Education City salaries
I have a friend that has been interviewed for a staff position at one of the university campuses in Education City. She is a mid-level administrator at an American university campus with seven years experience. The position would be a promotion one level up from her current position--manager to director.
This is the package:
Salary is 1.25 times the salary that the equivalent position would be at her current university. It works out to about 30,000 a month. The main thing, however, is its relation to what she would make in the US.
Package includes transportation allowance, travel allowance for her and any children (equivalent of a business ticket home to the US), school fees for children, help securing places for them at the American school, fully furnished villa in either Education City or other compound, money to offset American taxes on non-salary benefits, all moving costs and some start-up money.
She's been invited over for a visit with her family.
I told her that the benefits package looks fairly standard and good to me, especially the tax offsets things, which is essential for anyone paying US taxes. The base salary, however, looks a little low. In my field its usually about 1.3 to 1.5 times base of an equivalent position in the US or UK, but she's in higher ed.
Anyone have any sense of whether or not this is a good offer?
@ volleygirl5 When you said bridge university, did you mean Academic Bridge Program? why is that less than desirable? thank you!
Education City is supposed to be decent place to work . . . especially the American universities. i heard the bridge university is less than desirable but sound like your mate won't be there.
5 universities at Ed City offer base salaries at 1.25 the comparable position in the US. Texas A & M offers 1.30. So ...
Mandi