Assist. Dir. of Global Ed. for Partnerships & Affiliations

Virginia Tech is seeking an experienced, energetic and forward-looking individual to join a dedicated team as Assistant Director of Global Education for Partnerships and Affiliations. Virginia Tech's Global Education Office (GEO) is committed to providing Virginia Tech students the opportunity to develop the intercultural competence, understanding, and leadership skills required to face global challenges. In cooperation with academic, service, and administrative faculty and staff, the GEO provides comprehensive support services for the development, implementation, and coordination of academically sound programs abroad that are accessible to students across all disciplines.

The Assistant Director for Partnerships and Affiliations is charged with helping lead and refine Virginia Tech's foreign partnership development.

The position has primary responsibility for overseeing partnership activity, evaluating strengths and weaknesses, and identifying potential for development in existing or new collaborations, and plays a key role in managing Virginia Tech's 40+ Student Exchange Agreements and our ISEP activities which, combined, currently represent a yearly exchange of approximately 120 students.

Supervisory duties are variable and may include one graduate assistant.

The successful candidate will manage the university's strategic student mobility partnerships with overseas universities and third-party affiliations in accordance with international objectives established in the university's strategic plan, with responsibilities to include:
· provide encouragement, support, and guidance for colleges and departments to grow existing strategic relationships into
multilayered collaborations that include such opportunities as experiential learning, individual or group research, faculty
and/or staff exchange, summer study abroad, etc.;
· assist colleges in their promotion and recruitment efforts;
· advise and prepare students for exchange and direct enrollment opportunities with partners;
· coordinate with colleges and departments and the University Registrar for curriculum mapping;
· Plan and implement J1 orientation and acculturation, and conduct visiting exchange student advising;
· oversee inbound student application publication and processing;
· manage renewal for existing agreements and approve proposed new agreements;
· monitor balance maintenance for each partnership and adjust recruitment efforts accordingly;
· serve as institutional point of contact for partner universities abroad;
· maintain up-to-date information on ISEP and bilateral exchanges on the GEO website; and
· identify new partners with high potential in multiple areas

This position requires an ability to organize information effectively, carry forward multiple contemporaneous projects successfully, exercise sustained, meticulous attention to detail, communicate well with diverse audiences and think independently while consistently maintaining awareness of the larger context and responding to the university's overarching priorities. Resumé should give concrete evidence of these skills.

· Master's degree in an area pertinent to international education, or BA combined with
experience in collaboration with universities abroad.
· Experience working in a higher education setting.
· Experience in international education.
· Evidence of care and consistent attention to detail.
· Experience working with individuals of diverse backgrounds and levels of authority.
· Experience either advising students or planning predeparture orientation for study
abroad, or both.

· Experience living or working abroad.
· Experience working with international students in the US.
· Curriculum mapping experience.
· Supervisory experience.
· Proficiency in at least one foreign language.
· Significant experience in the field.
· At least two years' experience managing bilateral partnerships.
· Experience working with the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP).
· Working knowledge of Terra Dotta software for study abroad.
· Evidence of increasing responsibility over the arc of previous positions.

N/A

Regular

Commensurate with experience, up to $64,000

February 14, 2025

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including the Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia; the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke; sites in Newport News and Richmond; and numerous Extension offices and research centers. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.

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