{"id":35163,"date":"2014-05-26T03:22:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T07:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=35163"},"modified":"2014-05-26T03:22:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T07:22:24","slug":"job-asst-dir-for-intl-student-services-augustana-college-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/26\/job-asst-dir-for-intl-student-services-augustana-college-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Asst. Dir. for Int’l. Student Services – Augustana College (IL)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Via JET alum Carleen Ben. \u00a0Posted by\u00a0Jayme Tsutsuse<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Kyoto<\/a>-fu, 2013-Present)<\/strong>, organizer of\u00a0Cross-Cultural Kansai<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/p>\n

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Position<\/i><\/strong>:\u00a0Assistant Director Student Services<\/em>
\nPosted by<\/b>: Augustana College<\/em>
\nLocatio<\/i>n<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0Rock Island, IL<\/em>
\nType<\/em><\/strong>: full-time<\/em>
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<\/em>Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The primary role of the position is to work with international students.\u00a0The person will also serve as a Designated School Official (DSO) and will\u00a0assist with monitoring students and maintaining SEVIS records.<\/div>\n
Duties:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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  • Academic and Cross-Cultural Advising<\/li>\n
  • Provide advice and assistance to international students on all aspects of\u00a0their academic and cross-cultural experience,<\/li>\n
  • Assist students with internships and volunteer requirements based on\u00a0program requirements of their major or their sponsoring organization<\/li>\n
  • Assist Director of International Admission with new-student registration,\u00a0Designated School Official (DSO)<\/li>\n
  • Assist with the monitoring and maintenance of student\u2019s SEVIS records,<\/li>\n
  • Process reinstatements, transfer-out, CPT, OPT and other related SEVIS\u00a0procedures,<\/li>\n
  • Provide students with info about employment and employment restrictions,<\/li>\n
  • Provide students with information about maintaining legal F-1 student status,\u00a0Programming<\/li>\n
  • Responsible for planning and implementation of international-student\u00a0orientation<\/li>\n
  • Coordinate airport pickups, early arrivals, and housing with Student Services,<\/li>\n
  • Direct the Augustana Cultural Exchange (ACE) Ambassador Program and serve\u00a0as advisor to the Augustana International Club (AIC),<\/li>\n
  • Coordinate special activities and programming for international students\u00a0throughout the year including excursions, ACE events, AIC events, Friday\u00a0Rendezvous, and International Education Week events.<\/li>\n
  • Coordinate the Host Family and Friendship Family Programs,<\/li>\n
  • Serve as primary contact for Sponsored Student Programs (IREX, World Learning,\u00a0American Councils) and administer paperwork and programming,\u00a0Other Responsibilities Include<\/li>\n
  • Work with English Department\/Writing Center staff on ESL support program,<\/li>\n
  • Update International Student Handbook,<\/li>\n
  • Develop and maintain website with resources for international students,<\/li>\n
  • Provide annual international student report to IIE\u2019s Open Doors Report,<\/li>\n
  • Provide back-up support to Study Abroad advisor,<\/li>\n
  • Represent IPO on the Early Alert Response System (EARS) team providing\u00a0support to students with academic success issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Bachelor degree required, Masters preferred,<\/li>\n
    • Proficiency in a second language preferred,<\/li>\n
    • Position requires some nights and weekend responsibilities (programming and\u00a0conferences),<\/li>\n
    • Experience with study abroad\/work abroad programs preferred,<\/li>\n
    • Position requires familiarity with U.S. student visa \u201cF\u201d immigration\u00a0regulations, must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident as mandated by\u00a0federal regulations pertaining to Designated School Officials under Student\u00a0Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) rules,<\/li>\n
    • Demonstrated experience in ability to relate well to students, scholars,\u00a0faculty, staff, and those from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds.<\/li>\n
    • Strong writing and oral communication skills.<\/li>\n
    • Experience with event planning and management,<\/li>\n
    • Experience with student retention strategies,<\/li>\n
    • Demonstrated ability to use appropriate technology to plan and implement\u00a0educational programs and services.<\/li>\n
    • Must be very organized, detail oriented, be a self-starter and have strong\u00a0time management skills.<\/li>\n
    • Ability to work well on a collaborative team as well as independently.<\/li>\n
    • Requires responsibilities for driving students to Social Security office,\u00a0airport pick-ups and to other community service organizations,<\/li>\n
    • Requires some nights and weekend responsibilities,<\/li>\n
    • Requires travel for purposes of student excursions, meetings, conferences,<\/li>\n
    • This position is subject to a criminal background check.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Via JET alum Carleen Ben. \u00a0Posted by\u00a0Jayme Tsutsuse\u00a0(Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of\u00a0Cross-Cultural Kansai. \u00a0Click here\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position:\u00a0Assistant Director Student Services Posted by: Augustana College Location:\u00a0Rock Island, IL Type: full-time Overview: The primary role of the position is to work with international students.\u00a0The person will also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t