Job description
Position Overview:
Duke Kunshan University (DKU) is a world-class liberal arts university based in Kunshan, China, that offers a range of high quality, innovative academic programs for students from around the world. It was established in September 2013 as a U.S.-China partnership between Duke University and Wuhan University.
In our Executive Education and Lifelong Learning Department, we are the right person to take a multifaceted role supporting an expanding team.
Executive Education is at the intersection of University life. Tasked with delivering business programmes for leading executive and managers, we draw together the unique faculty talent of DKU supplemented with outside adjunct faculty, the incredible facilities of the university campus in Kunshan and our own hotel. We also deliver our programmes from client locations and other third-party venues.
Reports to:
Senior Director of Executive Education and Lifelong Learning
Skills & experience
Essential Duties:
The Project Manager is expected to cover two major areas:
Programme Support
l Assist in delivery of programmes through the coordination between departments, ownership of budget and delivery, raising of invoices, and ensuring smooth delivery when clients are on campus/site.
Sales Support
l Support the team with sales initiatives, participation in sales meetings and the development of winning proposals.
l Perform other duties as assigned.
l University employees' job responsibilities will continue to expand in scope and depth as the University grows in size and complexity in its programs.
Required Qualifications:
l Bachelor’s degree or above.
l Solid English ability in terms of both writing and speaking. The team’s working language is English. Native Mandarin speaker, strong business writing skills in Chinese.
l At least 10 years’ work experience in client service.
l Analytical capability, with good commercial acumen, presence, business sense and financial knowledge.
l Self-motivated, and willing to solve challenges and work under pressure.
l High professionalism, and a team player with positive attitude.