The China Law Center at Yale Law School is seeking applicants for an open position of Administrative Coordinator in the Center’s New Haven office. This position requires performing a wide range of administrative and fiscal responsibilities at The China Law Center, including organizing administrative support for projects, multi-day workshops and conferences in China, managing activities related to visiting Chinese and other scholars and students, and providing research on a variety of topics. The Administrative Coordinator also assists with the administration of the Center’s complex fiscal arrangements.

[Slightly edited version of China Law Center's job announcement]

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree and one year of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
2. Excellent organizational skills and ability to work independently.
3. Excellent oral and written communications skills, and a demonstrated ability to use sound judgment when dealing with various situations.
4. Strong computer skills.
5. Ability to deal effectively with high-level scholars and government officials from China, the United States and other countries.
6. Preferred: Working proficiency in Mandarin Chinese (both spoken and written); experience living in, and strong interest in, China/Asia; administrative experience in designing, coordinating, and implementing international exchange programs, including with China.
Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume (including contact information for references), to The China Law Center at [email protected]. The deadline for applications is November 12, 2007. Applicants will only be contacted if invited for an interview.

The China Law Center
The China Law Center of Yale Law School is devoted to supporting law and policy reform within China and increasing understanding of China in the United States. The core of the Center's work is designing and carrying out sustained, in-depth cooperative projects between U.S. and Chinese experts on key issues in Chinese law and policy reform. Projects focus on areas that are critical to China's ongoing reform process, particularly judicial reform, criminal justice reform, administrative and regulatory reform, and constitutional law.

Since its start in 1999, the Center has developed projects at Yale University and in China, with a small staff of lawyers and scholars with decades of collective experience working on law and policy reform issues in China. The Center's Director is Professor Paul Gewirtz. A full list of Center staff, and further information, may be found on the Center's Website: http://www.yale.edu/chinalaw.
Yale Law School is an affirmative action, equal opportunity, Title IX employer.