Education Abroad Advisor

About the role

The Education Abroad Advisor supports education abroad by advising students, faculty and staff on various opportunities and options; working with students and faculty to assure compliance with university policies; identifying appropriate opportunities; preparing students for an immersion experience; developing and offering opportunities for returning students for reflection and application of experience; advocating on campus for global immersion experience; and supporting the mission of Global Initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Inform and advise students on a group and individual basis about education abroad opportunities through all stages of the process, including financial aid and budgeting, tailoring study abroad information to student academic interests, goals and needs.
• Assist with the management of education abroad programs and applications within study abroad software.
• Assist in implementing the marketing and outreach strategy for the Education Abroad Office. This includes coordinating social media posts, information sessions and attending new student orientation sessions.
• Manage outbound approved non-Miami transfer credit and exchange programs, maintaining relationships with program providers.
• Serve as a liaison to other student services units on campus including the Student Success Center and academic advising offices.
• Align study abroad options with the Miami University curriculum by collaborating with academic departments to identify course equivalencies.
• Develop programming and events for returned study abroad students in coordination with student services offices on campus.

Requirements

Required: Bachelor’s degree by start date. Consideration may be given to candidates with a master’s degree; full-time experience with education abroad advising at the undergraduate level; familiarity with Terra Dotta; experience developing and implementing marketing plans and outreach; experience leveraging social media and targeting specific groups to successfully increase the number of interactions with posts, followers, etc.; ability to manage complex and multiple tasks with minimal supervision; demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations of learners and associates; evidence of experience supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive curricular and co-curricular learning experience for students in higher education; excellent time management, organization, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Prior student-facing work experience in an educational setting.
• Prior experience studying abroad, interning abroad, teaching abroad or supporting diverse populations locally.
• Result-oriented with proven ability to make informed decisions.
• Ability to manage complex and multiple tasks with minimal supervision.

Skills

Prior experience studying abroad, interning abroad, teaching abroad or supporting diverse populations locally.

Benefits

Remote work at 20% per week is an option after a successful 6 month on-boarding period.

Pay

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Schedule

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