Job: Participant Recruiter, Europe, Eurasia, and Senegal (American Councils for International Education )

Deadline: rolling, must apply online here

Position Summary

The four-month Participant Recruiter position serves as the American Councils program representative in the region and is responsible for all aspects of participant recruitment for secondary school programs including: publicizing competitions; interviewing candidates; conducting prerequisite testing; and associated record keeping and reporting. This position requires long and non-standard work hours including weekends. The Recruiter must also interact with local governmental and educational officials at all levels in disseminating information about the programs and coordinating the testing process. The position reports to the Director, FLEX and YES Field Operations and works in conjunction with FLEX/YES staff in the assigned country. The position is a short-term, full-time position beginning late August and ending in December 2021.

 

Position Responsibilities

• Attend initial training conference in late August;
• Coordinate recruitment activities to ensure the timely and proper conduct of the competition;
• Interact with local educational authorities;
• Organize and arrange testing locations;
• Conduct testing;
• Organize and participate in meetings with candidates and their parents;
• Conduct interviews with semi-finalist candidates;
• Complete all document and material processing;
• Conduct publicity outreach with local office;
• Complete all reporting on finances and recruitment activities;
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Program administration experience;
• High proficiency (fluency preferred) in language(s) spoken in one or more of the countries below required;
• Experience traveling extensively under difficult conditions;
• Experience with multitasking in a time intensive environment;
• Experience in reporting and budget management;
• Experience studying in a U.S high school environment required;
• BA in relevant field (e.g. appropriate area language, or area studies, education, etc.) required.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITION

In 2021 it is anticipated that participant recruiters will travel throughout the region and work in more than one country from the list below. However, the U.S. Department of State and American Councils will continue to closely review public health and travel conditions to determine whether travel overseas and to specific countries is appropriate. If travel to assigned countries is not possible participant recruiters will be assigned remote work which does not require travel to the region.

 

Possible countries include:  Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

American Councils is committed to taking affirmative steps to enhance employment opportunities for minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities, and strives to ensure that meaningful employment and promotional opportunities are maintained for everyone. American Councils’ commitment to equal employment opportunity is based not only on federal requirements, but also on a longstanding commitment to maintaining a diverse workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate.

 

PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.