Term of the Position: Two year contract
Location: Shanghai, China
Work type: Part-Time (4 days per week, incl. some evening functions), with potential to increase to full-time later
Industry: Education, Membership Associations, Development

The Organization:
The Australia China Alumni Association (ACAA) is a not-for-profit organization that aims to connect and engage all alumni of Australian Universities that are currently based in China. It is presently supported by the Australian Federal Government and 22 partner universities, and aims to be self-sustaining in future with funding generated primarily from corporate sponsorship and membership fees. For more information, please visit www.austchinaalumni.org.

Position Description:
The Director of Development (Shanghai) will report directly to the ACAA Steering Committee's Executive Director, and work cooperatively with counterpart in Beijing, and Guangzhou, to contribute to the overall growth of the Association across China. The role will be primarily aimed at growing and maintaining the ACAA's presence in Shanghai in a sustainable way and the incumbent will also be expected to take a role in the development of the association as a whole, including generating funding, increasing the membership base, improving the profile of the association in the community, and extending the association into other cities in East China via volunteer committees.

Key Responsibilities include:
• Continued engagement of ACAA's existing membership base in Shanghai and East China, and implementing strategies to increase the number of paying members in the region.
• Increasing the profile of the association in Shanghai and East China, both in the community, in the media, and with potential corporate sponsors.
• Organizing and hosting regular alumni events in Shanghai.
• Fostering and working with a volunteer events committee in Shanghai.
• Working with existing university partners to engage with their alumni in East China.
• Working with Australian University Alumni in East China to identify and promote professional development and networking opportunities.
• Identifying and engaging potential corporate sponsors.
• Working with HR firms and alumni to provide career advice, job matching.
• Developing new relationships with Australian Universities not yet involved with the ACAA.
• Maintaining and updating a comprehensive database of Alumni now living in China, including identifying strategies for locating and contacting alumni, and improving the quality of data.
• Managing and generating content for the ACAA website, including job information, event information and other useful resources.
• Undertaking basic accounting functions, including record-keeping for finances related to events, memberships, etc.
• Profiling successful alumni for the ACAA e-newsletter & website.
• Ongoing liaison with allied organizations (Australian Consulate-General in Shanghai, State Govt. Offices, CPA Australia, key corporate partners, etc.).

Selection Criteria:
• Bachelor degree from an Australian university (highly desired).
• Native English speaker with sound mandarin; or native mandarin with close to native English
• Understanding of the Australian university environment (essential)
• Minimum of one years professional work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Excellent computer skills including experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access or similar database software.
• Self motivated and success driven.
• Familiarity with Shanghai, and a minimum of one year living in mainland China.
• Not for profit / Development experience an advantage
• Graphic design skills, and/or knowledge of Adobe Illustrator will also be an advantage.
• Some experience with website content management.
Must be flexible to attend some evening and weekend functions.

Application process :
Interested applicants should send their resume and a cover letter (both in English)
addressing the selection criteria to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Applications close Friday 3 September 2010.