>Experience working with American college students<\/li>\n<li>Near-fluent language skills in both Mandarin and English<\/li>\n<li>Proven organization, management, and communication skills<\/li>\n<li>Strong leadership skills, with the ability to work well independently and as part of a team<\/li>\n<li>A commitment to the ideals of international education, and a genuine interest in sharing China\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>linguistic, historic, and cultural legacy with American students<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility toward evolving responsibilities as the programs grow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To Apply:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to jobs@allianceglobaled.org.<\/li>\n<li>No phone calls, please.<\/li>\n<li>Due to the volume of applications, applicants will only be contacted if they are selected for an<\/li>\n<li>interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For more information and to apply, please visit the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allianceglobaled.org\/files\/upload\/pdf\/xian_rd_updated_0.pdf\"> job listing<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via JET alum Carleen Ben.\u00a0Posted by\u00a0Jayme Tsutsuse\u00a0(Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present),\u00a0organizer of\u00a0Cross-Cultural Kansai,\u00a0seeking work opportunities in NYC starting in August 2014. Click here\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position: Xi&#8217;an Resident Director Posted by: The Alliance for Global Education Location: Xi&#8217;an, China Type: full-time Overview: The Xi\u2019an Resident Director is responsible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-91S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34714,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34712\/revisions\/34714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}