常熟招聘

Core responsibility

The Secretary to Principal reports to the Assistant to Principal and has overall responsibility to assist the Principal to the management of Principal Office function at UWC Changshu China.

Demands of the position

The candidate should be service-oriented, highly organized with excellent execution skills. Effective communication and the ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds are essential. A native speaker level of Chinese is required and near native-speaker level knowledge of English would be an asset. Prior similar experiences in an international school in China/ East Asia would also be preferred.

· Familiarity with Microsoft Office products

· Comfortable working with all levels of management and support staff

· High levels of personal integrity.

· Degree level education.

· Good health, physical stamina, fitness, and vitality.

Main duties and responsibilities

To work directly to the Principal and Assistant to Principal providing highly effective and efficient secretarial support, together with a high calibre and comprehensive secretarial and administrative service. The successful candidate will be providing high-level administrative support to Principal including but not limited to scheduling and preparing for meetings and events, receiving visitors, conducting research, preparing reports and taking notes, handling confidential information, and performing clerical functions such as filing and preparing correspondence.

The Secretary to Principal Office will:

? Ensure the Principal is briefed on all meetings, collating relevant papers and materials, maintaining a brought forward system for all.

? Manage the Principal’s competing priorities and make decisions in his absence on those that can be resolved.

? Prepare, where appropriate, responses to any routine correspondence received by the Principal Office both internally and externally.

? Implement and maintain an appropriate document management system as appropriate for all functions directly reporting to the Principal Office.

? Manage the Principal’s diary and co-ordination of meetings which, includes:

o Manage competing demands on diary time

o Taking minutes and transcribing them (as and when required).

o Planning ahead to schedule time allocation for the preparation of papers

o Liaising with internal and external customers at all levels.

o Co-ordination of meetings:

§ Arranging domestic travel arrangements and overseas visits.

§ Arranging venues

§ Organising refreshments and IT equipment

§ Preparation of paperwork

? Screen all telephone calls, avoiding unnecessary interruption for the Principal and being able to determine if the call can be re-directed to another person.

? Action Principal’s e-mails that are forwarded.

? Collect and open all incoming mail, including answering and dealing with general queries, re-directing mail to alternative persons, thus alleviating the workload of the Principal.

? Assist with social arrangement, both at School and at home.

? Other tasks assigned by the Assistant to Principal.

  

UWC (United World Colleges) is a global education movement that makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.

Opened in 2015, UWC Changshu China is the first UWC in the mainland of China and the 15th in the world. The College is located on the northern shore of Kuncheng Lake in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, around 110km from Shanghai. UWC Changshu China offers a transformative and challenging educational experience in a multicultural environment. Our students come from nearly 100 countries and regions with different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. They are competitively selected in their own countries by UWC national committees and many receive needs-based scholarships.

As an IB World School, UWC Changshu China offers a high-quality two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and a one-year Pre-DP preparatory programme for students to be better prepared for the rigorous IB Diploma Programme. On top of that, co-curricular programmes and community living provide excellent opportunities for experiential learning. Students are encouraged to live up to UWC values, such as international understanding, mutual responsibility and respect, idealism, action and personal example. Students develop intercultural understanding and the genuine concern for others through residential life and the activities focused on Chinese language and culture, youth leadership and environmental activism.

世界联合学院（UWC）是当今世界独具一格的全球性教育组织，旨在通过教育，联合不同的国家、民族和文化，从而促进世界和平与可持续发展。

中国常熟世界联合学院（简称“常熟UWC”）创立于2015年，是中国内地的***所、全世界第15所UWC。学院位于江苏省常熟市昆承湖北岸，距离上海约110公里。常熟UWC让学生在一个多元文化的环境中，获得极富挑战的教育体验，并最终实现自我蜕变。我们的学生来自全球近一百个国家和地区，文化和家庭经济背景各不相同。这些学生大都经过本国的UWC国家理事会的筛选，并根据需要获得助学金。

作为一所国际预科文凭课程学校，常熟UWC提供高质量的两年制IBDP课程和一年制IBDP预备课程。此外，学院的知行项目和集体生活给予学生十分宝贵的体验式学习经历。常熟UWC鼓励学生践行UWC的核心价值理念，促进跨国界理解和尊重，承担责任，追求理想，并能够付诸行动、以身作则。通过住宿生活和参与学校中国语言和文化、青年领导力及环境保护等方面的活动，学生将学会尊重与理解不同文化，关心社会问题，并尝试引领改变。