Assistant Director, Study Abroad

Overview

UNC Greensboro supports 480+ students each year engaging in a wide variety of education abroad opportunities. The Assistant Director of Study Abroad will serve as a study abroad advisor to and coordinator for 200+ students. The Assistant Director reports to the Director of Study Abroad and works with other study abroad professional staff and student assistants to administer and expand UNC Greensboro’s education abroad options including study abroad, exchange, and research opportunities.

About UNC Greensboro

UNC Greensboro, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is 1 of only 57 doctoral institutions recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for both higher research activity and community engagement. Founded in 1891 and one of the original three UNC System institutions, UNCG is among the most diverse universities in the state with 19,000+ students, and 3,000+ faculty and staff members representing 90+ nationalities.

It offers a wide range of programs and opportunities. For additional information, please visit uncg.edu.

The Assistant Director is responsible for:

• Advising students interested in education abroad programs from the initial advising phase to return.
• Recruiting, advising, selecting, and conducting orientation for outbound education abroad students.
• Maintaining student exchange balances, administering travel grant programs, and coordinating transfer of credit.
• Maintaining the Terra Dotta platform for application and program management.
• Assisting in the development of promotional and informational materials including web pages, social media sites, brochures, handbooks, and videos that enhance student advising.
• Providing insight on best practices in academic integration, diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, intercultural components, travel and security, and risk management.
• Providing support to department liaisons and fostering peer-to-peer engagement among faculty liaisons.
• Developing workshops, presentations, and class visits.
• Supervising student assistants.
• Ensuring evaluations of all education abroad programs.
• Assisting with global agreements to build partnership relationships (as needed).
• Implementing requisite administrative procedures.
• Completing duties as determined appropriate for the level of this position.

• A master’s degree, or a bachelor’s degree and an equivalent amount of education and experience, is required.
• Outstanding intercultural sensitivity, exemplary written and verbal competency, and excellent computer skills.
• The incumbent must be able to relate to students of diverse backgrounds and work effectively with multiple administrative and academic offices.
• Five years of prior experience working in the international education field at a higher education institution.
• This position requires the ability to develop and interpret health and safety policies and procedures and advise stakeholders accordingly.
• Ability to manage time effectively, work independently, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment with frequent deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with supervisors, coworkers, faculty and staff, community leaders, third party entities, and counterparts in partner institutions.
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• High standards of professionalism needed to represent UNCG and the IPC effectively both domestically and abroad.
• Willingness to periodically travel domestically and abroad.

• Master’s degree with an international focus or in a related field.
• Experience working, living, and/or studying abroad.
• Experience working in a public higher educational system like UNC would be advantageous to this position.
• Experience advising international students on J-1 visas and an understanding of the SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems) database.
• Experience managing international exchange agreements.
• Familiarity with Terra Dotta or other study abroad data management system.
• Familiarity with Banner.

Recruitment Range: $50,000 - $51,418

Type of Appointment: Permanent, FTE 1.0

FLSA: Exempt

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