Assistant/ Associate

1 week ago

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Indian Institute for Human Settlements Full time

About the Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
India's urban transition is unprecedented in scale and complexity.

Within it lie both the opportunities of increased economic growth and employment as well as the challenges of persistent inequality, extreme deprivation and environmental degradation.

IIHS has been running the Urban Fellows Programme to foster a new generation of urban practitioners and change makers, to become part of shaping this transition.


The Urban Fellows Programme (UFP) is a scholarship-based, nine-month, full-time, residential, inter-disciplinary fellowship for recent graduates and young professionals from varied educational backgrounds or practice domains.


IIHS seeks an Administrative Assistant for the Urban Fellows Programme (UPF), to provide administrative support to UFP faculty and staff.

The role primarily involves performing general administrative tasks as well as providing specific support during all stages of the programme, in addition to preparing and organising online and on-campus classes, meetings, workshops and events.


The incumbent will work both independently and as a member of a team, and must have the ability to interact effectively and professionally with various teams at IIHS, co-workers, faculty members, and students.


Activities and Tasks


The Assistant/ Associate - Academic Administration would be required to perform a wide variety of assignments, some of which may be confidential in nature.

Responsibilities would include, but not be limited to, the following:

  • Running the logistics and operational requirements daily and throughout the programme in coordination with relevant teams across IIIHS; serving as a liaison with other departments on administrative and operational matters;
  • Keeping track of various calendars for academic classes, UFP activities and IIHS events; actively communicating and assisting in changes and updates;
  • Maintaining the filing system, compiling and organising data as required; maintaining and updating UFP records and documents with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail;
  • Assisting in creating forms, gathering and organising responses from Fellows and Faculty of the programme as required to manage and organize programme functions and various activities;
  • Assisting the IIHS Learning & Development team to run language support classes for UFP Fellows; assisting the Academic Office to coordinate with various IIHS Labs and teams to produce digital and print collaterals at various stages of the programme.
  • Performing basic, routine bookkeeping functions, which may involve simple billing, creating purchase requests, responding to invoicesand cash receipt activities;
  • Participating in activities of Institution-Building at IIHS; attending IIHS events and UFP events; carrying out tasks as assigned by IIHS, and performing miscellaneous jobrelated duties as assigned.

Structure and Reporting


The Assistant/ Associate - Academic Administration will report to the Senior Manager - Academic Office and will be required to collaborate effectively with the Academic Committee, a diverse group of internal teams and external individuals/ organisations, and students.


Person Specification

  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in business administration, marketing, communication or related field with at least 2 years of relevant experience;
  • Experience in academic administration with the ability to maintain records and calendars, and schedule appointments;
  • Proficiency in English (verbal and written); and the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; ability to create, compose, and edit written materials;
  • Ability to understand and follow specific instructions and procedures;
  • Ability to maintain the confidentiality of records and information;
  • Strong attention to detail, and rigor of approach in any task taken up;
  • Organising and coordinating skills;
  • Multitasking ability and resourcefulness;
  • A high degree of agility to deal quickly and effectively with logístical and operational issues as and when they occur;
  • The flexibility and willingness to stretch beyond office hours as needed by the role;
  • Technology: Data entry skills; working knowledge of basic software (MS Office and Adobe), Google Forms and Spreadsheets; organising and maintaining records of online meetings on Zoom, Skype, GMeet, MS Teams, etc.


This offer is on an exclusive basis, which implies that other professional assignments (whether compensated or not) that bear a potential conflict of interest with IIHS cannot be undertaken.

The search will remain open until the position is filled.

Location
This position is based in Bengaluru and may entail travel to other locations in India.

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