This is a grant-funded position. Role is term-limited based on the life of the grant or until funding is exhausted.

SLAVIC & EAST EUROPEAN LANG & (BL-SLAV-IUBLA)

Funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP) within the U.S. Department of Defense, the Russian Flagship Program at Indiana University offers a unique learning opportunity for ambitious students interested in pursuing global careers. This innovative language-learning program has been specifically designed to maximize student achievement.

Russian is considered a critical language for its strategic role in U.S. political, defense, and economic systems, but it is also a language of one of the richest cultural traditions and the lingua-franca of many countries and regions such as the Baltics and Central Asia. The recent political developments, triggered by Russia?s military invasion of Ukraine testify to the heightened importance of expertise in the Russian language and culture. Whether you are aspiring to make a career in government, academia, business, or non-profit sectors, Russian may be just the element that will give you an edge over your competition.

A part of the College of Arts and Sciences (the College) at Indiana University, the Russian Flagship is a program in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (BL-SLAV). This department offers a full array of language, literature, culture, and linguistics courses for students interested in the study of Russian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, and Ukrainian. We offer an undergraduate major and a minor and both master?s and Ph.D. program. IU is the only university in the state of Indiana to offer a doctoral degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures. We also offer an undergraduate bachelor?s degree and a minor, as well as a master?s degree.

More information about the Russian Flagship Program at Indiana University may be found here.

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Department Specific Responsibilities

• Oversees, manages, and provides overall direction for all administrative aspects necessary for the success of the Russian Flagship Program.
• Provides administrative assistance as needed, shares tutor-lists and student-lists with the IU Language Workshop.
• Serves as point of contact for administrative issues with Indiana University units (IUTS, CeLT, Global Living and Learning Community, Overseas Study, etc.), federal and other funders, and other external agencies.
• Facilitates activities with other Flagship programs. Directly supervises support and temporary staff and coordinates workflow for the Program.
• Takes lead role in writing and revising position descriptions, and serves on all program search committees.
• Trains new staff and monitors performance.
• Formulates program objectives and creates policies to meet them.
• Coordinates program operation with all collaborative units (REEI, LW, CeLT, Global Living and Learning Community, etc.).
• Evaluates and provides guidance for activities of other professional staff, such as outreach and recruitment and accounting activities.
• Addresses unique and unexpected challenges and problems that arise, and determines solutions and works with colleagues to implement them.
• Designs and implements regular self-assessment instruments in collaboration with the Director to evaluate performance and efficiency of multiple constituencies of the Program - students, instructors, tutors, advisors, recruitment venues, and other components (e.g., ROTC information sessions).
• Develops promotional materials and actively markets the program.
• Conducts outreach, promoting the program locally, regionally, and nationally.
• Coordinates recruitment efforts with other Flagship programs.
• Serves as advisor to Flagship students and provides advice and counsel to students and parents.
• Monitors students' progress and maintains student local database and the national Russian Flagship Student Certification system.
• Prepares reports for stakeholders at various levels IIE/NSEP, IU, Slavic Department, OVST, etc.
• Together with the Director writes grant applications for the Program.

General Responsibilities

• Plans, directs and implements programs or events, including the creation of materials to support these events.
• Provides staff communications and serves as liaison to program participants, collaborators in other units, community partners, vendors and the public; approves staff purchase requests; arranges staff travel, accommodations, and research activities.
• Provides mechanisms, training, and advice on a variety of issues such as budget management software and advanced strategies for timely spending of grant funds. May be responsible for meeting revenue targets.
• Recruits, trains, directs, schedules, and evaluates faculty and staff partners, students and volunteers. Mentors, serves as a resource and provides guidance to team staff members as needed.
• Researches available grants and works closely with managers to identify funding needs and potential sources, creates grant proposals that further advance support of the program and program participants; May be responsible for meeting revenue targets.
• Constructs and administers program budgets and approves spending. Tracks progress on deliverables, analyzes data on projected spending and prepares reports for higher management and funding sources.
• Keeps abreast of best practices to recommend policies and procedures that deliver a quality program experience.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years in related field

Preferred

• Knowledge of the Russian language, Russian language pedagogy, or Russian area studies preferred.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

Preferred

• Grant writing, management, and reporting
• Proficiency in Russian

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

The position requires regular domestic and international travel, including long overseas flights, in-state and out-of-state driving, national flying.

Bloomington, Indiana

$45,000 - $47,000 annualized salary (paid monthly)

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: General Administration

Job Family: Program Management

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