Associate Director, Global Education

The University of Notre Dame (ND.jobs) is accepting applications for an Associate Director, Global Education.

Applications will be accepted until 11/20/2024.

At Notre Dame Global, we advance the University’s strategy to strengthen global education, research, scholarship, and partnerships through an innovative, collaborative, values-based approach. We aspire to be a leader in building inclusive and transformational global engagement for students, faculty, and staff with communities around the world, supporting Notre Dame in its pursuit of being a premier global research university that is informed by our Catholic character.

The Associate Director of Global Education, a member of the Study Abroad and the Global Engagement Teams, plays a key role in advancing the global education for our outbound study abroad students as well as inbound short-term international students. The Associate Director is charged with the responsibility of elevating study abroad students’ intercultural learning and global competencies. The position has the overall responsibilities of designing and implementing the strategies for developing the global competencies of study abroad students through pre-departure orientations, study abroad online courses, and reentry programming. The Associate Director will create workshops for inbound international students focusing on intercultural communication, leadership skills and English language skills. The position will also offer academic support to faculty and staff on intercultural competency development. The Associate Director of Global Education reports to the Senior Director of Global Education at Notre Dame Global and will work very closely with the Director of Study Abroad, the Summer/Short-Term Study Abroad Programs Director and the Global Engagement Programs Director.

Specific job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Design, implement and manage systems for global competence development for study abroad students as well as incoming short-term international students; implement Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) or other assessment tools to advance intercultural competence development; and lead the assessment for study abroad learning outcomes.

• Deliver workshops and facilitate the instructional needs of the academic content for the summer Global Professional Experience (GPE) program and the summer Global Research Experience (GRE) program, both of which have a curricular component designed to enhance students’ critical skills for the future global engagement; develop and manage the intercultural learning content for the summer programs.

• Work with the Global Engagement Programs (GEP) and design appropriate academic content for customized programs, in collaboration with Director of GEP; and provide workshops for the Global Engagement Programs as they relate to intercultural learning, leadership skills or other content where appropriate and needed.

• Offer academic support to faculty and staff as they relate to global competency development, and work with campus partners and faculty to facilitate Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and virtual exchange efforts with partners around the globe.

• Manage study abroad and/or global engagement programs as needed and where appropriate; work on special projects as assigned and as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a related field

• 5+ years of experience at an educational institution

• 5+ years of experience in teaching ESL, leadership skills, intercultural communication or other related subjects

• In-depth understanding of the scholarship and practice of study abroad

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to positively engage people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. or terminal degree preferred

• Trained and certified administrator in IDI

• Experience working in a large and complex research university

• Experience in learning outcome assessment

• Significant international experience living, studying or working abroad

ABOUT NOTRE DAME:
The University of Notre Dame, founded in 1842 by Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is an independent, national Catholic university located in Notre Dame, Ind. For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Notre Dame has received Honor Roll distinctions as one of the top 10 higher education workplaces in the country in the Chronicle of Higher Education's annual "Great Colleges to Work For" survey...and we are proud of it!

This appointment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Applicants will be asked to identify all felony convictions and/or pending felony charges. Felony convictions do not automatically bar an individual from employment. Each case will be examined separately to determine the appropriateness of employment in the particular position. Failure to be forthcoming or dishonesty with respect to felony disclosures can result in the disqualification of a candidate. The full procedure can be viewed at https://facultyhandbook.nd.edu/?id=link-73597.

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. We strongly encourage applications from female and minority candidates and those candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors to employ and advance veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a).

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Please apply online at http://ND.jobs to Job # https://apptrkr.com/5787620. For additional information about working at the University of Notre Dame and various benefits available to employees, please visit http://hr.nd.edu/why-nd. The University of Notre Dame supports the needs of dual career couples and has a Dual Career Assistance Program in place to assist relocating spouses and significant others with their job search.