Communications Officer

Department

Office of the President

Job Type

Administrative

Applicant Type

All citizens

Type of Position

Full-Time

Closing Date

Jul 23, 2019

Office of the President is looking for local and international applicants for the vacant position Communications Officer, Office of the President.

Qualifications: 

Ideally, an applicant should have bachelor's degree in a relevant field from a higher education institution; 1 year experience of higher education institution management skills; ability to effectively work with people from all backgrounds and nationalities; expertise across the Windows Office suite at minimum; native fluency in English; working knowledge of Russian

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Act as a link between the President’s Office and other departments to ensure that the internal communications of the Office of the President and these units function efficiently and effectively;
• Write external official correspondence for the President;
• Write speeches and public statements for the President;
• Prepare communication materials for University-wide announcements;
• In collaboration with marketing department, create effective advertising materials for international media;
• Coordinate the president's student engagement initiatives, working collaboratively with the student government;
• Coordinate or support the organization of events at the request of the President;
• Take minutes at the meetings at the President’s Cabinet. Ensure that the minutes are signed by all members. Organize and maintain the files containing these minutes;
• Work collaboratively with other members of the President’s Office;
• Share supervisory responsibilities for student assistants in the Office of the President;
• Undertake other projects and assignments at the request of the President or his representative

Preferred Qualifications: A master degree in a relevant field from a western higher education institution; fluency in Russian and or Kazakh. 1 year experience of western higher education institution management skills

Application Process

Interested candidates may apply through this official source or may send a letter of interest and CV to e-mail: recruitment@kimep.kz
Please indicate "Communications Officer" in a subject of email and your citizenship(s) at the first page of your CV ( for our database), please indicate your salary (gross).

Application deadline: Open until filled

The review of applications can start on June 10, 2019

The interviews can start on June 17, 2019

The person should start in the begining of August 2019 or earlier.

Salary will be discussed with shortlisted candidates.

Only short-listed candidates will be informed

Almaty, Kazakhstan

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