Collegio di Milano

Native-English Speaker Assistant to the Programma Culturale at the Collegio di Milano

The Collegio di Milano seeks an assistant for the activities of the Programma Culturale that will be held in English. The candidate must be a native-English speaker, with a strong academic record and an outgoing personality.

The Collegio di Milano is a unique institution in the Italian scenario: we host about one hundred select students, coming from the seven universities of Milan. The Collegio offers accommodation and a wide range of cultural activities, meant to improve the students' experience and multidisciplinary knowledge. This year our students may choose among courses on Islam, globalization, modern history, physics and foreign languages, and laboratories of journalism, graphology, theatre, and cuisine. Some of the cultural activities may be held in English. Note: all the activities take place in the late afternoon or in the evening, as everybody is busy during the day.

An Assistant to the activities in English will have the following duties

• Organising activities in English for the students, such as the projection of an English movie every weekend
• meetings on specific occasions (sports on TV, major political events, etc., suggestions are welcome), twice a week
• being available to correct cv, essays, presentations, etc. written in English by students and staff
• being available to correct communications, regulations, website texts, etc. written in English by the staff
• being available to speak English with our students; the aim is to make exercise and to apply in practice what will be taught in the regular language courses.

Please note that no help with the English language course held at the Collegio is required.

In exchange, the Collegio will offer the following

• accommodation in a self-contained flat within the premises of the Collegio (with cooking facilities, air-conditioning
• cleaning service with change of sheets and towels twice a week
• three meals per day, seven days a week
• medical assistance, including a specific health insurance for foreigners temporarily resident in Italy
• internet connection (wireless within the building)
• access to library, study areas, music room and darkroom
• access to gym and sports fields
• support with the local authorities to finalize the 'permesso di soggiorno'.
• university fee for two single courses at the Università degli Studi di Milano, to be freely chosen by the applicant (For general information and information on single course)
• access to all the activities of the Programma Culturale (generally including seminars on various issues, informal meetings with prominent personalities of the cultural, scientific and business worlds and laboratories on photography, theatre, cuisine, etc.

Please check here for the current activities.

The Collegio will also pay EUR 200 per month, for a maximum of 10 months.

Application procedure

In order to apply to the Collegio di Milano, candidates are required to send the following documents

• curriculum vitae (résumé)
• university record (transcript)
• two letters of reference
• one letter of self-presentation

Please send them electronically to Nancy Canepa (Nancy.Canepa@Dartmouth.edu).

The deadline for the application is November 19, 2012.

Short-listed candidates will be interviewed in Dartmouth in January 2013.

NOTE

Please note that the application to the single courses at the Università di Milano is an independent procedure, that must be carried out by the applicant in the US (no help can be provided from Italy in this first phase). It is a long and complicated procedure that may take several months and must be completed by the deadline set by each diplomatic representative.

For basic information

It is your responsibility to complete the procedure before you arrive in Italy. Please note that you will obtain a student visa only if you enroll at the Università degli Studi di Milano. Without a regular visa, the Collegio di Milano cannot confirm the offer described above.