Job Title: Director of Study Abroad
PVN ID: SI-1506-000586
Category: Administrative Services
Location: COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND

Job Description

General Description

The College of Staten Island is one of 11 senior colleges of The City University of New York and the only public college on Staten Island.  CSI offers over 80 undergraduate programs, 24 graduate programs, and thought the Graduate Center, participates in CUNY doctoral programs.  The College enrolls approximately 14,000 students and employs nearly 2,000 faculty and staff.  Located on a 204-acre park-like campus that is minutes away from the cultural treasures of Manhattan, the CSI campus is the largest collegiate site in NYC.  Fourteen neo-Gregorian style buildings house 300 classrooms, laboratories, instructional spaces, and study lounges, as well as department, faculty, and program offices.  CSI boasts an advances, networked infrastructure which includes a high performance computational center that supports technology-based research, teaching, and learning through CUNY.  Two residential buildings on campus provide housing for over 400 students.

 

The Director of Study Abroad is an integral member of the staff at the Center for International Service at the College of Staten Island/CUNY.  The Center for International Service is a comprehensive international education office at the College and encompasses International Student and Scholar Services; Study Abroad; the English Language Institute; and is responsible for overall campus internationalization.  The Director of Study Abroad oversees three Study Abroad Advisors and coordinates the supervision of student workers and interns as approporate.  The Director is responsible for the overall management of CSI sponsored programs in 14 countries and ensuring the smooth operations of advising, preparing, and supporting students from CSI, CUNY, and the CCIS consortium. 

Other Duties

As assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:  B.A. and 3-5 years’ experience in international education.  Ability to work in the U.S.  Ability to travel internationally.  Fluency in English. 

 

Desired Qualifications: Master’s degree. Ability to speak a second language. Overseas study, work, or volunteer experience.

 

Core Compenties expected:

 

Student Advisement

  • Advise students on education abroad processes, policies, and program procedures.
  • Organize and execute pre-departure and re-entry programming for students (including health and safety).
  • Respond to student issues while abroad as appropriate.

Campus Coordination

  • Coordinate with other institutional offices on education abroad-related issues.
  • Liaise with on-campus faculty and host institutions to ensure academic quality, credit transfer, and program relevance.
  • Collaborate with academic and student affairs departments, faculty, partner universities, and outside organizations to ensure a smooth experience for all students.
  • Explain to faculty and academic departments the rationale for the institution’s approach to foreign academic courses, grades, and credits.
  • Assist faculty in adapting courses to integrate education abroad into the curriculum.

 Program and Office Administration

  • Maintain up-to-date records on exchange relationships.
  • Produce marketing materials and promote programs.
  • Provide faculty program leaders with logistical support.
  • Review established programs and courses for changes or updates.
  • Develop and/or manage individual program budgets, operations, and logistics.
  • Provide orientation/training to faculty leaders, resident directors, and other on-site staff of education abroad programs.
  • Ensure that all written agreements (contracts, MOUs) for programs are organized and current.
  • Attend, present, and/or exhibit at education abroad fairs and conferences.

 Program Planning

  • Research, assess, and vet potential new programs to develop a diverse portfolio of programs that meet the needs of students and academic departments.
  • Collaborate with faculty to develop and manage faculty-led programs, including budgets, logistics, institutional policies, legal liabilities, risk management.
  • Create a strategy to build institutional support for programs, including faculty and departments.
  • Create strategies to expand institutional capacity by increasing program development.
  • Develop a vision for programming that supports the institutional internationalization strategy.

 

Knowledge required

  • Country-specific regulations.
  • Education abroad process, policies, and program procedures.
  • Essential elements of a pre-departure and reentry programming for students.
  • Knowledge of general grade and credit conversion practices, financial aid regulations, and policies and federal regulations impacting the flow of students worldwide.
  • Knowledge of passports and visas.
  • Awareness of scholarship opportunities.
  • International agreement standards and an understanding of educational contexts around the world.
  • Technology, social media, and data management techniques as it relates to study abroad.
  • Theories and research of intercultural adjustment.
  • Theories and research on college student advising.
  • Higher education trends in education abroad.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Center for International Service
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Feb 01, 2016 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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