The George Washington University (GW) Office for Study Abroad (OSA) seeks a Study Abroad Coordinator to support the student population within the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences (CCAS). This position administers one or more student programs, including study abroad application management, event planning and execution, financial and transfer credit support activities, and marketing. This position advises student populations by providing support and development at a transactional, relational, and transformational level. This role communicates opportunities, policies and procedures, proactively identifies problematic issues and breaks down barriers, facilitates relationships, and supports initiatives to further international education opportunities through work with students in support of their goals and needs.
The OSA provides and facilitates quality international educational opportunities at GW. As educators, we promote students’ academic, personal, professional, and intercultural development before, during, and after their study abroad experiences. We respond effectively to individual student needs while fostering cultural understanding and self-awareness throughout the student body and contributing to an increasingly international campus. The OSA primarily works with undergraduate students for semester and year-long study abroad programming.
The Study Abroad Coordinator, through direct contact with students and communication with parents, campus partners, and other stakeholders, contributes to university priorities of internationalization, inclusion, retention, and quality academic and experiential learning.
Responsibilities include:
- Counseling students on university-approved study abroad programs, policies, and regulations, including conveying information on admission requirements, registration procedures, and transfer credit practices.
- Evaluating transcripts from abroad and transferring credit in Banner.
- Facilitating programs and activities, including outreach efforts related to the study abroad fair and pre-departure orientation, organization of student events, coordination with related campus departments and partner organization, marketing of programs, reporting on statistics, etc.
- Collaborating and communicating with appropriate departments and partner organizations.
- Promoting programs through speaking engagements and participating in professional organizations. Producing communications such as newsletters, web content, brochures, and social media. Maintaining student records and program files and managing applications in TerraDotta.
The position is based at GW’s Foggy Bottom Campus in Washington, DC. The incumbent may perform other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.