We are seeking to recruit a passionate and dynamic professional for the team of its Academic Programs’ Department, as a maternity leave replacement for a period of approx. 1,5 years starting March 2023.

The Academic Programs’ Department is responsible for the administrative support of the 11 Academic Programs of the school, providing services to a wide range of individuals and organisations, including students, members of the faculty, visiting faculty, companies and other stakeholders.

The new Program Manager will be responsible for the efficient and smooth operation of one or more of the ALBA Academic Programs’, following Associate Dean’s of Academic Programs and Administrative Director’s instructions. Among other responsibilities, he or she will be the first point of contact for existing and prospective students and the interface between the school and its faculty.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develops and manages relationships with prospective applicants at all stages of the admission and enrollment process. Consults potential applicants regarding their educational needs and assist them in finding the best fit with the available Academic Programs.
• Monitors customer preferences in order to determine focus of sales efforts
• Plans and implements events related to maximizing programs’ visibility
• Handles the daily operations of the program(s) for which he/she will be responsible
• Supports Faculty to conduct courses/workshops and prepares their contracts, travel arrangements and expenses to ensure the smooth operation of the Program
• Schedules and conducts new students’ orientation. Co-organizes students’ targeted events and any additional activities related to student welfare
• Counsels, supports and assists students with any issues related with their academic life
• Resolves customer complaints regarding offered services
• Monitors the expenses of the program(s) and prepares the invoicing of students
• Handles student academic and administrative complex issues with the guidance of the Academic Director and the Administrative Director of Academic Programs
• Creates reports and provides detailed analysis and recommendations to the Management team
• Ensures that publicity material is current and up-to-date, maintains and updates information on the programs’ website
• Assesses training needs through customer satisfaction surveys, focus groups and consultation with managers, instructors and students
• Ensures compliance in all stages of a Program with accreditation bodies (i.e. AMBA, EPAS, NECHE) criteria
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Required Qualifications:

• We welcome University graduates from different degree backgrounds. Postgraduate studies will be appreciated.
• Relevant working experience (preferable in the educational sector) will be considered a plus
• Good knowledge and understanding of the Greek education market and current trends
• Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, both in Greek and English
• Ability to work flexible hours, including afternoon - evenings and weekends according to the programs’ needs, is a prerequisite

Competencies

• Passionate, results-driven with high levels of energy
• Resilient with a positive attitude to change and adaptability
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively
• Ability to collaborate effectively with others to deliver high results
• Have an eye for detail, analytical mind and critical thinking
• Self-starter and quick learner
• Highly developed negotiation and follow-up skills
• Customer orientation mentality, ability to respond to various situations and interact successfully with different personalities and backgrounds
• "Make it happen approach" by finding creative solutions

Application Deadline: 06/03/2023

Application Instructions: Applicants should complete the online application and include the following materials:

• A cover letter describing previous related experience and scholarly interests
• A current CV
• Contact details for recommendations (name, position, e-mail address, telephone number) for at least three persons who have known you in a professional context.

Tuesday , November 29, 2022

Job posting

Alba Graduate Business School is looking to employ, with a full-time fixed term contract, a junior level researcher in the framework of the research project FIREMAN.

The organization

Alba’s mission is to educate visionary leaders of tomorrow who will act as agents of change and help shape the future business world by pushing forward the frontiers of knowledge related to the management of business organizations, while making that knowledge relevant to practitioners. Generating and disseminating knowledge represent our twin objectives.

Alba’s Applied Research and Innovation Projects (ARIP) Department promotes research with direct impact to business and society. It contributes to the school's applied research strategy by forming collaborations with the industry and academia, resulting to funds and networks. With participation in more than 40 projects funded from EC programs (Erasmus, Horizon, and other), ARIP has formed research collaborations with top European institutions, universities, research centers and companies. Alba is the scientific coordinator of the annual “Best Workplaces in Greece” competition, which was introduced in Greece by ALBA in 2003.

The project

FIREMAN (Framework for the Identification of Rare Events via MAchine learning and IoT Networks) fireman-project.eu is a European research project funded under the CHIST-ERA scheme. FIREMAN aims to build an architecture with a strong interplay among several research areas, i.e., large-scale data acquisition, big data fusion and big data analytics, towards a highly-integrated cyber-physical system design at all data-processing levels.

The overall objective of FIREMAN is to design, develop and showcase a novel big-data based framework that encompasses all steps from sensing and data acquisition to statistical analysis and operational decisions, to accurately identify, detect, forecast and prevent rare events in a pre-determined industrial physical process.

