{"id":2039,"date":"2009-09-11T18:15:43","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/09\/11\/job-part-time-online-projects-assistant-at-nyu\/"},"modified":"2009-09-11T18:15:43","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T14:15:43","slug":"job-part-time-online-projects-assistant-at-nyu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2009\/09\/11\/job-part-time-online-projects-assistant-at-nyu\/","title":{"rendered":"JOB: Part-time Online Projects Assistant at NYU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Content-Type: text\/html;<br \/>\n\tcharset=&#8221;WINDOWS-1252&#8243;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Posting Title: <b>Part-time Online Projects Assistant<\/b> at NYU=92s Development Res=<br \/>\nearch Institute<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>Job Type: casual hourly student worker, estimated 10-20 hour=<br \/>\ns per week<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>Our Ideal Candidate: A smart, conscientious, self-starting Masters =<br \/>\nstudent with a desire to<br \/> work at a small but growing NYU research instit=<br \/>\nute focused on understanding the problems of global economic development.  <br \/> Responsibilities: Work with DRI=92s Associate Director on online pro=<br \/>\njects related to the DRI website and the Aid Watch blog. These projects will=<br \/>\n include updating the DRI website, conducting literature searches on specifi=<br \/>\nc development-related topics, conducting thorough online research projects f=<br \/>\nor the blog and preparing concise and well-written summaries of results. Gen=<br \/>\neral administrative duties will also include supporting institute events and=<br \/>\n helping with office paperwork.<span>&nbsp; It is important that you can work independently and accurately, while main=<br \/>\ntaining regular communication with your supervisor.<\/p>\n<p> Required:<\/p>\n<div><span><span>&#8211;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;=<br \/>\nnbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Familiarity with html, blogging platforms and online content =<br \/>\nmanagement systems <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>&#8211;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span>Excellent English oral and written=<br \/>\n communication skills <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>&#8211;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span>High level of attention to deta=<br \/>\nil<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Preferred:<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><span>&#8211;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;n=<br \/>\nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Demonstrated interest in international development, economics, or African =<br \/>\ndevelopment<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span>&#8211;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span>Demonstrated interest or experience in on=<br \/>\nline journalism<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span>&#8211;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span>Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator or=<br \/>\n other graphics software<\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/div>\n<p>Salary: $12\/hour dependent on skills a=<br \/>\nnd experience. Note: This position is not available as work\/study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/> Start Date: S=<br \/>\neptember 2009<\/p>\n<p> Please send your resume and a cover letter <i>specifically addressing how you meet the abo=<br \/>\nve criteria<\/i> to laura.freschi@ny=<br \/>\nu.edu.<\/p>\n<p> About Our Organization: The Development Research Institu=<br \/>\nte (DRI) is devoted to rigorous, scholarly research on the economic developm=<br \/>\nent and growth of poor countries. An independent and non-partisan organizati=<br \/>\non, DRI is led by NYU Professors William Easterly and Yaw Nyarko and is home=<br \/>\n to a growing team of researchers. DRI seeks to engage the academic world an=<br \/>\nd the wider public about effective solutions to world poverty through a rang=<br \/>\ne of activities including our Aid Watch initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>Through our work, we seek to expand the number and diversity=<br \/>\n of serious commentators on the state of foreign aid and development. Our ul=<br \/>\ntimate goal is to have a positive impact on the lives of the poor, who deser=<br \/>\nve the benefit of high-quality, clear-eyed, hard-headed economic research ap=<br \/>\nplied to the problems of world poverty.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><BR><br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\n459ffd6927690e6c1@lists.nyu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content-Type: text\/html; charset=&#8221;WINDOWS-1252&#8243; Posting Title: Part-time Online Projects Assistant at NYU=92s Development Res= earch Institute &nbsp; Job Type: casual hourly student worker, estimated 10-20 hour=&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","category-listserv","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}