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.
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- 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
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- Update Website – International House website http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/ihouse
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- 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.
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- Work with International Spouses Group throughout the year in a support position. Duties include but not limited to
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- Marketing/Outreach for Spouses/Partners Programs
- Coverage for IHouse staff related to Spouses/Partners Programming
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- When needed, staff the front desk.
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- Answer the phone
- Greet visitors
- Respond to queries
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- 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.