Required Experience:
Requirements:
Master’s degree or higher in education (international education preferred), Korean Studies, or a related field
Minimum of ten years of related experience
Demonstrated interest in Korea
Conversational Korean is highly desired
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels within organizations/institutions
Excellent organizational and /time management skills to handle multiple tasks, prioritize responsibilities, and meet deadlines
Strong verbal and written communication
Detail-oriented in managing information, documentation, and communication
Flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances, priorities, and needs
Some evening and weekend work and travel required
Eligible to work in the US
Benefits:
Vacation, Sick Days and Personal Days
Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
401(k)
Compensation:
$90K- $100K Depending on Experience
Application Instructions:
Please submit a cover letter and resume to jobs@koreasociety.org with "Education: Your Name” in the subject line. Only applications emailed jobs@koreasociety.org will be accepted.
No phone calls, please. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Thank you for your interest!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $90,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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Duties / Expectations:
Senior Director of Education
The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
$90,000 - $100,000 a year - Full-time
Skills
Leadership
Do you have experience in Leadership?
Education
Master's degree
Do you have a Master's degree
Benefits
401(k)
Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Full job description
The Korea Society seeks a dedicated and qualified individual to serve as Senior Director of Education. The Senior Director will lead The Korea Society’s Education Department and Korean Studies initiatives, driving forward our mission to expand knowledge of Korea in the United States through dynamic educational programs. This senior-level position requires strategic vision, leadership, and a deep understanding of Korean studies, education policy, or program development.
Principal Responsibilities:
Administrative
Supervision: Supervise Education Department staff
Fiscal: Manage annual departmental budget and prepare cost projections for upcoming years
Reporting: Track all educational programming results and contribute to sponsor reports and proposals for TKS-wide programs, and assume prime responsibility for reporting to solely Education-specific program sponsors
Strategic Planning: Contribute to the creation and implementation of 3-year Strategic Plans and monitor Education Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Online Application Management: Manage an online application and review system, currently used for six annual competitions
Fund-raising: Identify and secure funding to support existing and advance new programming
Outreach: Build strategic partnerships by cultivating relationships with middle and high schools and educators, higher education Korean/Asian Studies and related departments, and organizations/institutions that promote Korean Studies
Programming
Korean Language Program (KLP): Supervise the KLP coordinator and in close collaboration, oversee existing and develop new language and cultural programs
approve hiring of staff, salaries, tuition rates, and promotional schemes
Monitor expenditures
Advance enhances streamlined operations
Project Bridge (PB) Youth Ambassadors: Directly implement all aspects of this program, which TKS partners with the Pacific Century Institute (PCI) in Los Angeles and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at U. Montana (MC). Responsibilities include
Manage three online applications; one for each site
Create recruitment and selection processes for New York PB and execute robust outreach to the NYC public high schools
Create and deliver bi-monthly academic year workshops on Korea and global leadership skills, securing, as needed, TKS and outside speakers, and share materials with Partner Organizations
Assume prime responsibility for organizing and leading the10-day Korea Study Tour, including logistics (air travel, insurance, in-country transportation, lodging, meals, and gifts), itinerary creation and finalization, securing sponsorships with existing and new corporate, government, school and university entities, initiate and maintain all sponsor communication(prior, during and after trip), creation of Study Tour Guides (sponsor and parent/student) as well as financial tracking and justification and final reporting
Organize final PB community presentations and graduation ceremony
Maintain alumni listings and cultivate engagement
Workshops and Resources
Manage existing and develop and/or secure new educational resources hosted on TKS’s website, along with initiating improved search tools
Maintain and refine existing workshop materials and create new offerings intended for in-person delivery at TKS or in area schools
Adapt existing materials for online delivery as well as convert into replicable workshops for instructors’ use; develop a promotion scheme
Secure outside funding to advance improvements and distribution
Undergraduate Korea Study Tour Travel Grant
manage online application and all recruitment and selection processes
award 10 “topping off” grants (5 in spring and 5 in fall) to underfinanced US students intending to study in Korea for a minimum of 10 to 15 weeks
secure sponsor funding
Lectures
Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Grant
-Conduct annual competition and selection of an emerging scholar, as well as promotion schemes
- Arrange all logistics for the promotion and delivery of the lecture
-Maintain the website and create an Annual Report for the Sherman Family
Current and Future Directions in Korean Studies Series
-Identify the series’ speakers and arrange all logistics and promotion schemes
-secure outside funding
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