Associate Director- Office of Learning Abroad - (497078 )

University of Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Houston seeks a senior leader in the Institute GlobalEngagement to direct departmental operations, budgets, and strategic growth. You will oversee learning abroad staff, manage affiliations and contracts, and coordinate program assessment across semesters.

Ideal candidates bring a four-year degree (or higher) and at least five years of relevant experience; a Master's degree and multilingual capabilities are preferred.

Qualifications

• Requires a four-year degree or higher.
• Minimum five (5) years of directly job-related experience.
• Education may substitute for experience.

Responsibilities

• Directs departmental operations and budgets, strategic planning and growth, policy and procedure development.
• Oversees learning abroad staff, student workers, and operations; manages contracts and affiliations.
• Coordinates assessment for learning abroad programs each semester and utilizes Terra Dotta for traveler management.
• Oversees scholarship administration and international partnership recruitment efforts.
• Represents the Institute for Global Engagement at campus-wide and external events.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Department: Institute GlobalEngagement

Salary: 65,300-74,300

Description

• Directs departmental operations and budgets, strategic planningand growth, policy and procedure development, manage affiliationsand contracts and supervises all learning abroad staff members,student workers, and operations.
• Serves on the IGE leadership team to promote the university'sglobalization goals and enrollment targets in collaboration withcolleges, centers, departments, and curriculum into other academicand non-academic experiences.
• Oversees faculty-led program development to include but notlimited to; program proposals to approvals, facilitatingfaculty-led workshops, supporting faculty on program development,student recruitment, scholarship opportunities, administrativeprocedures, marketing support and risk procedures.
• Supervises all Learning Abroad staff members and studentworkers, office budgets for operations, fees and scholarshipfunds.
• Coordinates assessment for all learning abroad programs eachsemester including question creation, layout, distribution and dataevaluation for final reports.
• Utilizes Terra Dotta for traveler registration, applicationapprovals, troubleshooting and collaborating on software needs,updates and opportunities for use.
• Oversees administration of scholarships in Learning Abroad,including strategic development, recruitment, advising strategies,communications and semester workshops.
• Partners with other university departments to support otherinternational scholarship recruitment efforts.
• Cultivates partnership, affiliation and exchange partneragreements as well as faculty led logistics providerpartnerships.
• Oversees risk management and the health, safety, and welfareprocess for all Learning Abroad programs.
• Facilitates partnership contract approval processes for programproviders, insurance, national and international organizations, CRMand other partners.
• Generates reports for annual university reportingrequirements.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

MQ: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of boththeoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical orprofessional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than oneprofessional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normallyobtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree froma college or university or an equivalent in-depth specializedtraining program that is directly related to the type of work beingperformed. Experience: Requires a minimum of five (5) years ofdirectly job-related experience.

- Department is willing to accept education in lieu ofexperience.

Additional Duties:

• Represents the Institute for Global Engagement at campus-wide, community, and external events as appropriate.

The ideal candidate for this position should possess thefollowing:

• Higher Education experience
• Ability to take initiative, problem solve, exercise excellentjudgement, demonstrate critical thinking skills, and adapt toshifting priorities in diverse settings.
• Ability to clearly interpret and implement policies andprocedures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Must be a multi-tasker, extremely organized, and have the abilityto work in a fast-paced, high-pressurer environment, with stronginterpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels of internal and externalconstituents.
• Must have strong attentional to detail and be able to work undertight deadlines.
• Highest level of professionalism and respect forconfidentiality.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in a second language
• Experience working in international education
• Supervision experience
• Master's Degree

All positions at the University of Houston-System are securitysensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are EqualOpportunity Institutions.

Everyone is encouraged to apply.