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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Assistant Director, Education Abroad in AUSTIN, Texas
Faculty-Led Modality Leadership and Operational OversightProvide leadership aligned with faculty-led programs; supervise team members, lead weekly team and individual meetings, create agendas for team meetings, conduct performance evaluations, and develop annual work plans.Plan and execute the academic-year calendar of faculty-led activities: Education Abroad Fair representation, faculty kick-off, faculty workshops, proposal solicitation and review, portfolio distribution, application and admissions cycles. Coordinate scholarship review and award, deposit timelines, and program payment. Oversee special registration windows and end-of-program close-out.Coordinate program creation processes with the Office of the Registrar and academic departments, organizing course scheduling, cross-listings, unique numbers, exclusion and override rules, and special registration windows.Review and update admissions and acceptance processes and policy language to align with risk, compliance, and operational requirements.Collaborate with technology system teams to develop education abroad portal programs, manage application cycles and program flows, automate processes, train team members and campus community on technology tools and program implementation.Develop marketing and communications materials in collaboration with various teams to create promotion for information sessions, faculty calls-to-action, TV slides, web, and program pages.Set financial details for programs, including billing dates, deposits, and payment plans, to ensure smooth program execution in coordination with financial and scholarship distribution.Develop and maintain templates, toolkits, training, and communications for faculty and program coordinators; oversee Canvas faculty folders and program sites; ensure accuracy of info session templates and FAQs.Establish and monitor enrollment tracking and operational dashboards; compile and disseminate student survey findings and required reports to stakeholders.Partner with Global Risk and Safety on group travel submissions and renewals, Emergency Action Plans, restricted-region protocols, health-clearance policy updates, and incident response/managementProvide administrative oversight for budget construction, approvals, and reconciliation; coordinate faculty travel cash advances and travel cards; align deposit and billing dates with Texas Global finance team.Collaborate with the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid on budget submission processes; align scholarship review, notification, and disbursement timelines with Texas Global Scholarship team and student payment timelines.Oversee RFPs, vendor selection, program agreements and addenda, and coordination with the Business Contracts Office.Faculty-Led Program Development and ImplementationOversee development and implementation of all faculty-led Education Abroad programs (May Term, Summer, Spring/Fall terms, Departmentally Administered Faculty-Led), and Independent Study Registration.Cultivate relationships with faculty, internal stakeholders, and travel provider organizations; develop and communicate program policy for students, faculty, and departments; propose and support site visits for program development purposes.Create faculty engagement opportunities to encourage and support new faculty-led proposals; consider and design new faculty-led program configurations and structures.Oversee recruitment, advising strategies, and outreach for faculty-led program promotion; design and manage overall approach to info sessions, adapting annually to ensure improvement, pre-departure orientations, and returnee programming; promote scholarships.Manage a limited program portfolio and student caseload, including program design, advising, promotion, participant screening and selection, pre-departure preparation, coordination with overseas partners, budgeting, financial aid coordination, and associated administrative tasks.Lead monthly Faculty-Led meetings with education abroad teams in business, engineering, law, and individual departments to provide guidance and support for their programming. Create and share resources with these teams through shared technology resources.Collaborate with Global Risk and Safety to establish best practices for faculty-led programs to ensure the safety of participants and faculty and strong communication with partners abroad and internal constituents. Contribute these best practices to the field of international education.Sciences Academic Cluster LeadershipProvide leadership aligned with academic areas; assist with bi-weekly team meetings and develop annual work plans.Build and maintain relationships with College/School/Unit (CSU) leadership, faculty, advisors, and administrators; integrate education abroad into degree plans and expand curriculum integration.Manage and evaluate existing programs within the Sciences cluster and identify and develop new programs based on student demand and institutional goals.Coordinate and oversee advising services and outreach opportunities specific to students in the Sciences academic cluster, ensuring the ability for all advisors to provide information about all program modalities and opportunities.Oversee an annual outreach plan to identify ways to improve our cluster collaboration and measure the success of those efforts.Education Abroad LeadershipServe as part of the Education Abroad leadership team. Share responsibility with other Education Abroad leaders for the professional development of staff and strategic planning for the unit.Work collaboratively with Texas Global staff on designing and programming cross-modality programs for students, faculty, and staff.Participate in a working group dedicated to improving unit functionality and better supporting students across clusters and modalities.Provide leadership for all working groups evaluating emerging needs, guiding on annual goals and approaches to assist each group to achieve annual goals.Review and approve academic-credit processing; ensure accurate and current program webpages.