The position

The hired research engineer will be full member of the research team for the FIREMAN project. The intended work aims at the configuration and set up of a local IoT network that uses software-defined IoT nodes (such as on Arduino or Raspberry Pi boards) for short-range narrowband IoT transmission in indoor environments. These are intended to emulate FIREMAN’s industrial IoT network. The nodes will communicate with a multi-antenna receiver that will be also configurable for optimal signal reception. The ideal candidate will have a good knowledge of software defined radios and should be in a position to set up the network, configure and test the transmission nodes and the receiver as per the required specs.

The junior researcher will be employed full time, initially for a period of three months. The intended starting date of the contract will be Dec. 15, 2022. A possible extension for up to six months (four plus two) may be granted.  

The individual

The successful candidate should have a strong theoretical background (preferably at the post-graduate level) in the field of electronic or electrical engineering, or physical sciences. Previous research experience will be an asset.

Required skills/ qualifications:

• A good undergraduate degree in electronic or electrical engineering, or a physical sciences subject (a postgraduate Master’s degree or equivalent will be considered an asset).
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including presentation skills.
• Highly proficient English language skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to think logically, create solutions and make informed decisions.
• Developed communication skills and willingness to work collaboratively in a research environment.
• A strong commitment to own continuous professional development.
• Ability to travel and work across Europe.

Procedure/ communication

Interested to be considered for the role? Please submit your full CV and cover letter explaining your interest for the position until Wed. Nov. 30, 2022, at [email protected] and [email protected] 

FIREMAN has received funding from CHIST-ERA (call 2017) program through the following national foundations: Academy of Finland (n. 326270, n. 326301), Irish Research Council, Spanish National foundation (PCI2019-103780), and the Greek General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (MIS. 5068885/ DEC. 119640)

Tuesday , November 29, 2022

Job posting

Alba Graduate Business School is looking to employ, with a full-time fixed term contract, a junior level researcher in the framework of the research project FIREMAN.

The organization

Alba’s mission is to educate visionary leaders of tomorrow who will act as agents of change and help shape the future business world by pushing forward the frontiers of knowledge related to the management of business organizations, while making that knowledge relevant to practitioners. Generating and disseminating knowledge represent our twin objectives.

Alba’s Applied Research and Innovation Projects (ARIP) Department promotes research with direct impact to business and society. It contributes to the school's applied research strategy by forming collaborations with the industry and academia, resulting to funds and networks. With participation in more than 40 projects funded from EC programs (Erasmus, Horizon, and other), ARIP has formed research collaborations with top European institutions, universities, research centers and companies. Alba is the scientific coordinator of the annual “Best Workplaces in Greece” competition, which was introduced in Greece by ALBA in 2003.

The project

FIREMAN (Framework for the Identification of Rare Events via MAchine learning and IoT Networks) fireman-project.eu is a European research project funded under the CHIST-ERA scheme. FIREMAN aims to build an architecture with a strong interplay among several research areas, i.e., large-scale data acquisition, big data fusion and big data analytics, towards a highly-integrated cyber-physical system design at all data-processing levels.

The overall objective of FIREMAN is to design, develop and showcase a novel big-data based framework that encompasses all steps from sensing and data acquisition to statistical analysis and operational decisions, to accurately identify, detect, forecast and prevent rare events in a pre-determined industrial physical process.

The position

As a full member of the research team for the FIREMAN project, the junior researcher’s main task will be the study and development of reliable, spectrally and energy efficient transmission techniques for improved wireless connectivity in industrial environments as per the internet-of-things (IoT) paradigm. The main research task will be the design of a local IoT network that will emulate the project’s industrial IoT network, as well as the design, prototyping, measurement, integration and testing of a hybrid antenna array with which the network’s IoT nodes will communicate.

The junior researcher will be employed full time for the period of Jan 2023 to (mid) July 2023, with a provisional extension until (mid) September 2023.

The individual

The successful candidate should have a strong theoretical background (preferably at the post-graduate level) in the field of electronic or electrical engineering, or physical sciences. Previous research experience will be an asset.

Required skills/ qualifications:

• A good undergraduate degree in electronic or electrical engineering, or a physical sciences subject (a postgraduate Master’s degree or equivalent will be considered an asset).
• A proven track record of antenna design and prototyping expertise.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including presentation skills.
• Highly proficient English language skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to think logically, create solutions and make informed decisions.
• Developed communication skills and willingness to work collaboratively in a research environment.
• A strong commitment to own continuous professional development.
• Ability to travel and work across Europe.

Procedure/ communication

Interested to be considered for the role? Please submit your full CV and cover letter explaining your interest for the position until Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at [email protected] and [email protected]

FIREMAN has received funding from CHIST-ERA (call 2017) program through the following national foundations: Academy of Finland (n. 326270, n. 326301), Irish Research Council, Spanish National foundation (PCI2019-103780), and the Greek General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (MIS. 5068885/ DEC. 119640)