Senior Director Global Initiatives Job at UC San Diego (La Jolla)

Job Description

Reporting to the AVC for Global Initiatives and in collaboration with the AVC, The Senior Director for Global Initiatives provides comprehensive leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for a complex portfolio of education abroad programs, international exchanges, faculty-led initiatives, and global engagement partnerships that advance UC San Diego’s global strategy and impact students across the university as well as international faculty and scholars whose mobility, engagement, and integration into UC San Diego require coordinated institutional alignment.

Job Responsibility

Provides comprehensive leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for a complex portfolio of education abroad programs, international exchanges, faculty-led initiatives, and global engagement partnerships
Determines organizational objectives and long-term strategies for global engagement and academic mobility
Oversees several centralized operational units responsible for global partnerships, student advising, program administration, partnership coordination, regulatory compliance, communications, outreach, and comprehensive mobility management
Provides strategic oversight for institutional services that facilitate the success of international faculty, visiting scholars, and globally oriented academic units and centers
Manages human, financial, and programmatic resources supporting campus-wide global engagement operations
Serves as deputy to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Initiatives
Leads institutional partnership strategy, representing UC San Diego in senior-level international engagements
Advances revenue-generating programs, strategic alliances, and external funding efforts

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training
Advanced knowledge of advising and counseling techniques
Must be able to communicate clearly, and concisely across a spectrum of personalities, cultures, professions, and situations
Knowledge of common University-specific computer application programs and knowledge of University and departmental principles and procedures involved in risk assessment and evaluating risks as to likelihood and consequences
Skills in monitoring / assessing people, processes or services, to make improvements
Demonstrated leadership experience record of achievement in developing a workplace rooted in teamwork with a commitment to the highest levels of customer service
Demonstrated ability and success increasing diversity of staff and students through leadership commitment, professional knowledge and research, implementation of effective outreach and advising, code of ethics, quality control standards and practices
Skills in project management, social perceptiveness to be aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do
Demonstrated experience and expertise in managing a complex and growing organization
Ability in problem identification, reasoning, ability to develop original ideas to solve problems, persuade others, and lead
Proven experience in supervising, motivating and leading staff
Must have excellent public speaking skills with ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences, particularly audiences with limited English skills and of different cultural backgrounds
Excellent writing skills to communicate clearly and succinctly by email and written letters
Demonstrated experience leading coordinated institutional support services for international faculty and scholars
Proven experience cultivating, stewarding, and advancing international institutional partnerships that support student mobility, faculty and scholar exchange, collaborative research, and globally engaged academic initiatives
Demonstrated experience providing campus-wide leadership for global student services, international faculty and scholar support, and institutional partnership development
Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and scale revenue-generating international programs

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