{"id":37976,"date":"2015-06-21T16:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=37976"},"modified":"2015-06-21T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T20:01:27","slug":"job-site-director-center-for-global-education-and-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/21\/job-site-director-center-for-global-education-and-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Site Director (Center for Global Education and Experience)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow<\/strong>,\u00a0curriculum and\u00a0content developer for a\u00a0real estate schools<\/em>\u00a0based in Virginia.\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Position:\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Site Director<\/i><\/span>
\nPosted by:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Center for Global Education and Experience<\/i><\/span>
\nLocation: <\/i><\/b>Windhoek, Namibia<\/i><\/span>
\nStatus:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Full-Time<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Overview:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Center for Global Education and Experience (CGEE) at Augsburg College seeks applicants for the position of CGEE Site Director, Southern Africa, based at our center in Windhoek, Namibia. The Center\u2019s mission is to provide cross-cultural education opportunities that develop critical thinking skills for analyzing local and global conditions so that personal and systemic change takes place leading to a more just and sustainable world.\u00a0 The Center offers an undergraduate semester program that develops the theme, “Nation Building, Globalization and Decolonizing the Mind.”\u00a0 Several short-term travel seminars are also coordinated every year.\u00a0 Programs draw students from colleges and universities throughout the US.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Site Director will provide overall leadership and oversee daily operational aspects for the CGEE Southern Africa Site, based in Namibia, with programming in South Africa.\u00a0 Duties include: staff supervision, budget management, program assessment and development, compliance with Augsburg and Namibian regulations\/laws\/policies, teach semester courses, and lead customized programming as needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Augsburg College, centered on student success, is deeply committed to civic engagement, experiential learning, undergraduate research, and global education. The College embraces a distinctive vision of global learning rooted in cross-cultural understanding, social justice, environmental stewardship, and critical thinking.\u00a0 Through our programs overseas, the College has for more than 32 years provided national award winning programming to more than 20,000 participants, conducted nearly 1,100 customized programs, and welcomed students from 420 U.S. higher educational institutions to our sites.<\/span><\/p>\n

Primary Responsibilities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Provide leadership in making site based decisions regarding budget, personnel, policies, schedules and strategic planning.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Supervise on site-staff.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • In conjunction with the College and other entities, deepen short and long-term academic program offerings, spanning both liberal education as well as\u00a0professional programs.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Sit on the CGEE Leadership Council, including strategic planning for both CGEE Southern Africa as well as Augsburg College globally.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Teach a political science and\/or history course each semester and complete other tasks related to teaching in an off-campus, experiential program,\u00a0including developing syllabi, grading, submitting evaluations and course instructor reports.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Design and lead students on one or more travel components throughout the semester in Namibia and\/or South Africa.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Required Experience:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Advanced education equivalent to a master\u2019s degree.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a diverse work environment.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Ability to be attentive to details, be accurate, be precise.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Ability to lead\/teach; work in a team environment; and work independently with little or no supervision.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Ability to reason\/analyze; maintain confidentiality; and demonstrate patience, understanding.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Ability to show initiative; multi-task and organize workflow; manage one or more multiple projects; and handle frequent interruptions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      For Additional Information and to Apply:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/hr\/<\/span><\/p>\n

      Applications will be received and accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow,\u00a0curriculum and\u00a0content developer for a\u00a0real estate schools\u00a0based in Virginia.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position:\u00a0Site Director Posted by:\u00a0Center for Global Education and Experience Location: Windhoek, Namibia Status:\u00a0Full-Time Overview:\u00a0 The Center for Global Education and Experience (CGEE) at Augsburg College seeks applicants for the position of CGEE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-9Sw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37976"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37980,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37976\/revisions\/37980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}