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The Scholar Ship’s staff can be categorized as follows:
Full-time Staff
Members of The Scholar Ship's management team are senior, highly experienced education and business professionals who came together around the idea of creating a transnational learning community aboard a ship. The Scholar Ship represents the opportunity to utilize leading edge thinking to create a truly innovative program that combines academic rigor, experiential education, and intercultural living.
Professionals are exclusively dedicated to the following areas:
• Academic Program Development and Management
• Admissions and Enrollment Management
• Business and Finance
• Marketing and Communications
• Operations
See Full-time Positions to view current job openings at one of our regional offices.
Onboard Staff
The onboard staff on each voyage represent the multicultural essence of The Scholar Ship program. They are professionals serving a short-term appointment to work aboard The Scholar Ship in the following capacity:
• Academic Teaching and Support Staff
• Onboard Life and Port Program Staff
The academic staff is drawn from member institutions of our Consortium of Academic Stewards, other academic partner institutions, and from diverse groups of distinguished academics. In addition to conducting lectures, academic teaching staff co-facilitates academic field programs during port calls. An academic support staff assists students with study and presentation skills, English-language development for speakers of other languages, and other needs they may have.
The Onboard Life and Port Program staff come from a wide range of fields such as Student Affairs, Experiential Education, Intercultural Communication and Higher/Tertiary Education Administration. Port program staff plans and orchestrates excursions, academic field programs and assists students in understanding independent travel opportunities linked back to their Learning Circles. Onboard Life staff facilitates learning outside the classroom through a wide range of activities. The staff also ensures the onboard community’s well-being through services that support psychological/mental health and physical fitness. Programs that provide recreational, cultural, social, spiritual and leadership opportunities are also operated by the Onboard Life staff. Lastly, each student is matched with an Intercultural Resident Counselor to ensure a successful experience throughout the entire voyage.
We welcome applications from professionals with experience and certifications in the following areas:
• Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
• Intercultural Conflict Styles Inventory
• Personal Leadership
• CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
• First Aid certification or higher
• Effectiveness in multicultural settings
• Experience with life transitions
Compensation
The compensation package includes a modest stipend that will be paid in US dollars as well as an allowance for round-trip travel to and from the ship. Staff is provided living quarters and meals throughout the voyage while onboard the vessel. Lodging, meals and transportation expenses will be covered for both the Academic Field Programs and Shore Excursions when fulfilling the required Participant-Leader role. Emergency medical insurance and evacuation coverage is also provided. Position descriptions provide more detail.
Applying
We are always accepting applications and will review applications for each voyage until the position is filled. We will consider those applicants who meet our minimum qualifications for future voyages if not selected for a particular voyage.
If you are interested in pursuing a semester-long position aboard The Scholar Ship, see Positions Aboard the Ship.