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Graduate Student Worker for International House

International House Graduate Student Worker

Hours: 19.9 hours/week
Pay: $15.25/hour

Fall 2021 Job Responsibilities

  • Correspond with incoming international scholars, postdocs, researchers on a weekly basis, etc.
      • Send Welcome Letter to incoming scholars
      • Enter Scholar information into Scholar Database located in box
      • Lead Scholar Orientation when schedule allows
      • Post occasional notices and announcements to international scholar community
      • Work with staff lead to edit, collate, and group the content that is currently housed within 50-60 Informational handouts to determine what needs to be placed on webpages and what needs to be discarded.
  • Work with International Spouses Group throughout the year in a support position. Duties include but not limited to
      • Marketing/Outreach for Spouses/Partners Programs
      • Coverage for IHouse staff related to Spouses/Partners Programming
  • When needed, staff the front desk.
      • Answer the phone
      • Greet visitors
      • Respond to queries
  • Assist with other projects and programs as needed.

Qualifications

+ Must be sensitive and patient working with individuals from diverse cultures.

+ Enjoy problem solving.

+ Understand/Empathize with international student, scholar, spouses’ issues and situations.

+ Be a self-motivated team player willing to take the initiative.

+ Enjoy helping others

+ Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel, TEAMS, Qualtrics & Duke Box.

+ Some evening and weekend work may be required

If interested, please send a brief cover letter as to why you are interested in this position and a copy of your resume to

Paige Vinson, Assistant Director, International House. Email: paige.vinson@duke.edu.