*Job Title: *Director of Education Abroad

Department: Global Initiatives Department

*Worker Type: *Regular

*Pay Type: *Salary

*Position Salary Minimum: *$95,000

*Position Salary Maximum: *$100,000

Salary will be commensurate with the level of the position, education, and experience.

*Scheduled Weekly Hours: *40

*Benefit Eligible: *Yes

*Screening Date: *2025-01-02

Job Description Summary

The Miami University Director of Education Abroad has oversight of the operational support for the administration and management for study abroad, study away, and related student travel experiential learning programs.

Job Description

In this role, the Director leads the team, and monitors the Education Abroad operations and advising and tasks to ensure efficient and effective workflows that lead to increased efficiencies. Includes support for equitable student success in global learning, effective collaboration with faculty leaders, compliance with Education Abroad standards and policies, enrollment management strategies, and administering a substantial load of faculty led programs in addition to provider, direct enroll, and non-credit opportunities. 

Global Initiatives at Miami University has diversity as a core value and the Director will be a member of a team that is building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for students, staff, and faculty through programming which exposes constituents to a broad range of ways of engaging with the world and the diversity it presents.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee a large volume of short-term faculty led study abroad/away and co-sponsored programs in collaboration across academic divisions and departments.
• Oversight of robust and effective advising toward meeting enrollment goals in education abroad. 
• Supervise staff including assistant/associate directors, coordinators, and advisors. Coordinate with staff across Global Initiatives.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the university to ensure safe, exceptional academic experiential learning programs designed to increase global competence and career readiness, with consistent assessment of learning outcomes and goals for students, programs, and administrative goals.

?Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree and seven years of work experience in international education or education abroad. Or a combination of education and experience.
• Experience with the development and management of global programs.
• Experience in a leadership position and as an effective supervisor.

Desired Qualifications

• Doctorate in relevant discipline
• Ten years of experience in international education
• Proficiency in a second language
• Active in professional organizations such as Forum on Education Abroad and NAFSA
• Evidence of excellent organizational skills: time management, communication, and planning, including follow through to resolution.
• Terra Dotta experience 

Additional Position Information (if applicable)

Required Application Documents

Please upload your resume and cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meets the minimum qualifications.

*Special Instructions (if applicable): *NA

Additional Information

A criminal background check is required. All campuses are smoke- and tobacco-free campuses.

This organization participates in E-Verify.

Remote Work For positions that are approved