AUA Zaven & Sonia Akian College of Science & Engineering (CSE) is hiring a collaborative and team-oriented ERC Coordinator, with strong interpersonal skills for interacting with students and faculty.

AUA Zaven & Sonia Akian College of Science & Engineering (CSE) is hiring a Communications Coordinator, with strong interpersonal skills for interacting with students and faculty.

Position Overview: The Coordinator is responsible for providing comprehensive administrative and academic support to the university’s college, with a focus on optimizing operations, enhancing student services, and improving program outcomes. The role serves as a key liaison between students, faculty, and administration, ensuring seamless program delivery and contributing to strategic academic initiatives. This position requires experience in data analysis, benchmarking, and academic consulting, along with strong organizational, financial, and legal acumen to support the college’s goals.

The Information Security Officer reports to the Chief Operating Officer. Working in collaboration with IT specialists and stakeholders from across the University, the postholder will select, design, justify, implement and operate controls and management strategies to maintain and protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability, dependability and accountability of information and information systems with legislation, regulation and relevant standards.

He is responsible for assisting with the day-to-day operations of securing AUA’s various information systems. He is tasked with providing technical expertise in all areas of network, system, and application security. He leads AUA’s vulnerability management program, manages the annual cybersecurity assessments and penetration tests, and researches and reports on emerging threats

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at the American University of Armenia seeks to appoint an Associate Dean to support the College, its programs, research centers, research initiatives, and aspirations for growth. 

About the American University of Armenia: Founded in 1991, the American University of Armenia is committed to providing excellent education at the graduate and undergraduate levels. AUA’s mission is to bring American education to Armenia, preparing Armenian citizens and those of the region to address the needs of sustainable development in an environment that values academic excellence, free inquiry, integrity, scholarship, innovation, leadership, and service to society. AUA is accredited by the US Department of Education, through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) regional accrediting body, and it benefits from a formal affiliation with the University of California system.

About the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS): CHSS offers a distinguished education, robust research opportunities, comprehensive student services, and meaningful community engagement.  Presently, the College administers nine academic programs and supports four dedicated research centers.  Our mission is to foster intellectual growth in the liberal arts, encourage creativity and discovery, and cultivate innovation, all while preparing students to assume leadership roles in both civic and professional spheres.  CHSS is a vibrant academic community, home to scholars with diverse expertise across the humanities and social sciences, many of whom are at the forefront of pioneering, high-impact research.  The College is committed to expanding its reach and capabilities in the coming years, with plans for continued growth and development. 

AUA is hiring a Receptionist.

The American University of Armenia (AUA) is seeking a Research Data (Information) Securityand Protection 1 Assessment to evaluate its current data security and protection posture,identify potential vulnerabilities, and recommend improvements to protect personal, sensitive,and critical information. The assessment will cover all aspects of research data security andprotection, including technology, procedures, and policies. More specifically, the assessmentobjectives are:

• Identify potential vulnerabilities in AUA’s data security and protection infrastructure,specifically as applied to research data and information as it relates to EU research andprogram funding, specifically, but also non-externally funded research such as thosecarried by AUA’s Institutional Research Office (IRO).
• Assess AUA’s compliance with existing international data security and protectionstandards, including GDPR.
•  Provide an action plan for enhancing AUA’s data security and protection, particularly forresearch and programs funded by the EU and the United States.

Organizational Profile:

The American University of Armenia (AUA) http://www.aua.am is a private institution of higher learning located in Yerevan, Armenia. AUA is affiliated with the University of California and is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission, 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510.748.9001. Students are admitted from Armenia and internationally.

Position Purpose:

Reporting to the Vice President of Development, the Director of Alumni Relations plays a key role in managing AUA’s alumni relations and fundraising efforts. The Director of Alumni Relations will work independently as well as collaboratively to establish a comprehensive alumni and annual giving program at AUA. This role will design, implement, and manage outreach, events, programming, partnerships, and communications to maximize alumni engagement with the University.

We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented individual with a background in political science, international relations, or diplomacy to contribute to the development of European and global policy impact reports. The role will focus on a cutting-edge project that involves creating digital twins of the ocean, an innovative approach to environmental modeling and simulating marine environments for policy compliance and development. The analyst will work part-time to support the project’s policy dimension by analyzing and supporting the policy impact of the tools and services developed within the project, crafting sector-focused policy briefs, and developing training guides and toolkits through various communication channels to relevant policy stakeholders, including national authorities, regional bodies and European policymakers. This role is ideal for candidates looking to apply their expertise in policy analysis to innovative environmental projects at a regional and global scale.