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[Natalia Pylypiuk <natalia.pylypiuk@ualberta.ca>]

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From: Andrew Gentes <a.gentes@UQ.EDU.AU>
Date: May 28, 2007 5:46:31 PM MDT (CA)
To: H-RUSSIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU
Subject: Stanford University CREEES Associate Director opportunity
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Dear Colleagues -

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Stanford
University has begun a search for the Center Associate Director. Please
take a moment to send this posting to any lists you may be part of, or
to any associates who might be interested in this opportunity.

Please feel free to contact CREEES Director Nancy Kollmann (at
creeesinfo@stanford.edu)  with any questions. Here is the url for the
Stanford University jobs website.
http://jobs.stanford.edu/find_a_job.html.

Please note that you must complete and submit an online application for
this position.

Associate Director

Job ID
  25463
Location
  School of Humanities and Sciences
Category
  Administration
Salary
  3P2
Date Posted
  May 23, 2007



The incumbent will have primary program and administrative
responsibility for the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian
Studies (CREEES), within the Division of International, Comparative and
Area Studies (ICA). This position reports to the ICA Division Executive
Director, with a matrixed reporting relationship to the faculty Director
of CREEES. CREEES is an international studies center incorporating
interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate academic programs and
outreach, with an annual operating budget of approximately $750,000. The
Associate Director has overall responsibility for all operational
aspects of the Center including, but not limited to, the following:

*Develops and implements conferences, workshops, lecture series.
*Oversees budget and financial planning, assuring compliance and
appropriate expenditures of government grant monies and endowment funds.
Prepares proposals, grant applications, reports.
*Plans and oversees fundraising efforts jointly with Center Director and
ICA Division. Responsible for donor relations and stewardship.
*Supervises administration of an interdisciplinary MA program and
undergraduate minor, plans Center sponsorship of language and area
courses.
*Supervises staff of two, plus temporary and student assistants.
*Maintains public visibility of CREEES through public outreach and
teacher training programs, newsletters and the Center website. Liaison
to public, media, federal government, consulates & embassies, schools &
universities, and donors.
*Oversees selection and implementation of student and faculty research
and language study grants. Administers visiting scholar, post-doctoral
fellow and visiting faculty appointments. Works with peers within the
ICA Division, and the university, to collaborate on joint activities.

Requirements
*Advanced degree (M.A. acceptable, Ph.D. preferred) in the social
sciences, humanities, or higher education administration, with
specialization and field work in Russian/East European Studies. Capacity
to evaluate interdisciplinary research.
*Fluency in English and knowledge of a major area language relevant to
the program. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
*Demonstrated administrative experience, with emphasis on program
management, budgeting, strategic planning, event programming, and staff
supervision in an academic environment. Sponsored research experience,
including proposal authoring, compliance, and reporting.
*Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team in cooperation with
a wide range of people, from administrative staff to students and
faculty.
*Strong public relations skills including public speaking, media
relations, planning and design of publicity and other collateral
materials.
*Expertise in basic computing applications (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite,
calendaring programs).

Nancy S. Kollmann
William H. Bonsall Professor of History
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
650-723-9475  fax: 650-725-0597