The UHWB programme is a 10 year, global interdisciplinary science programme to promote research on urban health in changing urban environments. 

The international programme office is based in Xiamen, China and seeks a communications officer.

The potential candidate will be part of a team at the international programme office in Xiamen, China and employed by the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). 

Ideally the candidate will

- have a university degree in an any field related to urban environment, health or complexity science, and will convincingly show an interested in the topic of the programme.

- have good Chinese and English reading, writing and speaking skills

- be familiar with web design and web content management

- have previously written essays, newsletters, flyers or similar publications 

- be familiar with some aspects of academic publishing, or able to familiarize her/himself with it easily

- have experience in designed and layout of texts, such as news feeds, newsletters, press releases, flyrs, posters, etc...

- be able to give interviews and moderate or take part in discussions

- will have good intercultural communication skills, or a talent for communicating with people from different cultural backgrounds

Interested candidates, please send your application documents with a letter of motivation, addressed to Dr. Franz Gatzweiler, executive director of the programme, to: xxruan@iue.ac.cn by Aug 26.