Associate Director, Learning Abroad, Institute for Global Engagement, University of Houston, TX, USA. Deadline: 15 November 2026.
Provides leadership, direction and supervision for the Office of Learning Abroad (OLA) for the university. Assists in developing, advancing and directing implementation of academic and non-academic experiences overseas.
1. Directs departmental operations and budgets, strategic planning and growth, policy and procedure development, manage affiliations and contracts and supervises all learning abroad staff members, student workers, and operations.
2. Serves on the IGE leadership team to promote the university’s globalization goals and enrollment targets in collaboration with colleges, centers, departments, and curriculum into other academic and non-academic experiences.
3. Oversees faculty-led program development to include but not limited to; program proposals to approvals, facilitating faculty-led workshops, supporting faculty on program development, student recruitment, scholarship opportunities, administrative procedures, marketing support and risk procedures.
4. Supervises all Learning Abroad staff members and student workers, office budgets for operations, fees and scholarship funds.
5. Coordinates assessment for all learning abroad programs each semester including question creation, layout, distribution and data evaluation for final reports.
6. Utilizes Terra Dotta for traveler registration, application approvals, troubleshooting and collaborating on software needs, updates and opportunities for use.
7. Oversees administration of scholarships in Learning Abroad, including strategic development, recruitment, advising strategies, communications and semester workshops.
8. Partners with other university departments to support other international scholarship recruitment efforts.
9. Cultivates partnership, affiliation and exchange partner agreements as well as faculty led logistics provider partnerships.
10. Oversees risk management and the health, safety, and welfare process for all Learning Abroad programs.
11. Facilitates partnership contract approval processes for program providers, insurance, national and international organizations, CRM and other partners.
12. Generates reports for annual university reporting requirements.
13. Performs other job-related duties as required.
