Associate Director of Faculty-Led Programs

University of Maine System • Orono, ME

6d • $60,000 - $65,000

About The Position

The Associate Director of Faculty-Led & Custom Programs supports the development, administration, and delivery of University of Maine faculty-led courses, historically referred to as travel study courses. The portfolio includes programs offered within Maine, elsewhere in the United States and U.S. territories, and internationally.

Reporting to and working under the supervision of the Director of OIP, the Associate Director serves as the primary operational liaison to UMaine faculty developing and leading faculty-led courses and coordinates programs from initial concept and proposal through implementation and post-program review. The position also coordinates and hosts inbound faculty-led programs from international partner institutions, participates in emergency response and an on-call rotation, and is cross-trained to provide advising and operational support across OIP's broader education abroad portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in international studies, business, or a related field.
• At least three years of progressively responsible experience in education abroad, higher education program administration, or a closely related field.
• Experience studying, living, working, or leading educational programs internationally or in a sustained cross-cultural environment.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex programs or projects involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, deadlines, and administrative requirements.
• Knowledge of professional practices in education abroad, student health and safety, risk management, and/or inbound international programming.
• Strong organizational, project-management, problem-solving, and judgment skills, including the ability to manage multiple programs independently, maintain attention to detail, and appropriately escalate significant issues.
• Strong written, oral, interpersonal, advising, and presentation skills; demonstrated intercultural sensitivity and ability to work effectively and respectfully with faculty, students, colleagues, partners, vendors, and individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Proficiency with common office, spreadsheet, database, project-management, and web-based systems; ability to learn new technologies.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in international education, higher education, international studies, business, or a related field.
• Experience developing or administering international and domestic faculty-led, custom, or comparable experiential programs.
• Experience developing program itineraries, budgets, proposals, contracts, vendor relationships, and logistical arrangements for group travel or educational programming.
• Experience advising undergraduate students and coordinating student orientation, pre-departure preparation, or related education abroad programming.
• Experience with education abroad management software such as Via TRM or a comparable platform.
• Experience with education abroad emergency on-call rotation outside normal business hours.

Responsibilities

• Support the development, administration, and delivery of faculty-led courses.
• Serve as the primary operational liaison to UMaine faculty developing and leading faculty-led courses.
• Coordinate programs from initial concept and proposal through implementation and post-program review.
• Coordinate and host inbound faculty-led programs from international partner institutions.
• Participate in emergency response and an on-call rotation.
• Provide advising and operational support across OIP's broader education abroad portfolio.

Benefits

• Tuition benefits for employees and dependents.
• Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability.
• Retirement plan options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level