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Two positions at the rank of Assistant Professor of Global Communications 

 

Assistant/Associate Professor | Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development 

 

Vice President for Finance and Administration

 
 
 
 
 
 

Two positions at the rank of Assistant Professor | Department of Global Communications

 
 

The American University of Paris invites applications for two full-time positions in the Global Communications Department at the rank of Assistant Professor. The department is looking for candidates with a strong background in the following areas: politics and new media (convergence culture), social movements, globalization, comparative media and web journalism.

 

The Institution: Founded in 1962, located on the Left Bank in central Paris, the AUP is a small university with a liberal-arts core, dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences in an international, multicultural environment. With values rooted in the American Higher education system, AUP is accredited in the USA by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. It is also recognized by the French Ministry of Education.

 

The Department: Dedicated to the international, comparative study of communications and media, AUP’s Department of Global Communications offers a BA degree with different specializations — plus an innovative and expanding MA program in Global Communications. The Department has seven full-time faculty, 12 part-time faculty, 125 undergraduate majors and 60 full-time MA students.

 

Post 1 - Responsibilities: new faculty would be expected to take responsibility for courses in Global New Media and Social Movements. Teaching would also include introductory-level to MA-level courses in the following areas: convergence culture and social movements, web culture, game theory and critical journalism studies. Ability to teach courses in social networking and new media and public relations and society would be a plus. Commitment to scholarship, excellence in teaching, student advising, university service, and liberal arts pedagogy required.

 

Post 1 - Qualifications: Ph.D. in communications or journalism by time of appointment (August 1, 2010). Clear capacity for research and strong teaching record. European Union citizenship or legal right to work in France is a decided advantage. Fluency in French a plus. Additional languages a strong plus.

 

Post 2 – Responsibilities: applicants for the second position will develop master Online Journalism at AUP, designing and teaching courses for a new digital-journalism major (practical and critical-theoretical courses) and coordinating internships for journalism students. Course areas will include reporting, editing, publishing, NGO or public-interest and investigative reporting, also cultural reporting and criticism. The successful candidate will manage the department website, a student online journalism blog and digital radio broadcasts/podcasts. He/she will also continue contributing to online publications as a journalist. Experience in the management of academic programs an advantage

 

Post 2 - Qualifications: Demonstrated excellence in online journalism for large audiences. Reporting and editing experience. Cutting-edge practical knowledge of digital journalism. Interpersonal skills and professional participation in coordination of student internships. Experience designing and editing print and web publications. The successful candidate must be able to multi-task between program design management and maintenance, teaching practical courses, mentoring students, and furthering her/his own journalism career. Fluency in French and English obligatory. Relevant graduate training (Ph.D. preferred) and academic publishing a plus.

 

Applications: Please send brief cover letter, statement of research interests, one writing sample, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three letters of reference to Dr. Justin McGuinness, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Global Communications, The American University of Paris, 6 rue du Colonel Combes, 75007 Paris, France. E-mail inquiries welcome (comsearch@aup.fr) but applications MUST be sent by mail.

 

Review of applications will begin November 1, and continue until the positions are filled.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant/Associate Professor | Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development

 
 

Chartered as a liberal arts college in 1962, the American University of Paris is today an urban, independent, international university located at the confluence of France, Europe, and the world. We aim to provide the finest American undergraduate and graduate programs to students from all national, linguistic, and educational backgrounds, and to take our place as a renowned global center for innovative interdisciplinary research.

 

Ours is an academic culture of engagement, global citizenship, and community that fosters in students and faculty alike a critical sense of commitment to and responsibility for a world of interdependence. In the multilingual, multicultural learning environment of The American University of Paris, students develop a capacity for ethical and political judgment that is alert to cultural diversity. In the living laboratory that is Paris, in the exceptional space of the AUP classroom, students and faculty of 100 different nationalities meet to articulate civic values and negotiate difference, as together they question, reflect upon, and work toward creative solutions to real-world challenges.

 

With an eye to building two signature interdisciplinary programs—an undergraduate program in “Science, Technology and Society,” and a new Master’s program in Sustainable Development Practice—AUP currently invites applications for a position at assistant or associate professor rank, beginning fall 2010, in the Science Department.

