Bilingual Assistant in Hebrew

Middlebury College; Bread Loaf (VT); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Lodging

Meal plan

Job summary

Middlebury College seeks a Bilingual Assistant in Hebrew for its Summer Hebrew School on the campus in Middlebury, VT. The role supports language immersion, student life, and program operations during the 7-week session.

Responsibilities span ambassador duties, student life, events, tutoring, technology support, and communications, with lodging and meal plan provided in addition to salary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred; advanced degree a plus.
• Native or near-native proficiency in Hebrew and English, oral and written.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communications skills.
• Ability to work with people of all ages and levels (students, professionals, colleagues).
• Willingness to take initiative and work collaboratively as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Serves as primary in-language point of contact for students and faculty, language practice support.
• Engages with students outside class, including meals, activities, and dorms.
• Designs and leads team-building activities for classes or programs.
• Supports adherence to the Language Pledge and learning environment.
• Represents the School and Middlebury community in official capacities.
• Represents School administration in dorms and social spaces, evenings and weekends.
• Responds to student emergencies and guides to appropriate offices and resources.
• Facilitates cultural programs and coordinates with campus offices for events.
• Provides tutoring and linguistic support, including conversation practice and testing assistance.
• Offers IT and classroom tech support as needed.
• Translates School and official Middlebury documents.
• Manages communications across email, website, social media, and publications.

Skills

Hebrew proficiency

Bilingual (Hebrew/English)

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred

Tools

IT basics

MS Office

Job description

Bilingual Assistant in Hebrew

Location: Middlebury College Campus, Middlebury, VT

Open Date: Nov 14, 2019

The Middlebury College Summer Hebrew School is pleased to announcea vacancy for a temporary Bilingual Assistant in Hebrew. Theposition is available during the summer 2020 session, located onthe Middlebury College campus in Middlebury, Vermont. Our unique7-week program combines a cultural immersion environment withrigorous daily classroom instruction.

Essential to the functioning of each Language School, the BilingualSummer Staff member organizes and implements multiple facets of theacademic and non-academic operations of the School; provideslanguage, co-curricular, and residential support to students; worksalongside the School Coordinator and Director in the management ofSchool operations; and collaborates with Faculty in support ofstudents' language acquisition.

In addition to the salary, lodging and a complete meal plan will beprovided.

Responsibilities are grouped into 7 broad areas, beginning with themost essential. An "*" next to a responsibility means that allSummer Staff will be involved in this task.

(1) Program ambassador

• Serves as primary in-language point of contact for students andfaculty. Knowledgeable about the program as well as campusresources and policies.*
• Actively engages with students, providing linguistic practice,encouragement, and support outside of class, during meals andactivities and in the dorms, offices, and social spaces.*
• Designs and implements team-building exercises for classes orprogram as a whole.
• Supports students' commitment to the Language Pledge and therigorous learning environment.*
• Serves as official representative of the School, the LanguageSchools administration, and the Middlebury community.*

(2) Student life

• Represents the School administration in the dorms and socialspaces, especially on evenings and weekends.*
• Resides in dorms. Provides guidance and non-academic support.Monitors adherence to the Language Pledge. Organizes socialactivities in the dorms.*
• Responds to student emergencies and urgent situations. Directsstudents to appropriate offices and resources, academic andnon-academic.*

(3) Co-curricular activities and events

• Facilitates the School's cultural program, an integral part of theimmersion-based academic experience. Liaises with campus officesincluding but not limited to public safety, dining services, eventsmanagement, media services, print shop, theater, and facilitiesservices.*
• Designs, plans, and implements complex school-wide cultural events.Designs and leads regular co-curricular activities.
• Represents director by acting as host to official guests, includinglecturers, performers, visiting artists, etc.*
• Assists faculty, guests, and the director at/with lectures,performances, and other events.*
• Coordinates inter-school activities.
• Attends program events as crowd managers and "animators"(enthusiastic leaders).*

(4) Tutoring and pedagogical support

• Provides regular tutoring hours to assist students with homework,grammar, stylistics, pronunciation, etc.
• Engages in conversation practice outside of class.*
• Lecture series: gives presentation on an area of personalexpertise.
• Assists with student testing.

(5) Technology

• Provides general IT support for faculty, guests, and students (onSchool and personal devices).*
• Provides curricular technology training and support forfaculty.
• Manages circulation of School technology, equipment, and filmarchive.
• Provides technical support at events, from basic a/v at lectures to sound and light design at staged performances.
• Provides classroom technical support, as requested byfaculty.

(6) Communications

• Communicates with students and faculty on a variety of platforms:email, website, social media, print media, announcements.*
• Designs and edits web content, especially on instructionalin-language sites.
• Develops media content and disseminates publications, includingcalendars, newspaper, posters, event programs, etc.
• Manages photography and videography. Edits photo and video content.Prepares slideshows, photo exhibits, event videos, etc.
• Translates School and other official Middlebury documents.*

(7) School office

• Administers School office.
• Serves as in-language point of contact for students, faculty, andguests needing drop-in assistance.
• Scheduling of events and activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred. Advanced degree a plus.
• Native or near-native proficiency in target language and English,oral and written.
• Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, and communicationskills (both oral and written).
• Ability to work with people of all ages and levels (students,professionals, and colleagues).
• Must be willing to take initiative and assume responsibility, butalso work collaboratively as part of a team.

Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with ademonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching andresearch. An Equal Opportunity Employer, the College is committedto hiring a diverse faculty as we work to foster innovation in ourcurriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experienceto our increasingly diverse student body.