Assistant Director, International Student Services

The Office of International Student Affairs (OISA) is the international community’s resource for immigration-related needs. The office provides advice, documentation services and information on topics such as visas, work authorization, travel, and maintaining status. The office monitors the regulations of government agencies that have jurisdiction over the stay of international students and is responsible for maintaining institutional compliance. OISA also provides educational, social and intercultural programs that foster international students’ intercultural growth and engagement.

Reporting to the Director of International Student Services, the assistant director serves as one of the international student advisors, primarily to enrolled F-1 students and fulfills other Designated School Official (DSO) responsibilities. As a member of the OISA team, the assistant director helps support the office mission and functions.

Responsibilities Include:

Immigration/Compliance 

• Guiding international students on maintaining F-1 status and related administrative and regulatory processes through one-on-one advising sessions, workshops, and webinars.
• Recommending and approving immigration benefits for F-1 students.
  Creating and updating educational materials relevant to immigration regulations/policies.
• Monitoring alerts and maintaining accurate student data and advising notes.

Intercultural Programming

• Assisting in the planning and implementing the International Student Orientation.
  Coordinating, marketing and implementing intercultural programming and events including off-campus excursions for international students.
• Collaborating with campus partners to create programming that supports international students with their academic advancement, social and cultural integration on campus and in the local community.

Communications

• Serving as the OISA communications point person.
• Maintaining office website, social media account and Wes and the World Newsletter.

 Administrative

• Participating in weekly OISA team meetings, and Student Affairs staff meetings.
• Assisting in administrative work, including budget tracking, processing student leader timesheets and maintaining student files.

Other duties as assigned.

Quick link: https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/7621

Review of applications will begin on April 27, 2021 and continue until the position is filled.