Job: Participant Recruiter – Secondary School Programs; Students Interested in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia

Deadline: ASAP 

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 extensive travel throughout the region

assigned most likely working in more than one country, with 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 Manger for Field Operations, Secondary School Programs and the Program Hub

Director. The position is a short-term, full-time position beginning late August and ending in December

2019.

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

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Attend initial training conference in August in Ukraine;
• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Program administration experience;
• High proficiency (fluency preferred) in language(s) spoken in one or more of the above countries
  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. 

For more information & to apply please r follow this link. 

For more about information about American Councils for International Education and its programs, please visit americancouncils.org.