{"id":38732,"date":"2015-11-20T18:04:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T22:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=38732"},"modified":"2015-11-20T18:04:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T22:04:54","slug":"job-faculty-support-associate-for-global-education-virginia-tech-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/20\/job-faculty-support-associate-for-global-education-virginia-tech-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Faculty Support Associate for Global Education &#8211; Virginia Tech (Virginia)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Posted by\u00a0<strong>Sydney Sparrow<\/strong>,\u00a0curriculum and\u00a0content developer for a\u00a0real estate school<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0based in Virginia.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">to join\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">and receive job listings even sooner\u00a0by email.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><b>P<\/b><b>osition:\u00a0<\/b>Faculty Support Associate for Global Education<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Posted by:<\/strong>\u00a0Virginia Tech University<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Blacksburg, VA<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Contract:<\/strong>\u00a0Full Time<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Virginia Tech is seeking an experienced and collaborative individual to join a dedicated team as the Faculty Support Associate in the Global Education Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Virginia Tech\u2019s Global Education Office (<span class=\"caps\">GEO<\/span>) is committed to providing Virginia Tech students the opportunity to develop the intercultural competence, transnational understanding, and leadership skills required to face global challenges. In cooperation with academic, service, and administrative faculty and staff, the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">GEO<\/span>\u00a0provides comprehensive support services for the development, implementation, and coordination of academically sound programs abroad that are accessible to students across all disciplines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Faculty Support Associate is charged with helping lead Virginia Tech\u2019s faculty-led program portfolio and activities. This position works collaboratively with faculty, staff and administrators across academic departments to support Virginia Tech\u2019s 60+ faculty-led global education programs and will play a vital role in developing new programs dedicated to delivering high quality academic experiences in environments compliant with the University\u2019s risk management policies. The position will have primary responsibility for supporting faculty-led programming in the key areas of promotion\/recruitment, program design\/implementation, resource stewardship and budgeting, enrollment and database management, and coordination for overall direction and function of faculty-led programs and initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Responsibilities:\u00a0<\/strong>The successful candidate will support the University\u2019s faculty-led programming in accordance with university policies and procedures, with responsibilities to include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">student advising for Virginia Tech faculty-led programs and activities;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">coordinating recruitment efforts for Virginia Tech faculty-led programs and activities;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">promoting faculty-sponsored on-campus initiatives;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">supporting program development which includes budget-building, university policy compliance (education and audits), logistical planning, updates and maintenance in Terra Dotta Software for Study Abroad (StudioAbroad), Banner coding, etc.;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">providing enrollment and administrative support for faculty-led programs;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">assisting in program assessment and data collection;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">serving as the faculty liaison to the Global Travel Oversight Committee (<span class=\"caps\">GTOC<\/span>);<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">collaborating with faculty program leaders to support pre-departure preparation for students;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">coordinating third-party or on-site provider services;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">acting as the first point of contact for faculty leaders and on-site staff; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">administering faculty grants (for program development &amp; curriculum globalization).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This position requires experience successfully communicating and working with diverse constituencies; careful attention to detail; a high level of professionalism; organizational skills appropriate to a fast-paced work environment with frequent interruptions and evolving priorities; and a willingness and ability to exercise sound independent judgment while consistently maintaining awareness of the larger context and responding to the organization\u2019s overarching priorities. R\u00e9sum\u00e9s should give concrete evidence of these skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Required Qualifications<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Bachelor\u2019s degree in a related field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience working in international education at the post-secondary level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience living, working or studying abroad or comparable cross-cultural experience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Evidence of care and consistent attention to detail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Willingness to work with individuals of diverse backgrounds and levels of authority.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Knowledge of student advising and pre-departure orientation methods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Familiarity with enrollment management software for study abroad or higher education student information systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Knowledge of the risk management issues in study abroad.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite or similar application.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Preferred Qualifications<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Master\u2019s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Significant experience working in international education at the post-secondary level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience working with faculty to design and execute programs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Proficiency in at least one foreign language.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Evidence of successful collaboration with faculty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Working knowledge of the multiple factors involved in building and implementing study abroad programs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience with student advising and designing\/conducting pre-departure orientation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Proficiency in Terra Dotta Software for Study Abroad (StudioAbroad).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Proficiency in Banner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Application:<\/strong>\u00a0Apply online at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"www.jobs.vt.edu\">www.jobs.vt.edu<\/a><\/span>, and search for posting\u00a0AP0150328.\u00a0Attach a resume, cover letter, and list of three professional references to the online faculty application. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2015 and continue until the position is filled. Individuals with disabilities desiring accommodations should notify the search chair.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow,\u00a0curriculum and\u00a0content developer for a\u00a0real estate school\u00a0based in Virginia.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner\u00a0by email. Position:\u00a0Faculty Support Associate for Global Education Posted by:\u00a0Virginia Tech University Location:\u00a0Blacksburg, VA Contract:\u00a0Full Time Virginia Tech is seeking an experienced and collaborative individual to join a dedicated team as the Faculty Support Associate [&hellip;]<\/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-38732","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-a4I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38732","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=38732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38733,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38732\/revisions\/38733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}