Job Description

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Internal Recruitment

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Anticipated Hiring Range

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Department

About the Department

Essential Job Duties

1. Serve as the principal point of contact for sponsoring agencies. Cultivate and maintain effective working relationships with key domestic and foreign personnel who have oversight and administrative responsibilities for sponsored student and scholar programs. Organize regular meetings with sponsors and foreign cultural offices as needed (in person and/or virtual). Prepare written correspondence, reports and other documentation as required by each sponsoring agency. Maintain sponsored student and scholar data within the Office of International Services software system and develop campus reports as needed.
2. Coordinate campus support for sponsored students. Develop and implement programs and services to meet the unique needs of sponsored students, including pre-arrival information, on-campus orientation, and connections to campus resources that promote academic success, health and wellness, and successful transitions to NC State and U.S. culture. Maintain regular communication with sponsored students regarding academic progress and financial status. Collaborate with the Global Training Initiative, Office of International Services, New Student Programs, and the Graduate School to provide resources and activities that promote student success.
3. Advance outreach and recruitment for sponsored student programs. Work closely with admissions units, relevant campus service offices and directors of graduate programs to guide recruitment strategies, branding initiatives, and outreach activities to attract high caliber sponsored students and scholars to NC State. Work with admissions and communications professionals to develop media that highlight NC State’s sponsored student programs, including brochures, newsletters, and online publications. Participate in selected international recruitment events.
4. Provide administrative oversight for inbound Fulbright student and scholar programs. Collaborate with key campus stakeholders and Fulbright agencies to facilitate applications, individual budgets and funding renewals for Fulbright students enrolling at NC State. Manage the affiliation process for inbound Fulbright Visiting Scholars and collaborate with host faculty and administrative units to prepare required documentation and ensure compliance with administrative/legal requirements at NC State (e.g., invitation letters, institutional reply forms, visiting researcher agreements, etc.). Maintain the university’s list of Fulbright Visiting Scholars and serve as point of contact for host faculty, host departments and visiting scholars. Serve as the Staff advisor of the Fulbright Student/Scholar Association at NC State.
5. Collaborate with the Office of International Services’ Programming and Student Success team. Identify ways to streamline support for international students and scholars and enhance efficiencies across multiple staff roles.

Other Responsibilities

• This position requires the ability to travel domestically and internationally for sponsor meetings and recruitment activities. Some evening and weekend work is also required as needed.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Require post-baccalaureate credentials or a bachelor’s degree plus alternative or equivalent professional training and experience may be substituted for the advanced degree on an exceptional basis.

Other Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to cultivate collaborative and professional relationships with internal and external constituencies, including tact, diplomacy, and awareness of appropriate protocol in official government settings.
• Understanding of the unique challenges and needs of sponsored students and scholars and commitment to providing excellent service to students and sponsors.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex systems and varying program requirements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking experience. Ability to effectively communicate at all organizational levels and with diverse ethnic and cultural constituents.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to prioritize and complete tasks with a high level of efficiency, thoroughness, and accuracy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of experience in higher education or relevant professional setting, or Master’s degree and two years of experience in higher education or relevant professional setting.
• Direct experience advising and supporting international students and scholars.
• Direct experience communicating or working with foreign entities such as educational/cultural missions or other government entities.
• Experience working across cultures or in an international setting, including an understanding of how to adapt communication styles across different cultural and linguistic contexts.

Required License(s) or Certification(s)

Valid NC Driver's License required

Commercial Driver's License required

Job Open Date

Anticipated Close Date

Special Instructions to Applicants

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Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (1.0 = 40 hours/week)

Appointment

Mandatory Designation - Adverse Weather

Mandatory Designation - Emergency Events

Department ID

AA/EEO

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