Oct 2

Job: Director of Study Abroad – George Washington University (Washington, DC)

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Job Title: Director of Study Abroad
Posted by: George Washington University
Location: Washington, DC
Contract: Full-Time

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The George Washington University Office for Study Abroad in Washington, D.C. is now searching for a full-time Supervisor, Study Abroad Advising.

Reporting to the Director of Study Abroad, the Supervisor of Study Abroad Advising oversees the administrative operations related to advising and assessment within OSA. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing direction and feedback to the advising staff to ensure efficiency, consistency, and ongoing improvement of the student experience.
• Coordinating advising across Global Bachelors and GW Programs Abroad with other team members.
• Resolving complex advising issues requiring research or potential escalation to the director.
• Designing and implementing pre-departure orientation for students.
• Managing study abroad program provider relations.
• Organizing study abroad week and the study abroad fair.
• Administering the program petition process.
• Overseeing use of the databases and platforms that capture data for OSA transactions.
• Assisting the Applications Administrator in reporting data to national organizations such as IIE Open Doors.
• Providing regular data updates to the OSA director and university leadership for management decisions and forecasting.
• Collecting data on regulations, news, reports related to international/global education and higher education in the US and abroad.
• Supporting OAS teams to collect and analyze study abroad data, trends, competitive data and developments as requested/needed.
• Hiring, training, coaching, and supervising three professionals and multiple student employees. To include, goal setting and conducting performance reviews.

The position is based at GW’s Foggy Bottom Campus in Washington, DC. The incumbent may perform other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.

Application Process: For more information, please see the link on our Jobs at GW website: https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/71108