 

You will have the opportunity to create a new undergraduate program, drawing upon new pedagogies of science teaching, as well as to contribute actively—with a group of colleagues from different disciplines--to the development of the new Master’s program. You will be called upon to develop and teach at both levels courses in several aspects of environmental science, e.g. climate change, energy, water, sustainability, as well as those of your own devising. You will take part in departmental curricular development and renewal, student advising, and university service. You will work with student activist groups on campus to build an increasingly green environment, as well as environmental awareness at AUP.

 

To succeed in this role you will need to hold a Ph.D. in a natural science and demonstrate the potential for high-quality, innovative, interdisciplinary research at the international level. You will need to love teaching, and be able to demonstrate a record of successfully having done so as a graduate student or ranked professor. You will receive special attention if you speak fluent French and hold European Union working papers (although neither is a requirement for the job), have experience in policy formation or environmental activism, and show evidence of strong moral commitment to global sustainability.

 

If this sounds like the job for you, kindly submit:

· A letter of interest demonstrating a commitment to academic excellence and active learning in a diverse liberal arts environment

· A statement of teaching philosophy, including your areas of teaching interests and experience

· A statement of research interests and experience

· A curriculum vitae

· Two letters of recommendation, and contact information of two additional referees who may be contacted if the application is shortlisted.

 

Applications must be sent by email to: sc-search@aup.fr

 

Review of applications will begin November 15, 2009 and continue until the position is filled.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Vice President for Finance and Administration

 
 

Position Description:
 

The Vice President for Finance and Administration is the University’s principal financial officer and a member of the President’s leadership team. He or she is responsible for overall strategic management and proactive leadership of both Finance and Buildings and Administrative Services, as well as for all of the University’s reporting and compliance responsibilities in the US and France. Primary responsibilities include working with the President to carry out strategic financial management of the University and budget development in alignment with institutional goals, monitoring and control of budgets, preparation of financial information for management and reporting, management of all University buildings and auxiliary activities, negotiation of all contractual agreements, management and review of staff under Finance and Buildings and Grounds, oversight of the annual audit processes for both French and US accounts, liaising with University legal and financial counselors, and regular reporting to the Board of Trustees and its designated committees.


The University:


Chartered as a liberal arts college in 1962, the American University of Paris is today an urban, independent, international university located at the confluence of France, Europe, and the world. We aim to provide the finest American undergraduate and graduate programs to students from all national, linguistic, and educational backgrounds, and to take our place as a renowned global center for innovative interdisciplinary research.


The University’s mission is to educate AUP graduates to communicate well in a world of many languages, to think critically about history, culture, the arts, science, politics, business, communication, and society, to develop creative interdisciplinary approaches to important contemporary challenges, to be both technologically and culturally literate in a world of swift-paced change, to understand the ethical imperatives of living in such a world, and to take their places as responsible actors in communities, civil societies, and countries around the globe.


AUP’s is an academic culture of engagement, global citizenship, and community that fosters in students and faculty alike a critical sense of commitment to and responsibility for a world of interdependence. In the multilingual, multicultural learning environment of The American University of Paris, students develop a capacity for ethical and political judgment that is alert to cultural diversity. In the living laboratory that is Paris, in the exceptional space of the AUP classroom, students and faculty of 100 different nationalities meet to articulate civic values and negotiate difference, as together they question, reflect upon, and work toward creative solutions to real-world challenges.


Location as Endowment:


Spread across eight buildings in Paris’ 7th arrondissement stretching from the Eiffel Tower to the Invalides, AUP has the remarkable advantage of its unparalleled location. The University shares this neighborhood with other American institutions, such as the American Library of Paris, and the American Church. This past year, AUP purchased its third building, known as Combes, a block from the Seine, and is actively pursuing opportunities to consolidate its real estate in central Paris. AUP’s substantial endowment has always been our location in the greatest city in the world, and, investing it wisely, we have attached our curriculum to the histories of the city—to Paris’s many centuries of art, culture, literature, politics, music, sociology and the like, to its monuments, libraries, neighborhoods, but also to the edgy new Paris of demographic shifts, rising multiculturalism, food that is other than French, urban renewal, and texts in many different languages.

