New Job Opening at University of Maryland, College Park: Associate Director, Maryland China Initiative

The University of Maryland is seeking an Associate Director for its Maryland China Initiative program located on its campus in College Park, Maryland. 

The Associate Director will serve as the Maryland China Initiative (MCI) deputy in all managerial, programming, logistical, and protocol matters related to MCI’s executive training programs. Reporting to the Director, he or she will have primary responsibility for working with China client organizations on all business development, contract, financial, scheduling, visa, programming, and logistical matters prior to their program start dates (after which the Programming Coordinator will lead on scheduling matters). The 12-hour separation of time zones requires that the Associate Director frequently communicate with Chinese clients, in Chinese, via e-mail or telephone, after regular EST working hours. The Associate Director travels to China three to four times each year to build and maintain client relations and to attend annual meetings of the Chinese Foreign Experts Administration, which is the gatekeeper agency for all Chinese training conducted abroad. The Associate Director advises the Director on strategic, business, and managerial issues on a daily basis. He or she serves as daily office manager of MCI and has direct supervisory responsibility for the MCI administrative assistant.

The deadline for the application is May 31, 2013. For additional information and to apply for this position, please go to: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/18369.

Employer:                Maryland China Initiative, Universityof Maryland, College Park

Functional Title:            Associate Director

Position Number:          119068

Category Status:           33-Exempt Regular

Applicant Search Category:      Staff

University Authorized FTE:       1.0

Unit:     SVPAAP-OIA-Maryland ChinaInitiative