Education Abroad Advisor

Advises and counsels individuals who may include current students, prospective students, recent graduate students, and/or faculty and staff. Provides guidance in relation to careers and academic information. Acts as a liaison to various employee and student groups. Responsibilities

• Advises students on appropriate options and opportunities for studying abroad; promotes education abroad opportunities to campus constituents
• Develops appropriate information materials for program promotion and recruitment.
• Communicates with and assists students while abroad.
• Coordinates the application process and provides pre-departure and re-entry orientation.
• Provides support to incoming J-1 students including application, onboarding, arrival and orientation;
• Works with relevant academic units to ensure exchange student inclusion and success; Plans and delivers social events for incoming exchange; Serves as responsible Officer for SEVIS and processes form DS2019 for exchange students.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in relevant area
• One (1) year of appropriate experience.
• Relevant experience may substitute for required education.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

The University of Memphis is a leading, student-centered, urban public R1 research institution. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, on 1,160 acres. The University serves a population of nearly 20,000 students and 2,500 employees, including more than 1,000 full-time faculty members. The University offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 230 areas of study, master’s degrees in more than 50 subjects and doctoral degrees in 26 disciplines; supported an institutional record of more than $100 million in research awards for FY24; and has an operating budget of close to $500 million.