Intercultural Experiences and Career Readiness Coordinator

Department: CAS Global Studies and Languages
Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing
Salary: $54,000 - $64,000 per year
Compensation Band: OS-OA05-Fiscal Year 2024-2025
FTE: 1.0
Application Review Begins

July 31, 2024; position open until filled
Special Instructions to Applicants

For full consideration, a complete application must include:
• A current resume
• Cover letter that includes your experience and contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Three (3) professional references with contact information
Department Summary

The School of Global Studies and Languages (GSL) aspires to draw students to UO by engaging them with cultures, languages, histories, and ways of life across the world. GSL's mission is to prepare graduates for their future lives and careers by providing holistic, interdisciplinary perspectives on critical issues and cultural developments that are global and historical in scope. GSL provides a career-legible, interdisciplinary curriculum, drawing on the research and pedagogic expertise of faculty in the social sciences and humanities. Customized curricular pathways allow students to acquire foundational skills in the liberal arts and translate them into real-world abilities. The School is home to a community of students and faculty who value the common transformational experience of immersion in multiple languages and cultures. This shared value forges a collective mission, while honoring the diverse histories, cultures, and disciplines embraced by GSL.

Alongside the School's focus on cultures and languages, GSL immerses students in humanistic and social science perspectives and methods of inquiry. Students will pursue language learning and cultural studies, and engage undergraduate professional tracks, including international law, diplomacy, human rights, global health and development, and global environmental change, all of which position them to bring humanities-informed cultural understanding to careers that have global impact. The School provides students with language and intercultural skills that align with their individual academic and career goals and that prepare them for future opportunities in a 21st-century global context. Students study abroad, engage in experiential learning that bridges theoretical knowledge and its practical application, and participate in career-readiness activities at every step of their degree progress.
Position Summary

The Intercultural Experiences and Career Readiness Coordinator is a high-level professional position tasked with creating clear and well-navigated pipelines for students in the School to intercultural experience opportunities during and after their education at the UO. These primarily include study abroad and study away programs, community-based learning experiences, internships, undergraduate research with UO faculty, postgraduate distinguished scholarships, and other career-ready and career-legible opportunities that make use of a GSL degree.

The position will build and market a network of on and off-campus internship and research offerings which give students exposure to the broadest applied experiences at UO. They will develop an external portfolio of opportunities for experiential learning. The position will create a professional curriculum to bridge students' classroom pedagogy with these applied experiences to help them make the most of these opportunities.

Working with GSL faculty and departments, the position will assist in implementing the intercultural experience requirement for the Global Studies major, the experiential learning requirement for the Romance Languages major, advising for the Peace Corps and Global Services programs, study abroad scholarship programs offered by German and Scandinavian and Global Studies, and other requirements or opportunities yet to be developed by GSL units and programs.

Depending on the qualifications of the candidate and the needs of GSL, the position may also develop and teach a 2-credit professional skills and career readiness course to bridge classroom pedagogy to intercultural experiences and applied learning.

The position is expected to partner with, and refer students to, the Career Center in Tykeson Hall, the GEO study abroad office in the Division of Global Engagement, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Engagement (CURE), the Office of Distinguished Scholarships, and other campus partners.

The position responds to a broad range of inquiries and requests from a variety of constituents. The position reports to the GSL Academic Programs Manager and works closely with the Director of the GSL Society of Global Scholars, but works independently under minimal supervision.
Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field, or equivalent combination of skills and experience.
• One year experience working in international education, intercultural communications, student services, advising, or a related setting.
Professional Competencies

• Demonstrated collaborative leadership skills, as well as the ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated ability to exhibit a service-oriented, proactive approach focused on continuous learning.
• Strong commitment to supporting principles of equity and inclusion, including ability to provide career support to students with varying identities and backgrounds.
• Skill in establishing effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, employers, and alumni.
• Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of modalities.
• Ability to learn new skills quickly, adapt well to changes, and coordinate multiple projects effectively and efficiently.
Preferred Qualifications

• Educational or work experience in intercultural communication, study and work outside the US, languages other than English or other related settings.
• Experience designing and delivering workshops/programs.
• Experience teaching at the college or university level.
• Experience advising students/clients involving career development/experiential learning issues and demonstrated understanding of career development issues.
• Knowledge of best experiential learning practice, and/or experience with experiential learning programs.
• Knowledge of intercultural experience opportunities and academic curricula at the UO or comparable institutions.
• Knowledge of a language other than English, and/or experience outside the US.

FLSA Exempt: Yes

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit https://hr.uoregon.edu/about-benefits .

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Advertised: July 17, 2024 Pacific Daylight Time
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