Associate Director of Faculty-Led Programs

University of Maine; Orono (ME); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition benefits

Comprehensive insurance: medical, dent

Retirement plan options

Short- and long-term disability

Job summary

The University of Maine seeks an Associate Director of Faculty-Led & Custom Programs to develop, administer, and deliver faculty-led courses across Maine, the US, and internationally. The role coordinates programs from concept to post-program review and supports inbound programs with international partners, including emergency response duties.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $60,000 to $65,000 and requires strong organizational, intercultural, and advisory skills to manage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in international studies, business, or a related field and progressive experience in education abroad or higher education.
• Experience coordinating complex programs with multiple stakeholders, deadlines, and administrative requirements.
• Knowledge of education abroad practices including health, safety, risk management, and inbound programming.
• Strong organizational and project-management abilities with detail orientation.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills with cross-cultural sensitivity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as operational liaison to faculty developing faculty-led courses from concept to post-program review.
• Coordinate inbound programs from international partners and support cross-campus initiatives.
• Participate in emergency response and on-call rotation.
• Provide advising and operational support across OIP's portfolio.

Skills

Intercultural communication

Program coordination

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Written & verbal communication

Advising experience

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in international studies, business, or related field

Tools

Office suite

Education abroad software (Via TRM)

Job description

The Associate Director of Faculty-Led & Custom Programs supports the development, administration, and delivery of University of Maine faculty-led courses, historically referred to as travel study courses. The portfolio includes programs offered within Maine, elsewhere in the United States and U.S. territories, and internationally.

Reporting to and working under the supervision of the Director of OIP, the Associate Director serves as the primary operational liaison to UMaine faculty developing and leading faculty-led courses and coordinates programs from initial concept and proposal through implementation and post-program review. The position also coordinates and hosts inbound faculty-led programs from international partner institutions, participates in emergency response and on-call rotation, and is cross-trained to provide advising and operational support across OIP's broader education abroad portfolio. Typical hiring range for this position is $60,000 to $65,000 commensurate with qualifications and experience.

About the University:

The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the state. UMaine is a land, sea and space grant university, and maintains a leadership role as the University of Maine System's flagship institution. UMaine is the state's public research university and a Carnegie R1 top-tier research institution, dedicated to providing excellent teaching, research and service for Maine, the nation and the world. More information about UMaine is at umaine.edu.

The University of Maine offers a wide range of benefitsfor employees including, but not limited to, tuition benefits (employee and dependent), comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short and long term disability as well as retirement plan options.

UMaine is located in beautiful Central Maine. Many employees report that a primary reason for choosing to come to UMaine is quality of life. Numerous cultural activities, excellent public schools, safe neighborhoods, high quality medical care, little traffic, and a reasonable cost of living make the greater Bangor area a wonderful place to live. Visit the Maine Office of Tourism to learn more about what the Bangor region has to offer.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in international studies, business, or a related field and at least three years of progressively responsible experience in education abroad, higher education program administration, or a closely related field.
• Experience studying, living, working, or leading educational programs internationally or in a sustained cross-cultural environment.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex programs or projects involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, deadlines, and administrative requirements.
• Knowledge of professional practices in education abroad, student health and safety, risk management, and/or inbound international programming.
• Strong organizational, project-management, problem-solving, and judgment skills, including the ability to manage multiple programs independently, maintain attention to detail, and appropriately elevate significant issues.
• Strong written, oral, interpersonal, advising, and presentation skills; demonstrated intercultural sensitivity and ability to work effectively and respectfully with faculty, students, colleagues, partners, vendors, and individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Proficiency with common office, spreadsheet, database, project-management, and web-based systems; ability to learn new technologies.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in international education, higher education, international studies, business, or a related field
• Experience developing or administering international and domestic faculty-led, custom, or comparable experiential programs.
• Experience developing program itineraries, budgets, proposals, contracts, vendor relationships, and logistical arrangements for group travel or educational programming.
• Experience advising undergraduate students and coordinating student orientation, pre-departure preparation, or related education abroad programming.
• Experience with education abroad management software such as Via TRM or a comparable platform.
• Experience with education abroad emergency on-call rotation outside normal business hours.

Other Information:

The successful applicant is subject to appropriate background screening.

For full consideration, materials must be submitted by 4:30p.m.EST on November 20, 2026.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The University of Maine System (the System) is an equal opportunity institution committed to fostering a nondiscriminatory environment and complying with all applicable nondiscrimination laws. Consistent with State and Federal law, the System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, pregnancy, or veteran or military status in any aspect of its education, programs and activities, and employment. The System provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. If you believe you have experienced discrimination or harassment, you are encouraged to contact the System Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Services at 5713 Chadbourne Hall, Room 412, Orono, ME 04469-5713, by calling 207.581.1226, or via TTY at 711 (Maine Relay System). For more information about Title IX or to file a complaint, please contact the UMS Title IX Coordinator at www.maine.edu/title-ix/.

Clery Act

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, such as the University, prepare, publish and distribute an Annual Security Report, (ASR) and provide notice of the availability of the ASR to all prospective employees. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the University’s crime statistics for the past three calendar years; and disclosures regarding the University’s current campus security policies. You may view the University’s Annual Security Report. If you wish to have a paper copy of the ASR or you need to have a copy of the ASR in an accessible format, the University will provide such a copy upon request. Please contact: UMaine Police Department, 81 Rangeley Rd., The University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5794, or call 207.581.4053.