Ann Puentes
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Come work at Puentes Abroad, our dynamic global education company!
We are an international education company, designing and implementing customized and meaningful internship, service-learning, and study abroad programs in Argentina. We bridge university and high school students to professional, academic, and cultural opportunities in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We achieve this through meticulous and cheerful organization, local knowledge of Argentina, and vast experience working with U.S. universities, students, and young professionals.
Puentes Abroad seeks a full-time Program Director to join our team.
Major Functions and Responsibilities:
Program Set Up and Direction
- Internships: Develop new internship sites with businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies and conduct internship oversight meetings with supervisors and student interns.
- Activities: Plan and supervise cultural activities, day trips, volunteer opportunities, overnight excursions, airport pick-ups, and orientations, together with the Program Assistant.
- Professional development: Conduct one-on-one resume and interview workshops with students.
- Housing: Develop housing options in student residences, shared apartments, and homestays. With the Program Assistant, conduct housing check ins and handle any housing issues.
- On-site support: Oversee the Program Assistant in providing general on-site support for students by handling day-to-day inquiries, as well as health and safety emergencies.
- Program design: Help to conceptualize and craft detailed itineraries for the internship program, service-learning program, and study abroad program.
- Reporting: Assist in creating evaluation tools, collecting program feedback, and compiling client reports with program reviews and recommendations.
- Expenses and payments: Assist in managing program payments and recording expenses.
Business Development and Marketing
- University partner outreach: Assist in researching target university partners and conducting outreach to pitch internship and study abroad programming.
- Student participant outreach: Create and distribute information to recruit internship program participants via online platforms, social media, and targeted email outreach.
Staff Supervision
- Program Assistant Supervision: Supervise the Program Assistant’s work in program activity coordination, housing management, and student on-site support.
Requirements:
- Excellent group management know-how, outstanding organizational skills, strong problem solving abilities, and interpersonal tact are required. Must have a proactive, creative approach.
- An undergraduate degree is required, with a strong preference for at least three to five years of experience in program management and working with international students.
- Fluency in English and Spanish is essential in order to effectively manage groups of U.S. students and to coordinate with local providers and partners in Argentina.
---- To apply, please submit your curriculum vitae and a one-page cover letter in English to Ann Noguer at [email protected] by February 1, 2017.
We are an international education company, designing and implementing customized and meaningful internship, service-learning, and study abroad programs in Argentina. We bridge university and high school students to professional, academic, and cultural opportunities in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We achieve this through meticulous and cheerful organization, local knowledge of Argentina, and vast experience working with U.S. universities, students, and young professionals.
Puentes Abroad seeks a full-time Program Director to join our team.
Major Functions and Responsibilities:
Program Set Up and Direction
- Internships: Develop new internship sites with businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies and conduct internship oversight meetings with supervisors and student interns.
- Activities: Plan and supervise cultural activities, day trips, volunteer opportunities, overnight excursions, airport pick-ups, and orientations, together with the Program Assistant.
- Professional development: Conduct one-on-one resume and interview workshops with students.
- Housing: Develop housing options in student residences, shared apartments, and homestays. With the Program Assistant, conduct housing check ins and handle any housing issues.
- On-site support: Oversee the Program Assistant in providing general on-site support for students by handling day-to-day inquiries, as well as health and safety emergencies.
- Program design: Help to conceptualize and craft detailed itineraries for the internship program, service-learning program, and study abroad program.
- Reporting: Assist in creating evaluation tools, collecting program feedback, and compiling client reports with program reviews and recommendations.
- Expenses and payments: Assist in managing program payments and recording expenses.
Business Development and Marketing
- University partner outreach: Assist in researching target university partners and conducting outreach to pitch internship and study abroad programming.
- Student participant outreach: Create and distribute information to recruit internship program participants via online platforms, social media, and targeted email outreach.
Staff Supervision
- Program Assistant Supervision: Supervise the Program Assistant’s work in program activity coordination, housing management, and student on-site support.
Requirements:
- Excellent group management know-how, outstanding organizational skills, strong problem solving abilities, and interpersonal tact are required. Must have a proactive, creative approach.
- An undergraduate degree is required, with a strong preference for at least three to five years of experience in program management and working with international students.
- Fluency in English and Spanish is essential in order to effectively manage groups of U.S. students and to coordinate with local providers and partners in Argentina.
---- To apply, please submit your curriculum vitae and a one-page cover letter in English to Ann Noguer at [email protected] by February 1, 2017.
