Associate Director, European Union Center

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is an interdisciplinary hub for teaching, research, and public engagement on Europe, the European Union, and transatlantic relations. The Center brings together faculty and students across the university, supports the Master of Arts in European Union Studies, and connects campus scholarship with educators, policymakers, and communities beyond the university. We seek applications for the position of Associate Director to teach courses, advise students, oversee the graduate program, manage budgets, manage staff, and provide strategic intellectual guidance for developing core areas of the European Union Center (EUC) in a professionally efficient and effective manner.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is an interdisciplinary hub for teaching, research, and public engagement on Europe, the European Union, and transatlantic relations. The Center brings together faculty and students across the university, supports the Master of Arts in European Union Studies, and connects campus scholarship with educators, policymakers, and communities beyond the university. We seek applications for the position of Associate Director to teach courses, advise students, oversee the graduate program, manage budgets, manage staff, and provide strategic intellectual guidance for developing core areas of the European Union Center (EUC) in a professionally efficient and effective manner.

• Teach up to two core courses that support the MAEUS and the EUC's academic mission as assigned by the home unit and are included in this position's base responsibilities.
• Develop and teach advanced seminars in areas related to the MAEUS program, as needed.
• Develop and lead seminars and workshops that support scholarly research on the European Union and transatlantic relations.

• Identify and evaluate potential external funding opportunities, based on the mission of the center, and write grant proposals in collaboration with Director.
• Manage grant execution to comply with University and funding agencies’ guidelines, deadlines, and regulations.
• Work closely with faculty to create, evolve, and execute academic projects.
• Ensure that funding is spent according to grant stipulations; meet with faculty to learn about their current work and ways for them to partner with the EUC on grants and outreach programs.

• Coordinate academic advising for students in the M.A. in European Union Studies (MAEUS) program.
• Be a point of escalation for students and handle difficult and challenging student academic situations and academic issues.
• Serve as Director of Graduate Programs and conduct annual student academic progress reviews.

• Provide administrative leadership of the European Union Center office including representing Director in their absence.
• With Director, provide intellectual co-leadership of center academic programming.
• Supervise and manage staff of the Center (hiring, training, delegating, and annual review of staff)
• Evolve and execute a vision and strategy for EUC off-campus instruction/outreach and how it fits with the rest of the Center's vision and academic programs: determining in consultation with the Director the types of grants the EUC will pursue, including grants that fund outreach initiatives, and building institutional partnerships to deliver outreach programs. Oversee and lead center staff execution of extensive instruction/outreach programs to K-12 educators and students, business, media, and other constituents.
• Develop and strengthen relations with other European Centers in the U.S. and internationally.
• Represent the Center in interactions with individual and institutional partners both within the UI and external to the University.

• Support the academic coordinator in directing the M.A. in European Union Studies (MAEUS) program, the Graduate Minor, and the 5-year BALAS/MAEUS track, including marketing and admission and alumni relations.
• Make strategic decisions about the direction and content of the academic programs, including development and/or redesign of courses offered by the center.
• Collaborate with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) and the Graduate College on all…