Job at UM

Employer: University of Miami Center for Latin American Studies



Position: Program Coordinator/Assistant Director



About: Reporting to the Director of the University of Miami Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), this person serves as Center administrator. CLAS is a university-wide, interdisciplinary research center that bridges scholarly interests among diverse fields and facilitates and encourages faculty and student collegiality and interaction. Duties and responsibilities include: providing administrative and staff support for Center activities; writing grants and supervising grant writing activities to secure external funding for the Center and to promote individual faculty applications to appropriate funding agencies; coordinating interdisciplinary activities that involve Center faculty and graduate students; and serving as liaison between the Center and the campus and off-campus communities.



Requirements: Bachelors degree. Masters degree preferred, but not required. Experience with Latin America issues. Strong leadership, administrative and interpersonal skills.



For more information, please contact me at 305.205.0595 or phoudard@developingmindsfoundation.org.