 

AUP’s Academic Program:
 

AUP is a small, dynamic “world university” with a curriculum to match—one that focuses on the cross cultural and the comparative. The University’s curriculum is essentially American, although inflected by the international educational background of AUP’s diverse faculty body. The rigorous University curriculum is divided into four schools—Arts and Sciences, Communications and Film, International Business, and International Politics, Economics and Public Policy—which house 14 different undergraduate majors and 8 graduate programs. Interdisciplinary programs and minors flourish across all four divisions, driven by faculty research interests and scholarly passions. AUP is also host to an interdisciplinary Arts Arena, a Forum for Culture and Society, a Center for Writers and Translators, a Cahiers series, an AUP Fine Arts Gallery space, and numerous lecture series, such as the Working Paper Series in the Social Sciences, and the AUP Public Lectures in the Humanities. AUP also enjoys partnerships with a global consortium of 22 American universities across Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa, as well as with liberal arts institutions in the US, and national universities across Europe. A transatlantic international curriculum is currently being designed in partnership with the Eugene Lang College of The New School in New York City.
 

Students:
 

AUP students come from virtually every educational system in the world, representing approximately 100 different nationalities each year. The entering class has brought 87 different languages and dialects into the University since 2001. The exceptional demographic diversity of the University community has a powerful impact on teaching and learning, and is the first reason students cite for choosing to get a degree at AUP. Along with all the other constituents of the University, students contribute handsomely to the culture of interdependence at AUP. Forty per cent of AUP’s students come from the fifty states of the US, 15% from France, and the rest from 98 different nationalities across the globe.
 

Faculty:
 

AUP’s faculty body is composed of 23 different nationalities, representing all continents of the world. Dedicated to teaching, the faculty is also richly productive, hosting high numbers of international conferences, study groups, research projects, and events each year. Faculty research tends to focus on the cross-cultural, the comparative, and the interdisciplinary, supporting the University’s mission of producing students for a world held in common. A shared curricular vision stretches across the four divisions at both graduate and undergraduate levels, one that looks toward global sustainability, conflict resolution, world governance, cultural translation, and address of social injustice by every disciplinary tool at our disposal, but most important of all, focuses upon the steady cultivation of our own and our students’ humanity. AUP has no separate graduate faculty—all faculty members who participate in graduate teaching also teach in the undergraduate program.

 

University Governance and Reporting Relationships:
 

AUP is led by the President, who is appointed by a 26-member Board of Trustees comprised of dedicated alumni, business leaders, nonprofit leaders, and people from a range of professions and walks of life. AUP’s Board Chair, Judith Ogilvie, is an alumna of the first class of graduates. Increasing numbers of alumni have joined the Board, bringing further passion and commitment to planning for AUP’s future.
 

In October 2008, Celeste Schenck became AUP’s twelfth president. Having served AUP for nearly 20 years in multiple capacities, President Schenck was a Professor of Comparative Literature, Associate Dean for Curriculum Development, Vice President for Academic Innovation, Vice President for Development and Grants Management, Dean of the University and Provost before assuming presidential responsibility. Schenck is a scholar of women’s literature, editor of multiple series, and, more recently, co-author of books on women, culture, and development. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her doctorate from Brown University.
 

The Vice President for Finance and Administration reports directly to the President, with whom he or she will work intensely and closely to establish a new and strengthened business model for AUP. The Vice President for Finance and Administration serves as a member of the President’s Cabinet, along with the VP for Student Services, the Director of Admissions, the Director of Development, the Academic Dean, and four faculty leaders of the four academic divisions.
 

Key responsibilities for AUP’s next Vice President for Finance and Administration:


• Support the President in the management of the University and its associated entities
• Serve as a member of the President’s Cabinet, participating fully in the strategic and operational management of the University
• Lead and manage strategically the Finance and Building and Administrative Services teams, including finance, real estate and auxiliary enterprises
• Take responsibility for the financial and accounting management of the University, including timely and accurate reporting, mastery of foreign exchange currency markets, management of both French and US statutory requirements
• Work with the President and other senior staff members, as well as constituencies across the University to build the annual budget, striving at all times for transparency and broad-based participation
• Prepare documents for and report regularly to the Board Business Affairs, Audit, Legal, Real Estate and Executive Committees, as required
• Prepare financial documents for and present them to the University’s comité d’entreprise, as required, and participate in annual salary negotiations with the délégués syndicaux.
• Take full responsibility for the University’s compliance with appropriate French and US regulatory bodies
• Prepare annual budgets in alignment with the University’s strategic institutional goals, and oversee their effective use, working with the President to tie planning and budgeting efforts and then to monitor progress.
• Conduct regular appraisals of the departments’ staff, reviewing training and development needs as part of the process
• Keep centralized records of all University contracts, incorporation certificates, and legal and juridical documents
• Take primary responsibility for all University insurance policies—personnel, students, buildings, and liability
• Attend to savings and cost reductions by means of outsourcing, renegotiation of contracts, and reorganization of staff responsibilities as the ERP is implemented in 2010-2012.
• Attend to policies, procedures, and business processes University-wide, working with direct reports, HR, and members of the Cabinet to ensure a high level of professional organization and accountability
• Establish appropriate “risk” scenarios and security policies and procedures
• Take institutional responsibility for maintaining Standards 2 (Planning, Resource Allocation and Institutional Renewal) and 3 (Institutional Resources) in the Middle States Characteristics of Excellence, including all assessment, reporting, and requirements falling under them.
 

