"Assistant Educational Specialist - Office of Social Responsibility (Open Rank)"

The Office of Social Responsibility (OSR) is inviting applications for an educational specialist position to support our Adult Education Program. NYUAD’s Office of Social Responsibility offers a comprehensive program of educational opportunities that have met the expressed educational and social needs of contracted staff employed by NYUAD and domestic workers employed by NYUAD community members. The educational specialist role supports NYU Abu Dhabi's educational mission by assessing, developing, and implementing our array of adult education programming.

Job Summary
The educational specialist role will be responsible for all instructional and academic administrative support for our program’s robust course offerings. This includes maintaining strategic communication to engage and enroll a broad range of NYUAD community members, coordinating and developing educational and social programming, maintaining an inventory of all program students and participants, and identifying and activating resources, both at NYUAD and externally, that are needed to ensure the success of OSR programs.

Principle Responsibilities

• Maintain strategic communications to engage and enroll the NYUAD community and stakeholders in OSR educational programs. This includes presenting during shift changes, staff briefings, toolbox talks, quarterly ambassador meetings, and all social media, website, guidebook app, and marketing materials.
• Coordinate and develop educational programming in line with the expressed interests of our community, creating a sense of cultural understanding and integration with the UAE and NYUAD communities.
• Identify resources, both at NYUAD and externally, needed to ensure the success of NYUAD’s adult education program. This includes the teaching of courses, organizing events, and building community.
• Maintain an inventory of all participants participating in educational programming offered by the Office of Social Responsibility.
• Maintain strategic metrics of strategic planning and metrics of success for OSR programming.
• Update and implement an annual community survey for all constituencies supported by OSR and create a report to share with NYUAD leadership.
• Supervise student assistants and programmatic instructors.

About NYU Abu Dhabi
NYU Abu Dhabi is the first comprehensive liberal arts and research campus in the Middle East to be operated abroad by a major American research university. ...

We require applicants to have a Bachelor’s degree in Social Research and Public Policy, Psychology, Literature, and Creative Writing or related fields to apply. The ideal candidate will possess a deep passion for both social responsibility and adult learning, demonstrated through relevant academic qualifications and/or professional experience in education, community development, or related fields. ...

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references.

If you have any questions, please e-mail nyuad.academicrecruitment@nyu.edu.

Salaries are competitive with a generous benefits package that includes housing allowance, health insurance, transportation allowance, and home leave travel allowance. Appointments are for up to three years with the opportunity to renew subject to performance reviews, staff planning, and budget approvals. For more details on the NYUAD Office of Social Responsibility, please visit https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/about/social-responsibility/overview.html