Finance:


• Primary responsibility for managing the University’s resources strategically, developing and monitoring auxiliary revenue streams, investing all surplus funds—all of these in alignment with institutional goals
• Supervise the Finance Director in the day-to-day management of the Finance Department, preparing monthly management reports, maintaining cash flow, supporting the Bursar in policy decisions on students fees and debts, and overseeing both declaration and payment of payroll charges and taxes
• Work with the Financial Aid Officer and the Bursar to create and maintain internal processes for disbursement and reporting on Title IV aid, including the annual Title IV audit.
• Prepare the US and French annual financial statements, holding the highest standards for the quality of those reports, including French commissariat aux comptes and US GAAP accounts, and US Board of Education Title IV audits, and overseeing the related audit processes
• Prepare and review budgets, forecasts, multi-year budgets and cash flow projections
• Liaise regularly with appropriate Board committees and prepare materials for Board meetings
• Prepare, analyze and interpret monthly reports in a timely and accurate manner
• Oversee the implementation of the ERP in Finance, establishing and maintaining control procedures in both manual and computerized systems
• Liaise with tax advisors and tax authorities in both France and the US, filing French and US tax forms on the University’s behalf with appropriate consultation
 

Buildings and Administrative Services:


• Primary responsibility for creation and monitoring of progress toward the University’s Campus Plan.
• Supervise the Director of Buildings and Administrative Services in managing maintenance services, including property refurbishment, submissions of planning applications and building approvals, consulting with legal advisers, conducting mandated security audits, searching for properties and facilities, renting and purchase of buildings, management of the campus, purchasing and mail and communication services Negotiate rental or purchase of appropriate space or buildings
 

Qualifications:


To succeed in this role, you will need to hold a degree in accounting or finance, or an MBA. In addition, you will need to have a proven record of senior business management and leadership experience in a similar role with responsibility for administrative services which may, in exceptional cases, take the place of both qualifications listed above. You will need to demonstrate proven management and team-building experience. You will also have a demonstrable record in strategic financial management. Excellent oral presentation and written communication skills are required. You will provide evidence of your discretion, your judgment and diplomacy via the references you provide. You will manifest awareness of the current international education landscape, with knowledge of nonprofit compliance and reporting responsibilities in the US and France. You must speak both French and English, and feel comfortable working with legal and financial documents in both languages. You will cross cultural borders with ease. You will receive special attention if you already have the legal right to work in France (although the latter is not a requirement for the job), and show promise of thriving in AUP’s special environment.
 

If this sounds like the job for you, kindly submit:


• A letter demonstrating your interest in leading proactively AUP’s financial and administrative functions in a highly competitive, international higher education environment
• A review of your own experience, including your strengths and weaknesses in light of the job description
• A curriculum vitae or resumé
• A list of three referees, including email addresses and telephone numbers, whom the search committee may contact

 

Applications should be sent by e-mail to Susan Mackay, Office of the President: smackay@aup.fr

 

Compensation: Open, depending upon experience, and competitive.
Starting Date: As soon as possible
 

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled, with a desired starting date of early fall 2010.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

REGULATIONS GOVERNING EMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE

 

Citizens of France and other European Union countries automatically have the right to reside and work in France.

 

If the successful applicant for a full-time faculty position is a citizen of some other country, The American University of Paris will apply for a visa to allow the person to live and work in France, but cannot obtain immigrant visas for spouses and dependents.

 

Applicants for part-time faculty positions and for administrative positions must have French or EU citizenship, or hold a valid French Carte de Résident.

 

 
 
 
 

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