Manager, Exp Lrn & Prof Dev - 128840

Job Summary:

Within the College of Humanities, this position has overall strategic, operational, and administrative responsibility for college-wide international experiential education and professional development.

The primary purpose of this position is to operationalize and manage international experiential education and professional development initiatives and programming for the College of Humanities.

This includes:

·       Identifying, creating, and implementing college experiential education and professional development priorities and program standards,

·       Coordinating and administering experiential education programming

·       Creating and managing professional development courses and trainings,

·       Developing and leading a professional development mentor training program for faculty internship coordinators and internship providers across the world, and

·       Providing international experiential education and professional development leadership and coordination with relevant on- and off-campus communities.

Essential Functions:

Program Development

Identify, create, and implement college experiential education and professional development priorities and program standards. Design new programs informed by those priorities and standards. 

This should include:

·       Developing and disseminating international experiential education and professional development standards and guidelines.

·       Collaborating closely with faculty internship coordinators to create sustainable international and domestic experiential education and professional development programs for humanities majors, including internships, direct enrollment, service learning, and other experiences, informed by college priorities and standards, and up-to-date research and best practices. Co-drafting program proposals.

·       Overseeing processes for the development and support of international experiential education and professional development programs such as site visits, program budgets, logistics planning, and experience provider relationship management.

·       Coaching faculty on program development best practices, processes, and procedures and obtaining financial support.

·       Identifying and developing underwriting opportunities in conjunction with the college development officer.

·       Program Management and Oversight

·       Coordinate and administer experiential education programming, including data collection and assessment, in the following ways:

·       Ensure compliance with the college's international experiential education and professional development standards and guidelines through the development and implementation of program assessment processes for internships, service learning, direct enrollment, and other programming.

·       Manage college-wide internships.

·       Manage the Scottish Parliament Internship Program.

·       Oversee ways of publishing program opportunities to faculty and students.

·       Develop and/or maintain a tracking system for program participation.

·       Report on experiential education program initiatives.

·       Oversee college internship and experiential education funding support.

·       Liaise between internship coordinators and International Study Programs regarding program budgets, logistics, marketing, program review, etc.

Curriculum Design and Assessment

Design, manage, assess, and update professional development courses and workshops for students from across the college including preparation, participation, and translation to professional contexts. Informed by ongoing assessment, courses, and workshops will also reflect up-to-date experiential education and professional development research and best practices.

Standard courses include:

·       HCOLL 110 Humanities to Professional Life

·       HCOLL 396R Internship Prep

·       HCOLL, FREN, IHUM, ITAL, JAPN, KOR, PORT, SPAN 399R, Professional Internship

·       Workshops will support the college's international experiential education priorities and students' professional development needs.

Professional Development Mentor Training

·       Develop and lead a professional development mentor training program for faculty internship coordinators and internship providers across the world. This should include:

·       Creating mentoring priorities and materials supporting the college's international experiential learning and professional development priorities and standards.

·       Developing and delivering a mentor training program for faculty internship, service learning, and direct enrollment coordinators and service providers.

Leadership and Coordination

Further the College's commitment to prepare Humanities majors for successful work life after graduation through committee work and program collaboration. Provide international experiential education and professional development expertise, leadership, and coordination through participation in relevant on- and off-campus communities.

 This should include:

·       At the college level, this will include coordination with each department chair and respective internship coordinator to communicate college-level initiatives and familiarize with resources. At the campus level, this will include coordination with FHSS, International Study Programs, University Internship Office, Washington Seminar, Ballard Center, On-Campus Internships, University Experiential Education Office, and other campus entities to ensure proper communication on a range of issues including compliance, new opportunities, budgets, quality control, opportunities for collaboration, professional development and experiential education standards, program development, vetting, and assessment, etc

·       Off campus, this will include coordination with internship and other professional development experience providers (domestic and international) as part of experience design, program development, oversight, and assessment, supporting college priorities and student access.

Education/Experience:

Minimum education/experience required:

·       BA in Humanities or related field

·       Training and experience in curriculum development, with a strong emphasis on international experiential education

·       Five years of experience:

·       Development and oversight of domestic and international internship programs

·       Development and teaching of professional competencies at a college or university level

Preferred:

·       MA in Humanities or related field

·       Superior teamwork and coordination skills

·       Superior training skills

·       Project management skills

·       Ability to analyze multi-faceted problems and develop solutions

·       Superior knowledge of the international education space, travel and safety practices, culturally sensitive conditions, logistical and programmatic considerations, etc.

·       Knowledge of resources, online, in print, etc., to stay informed of current economic, career, political, and educational trends

·       Extensive knowledge of professional competencies and how they are developed

·       Instructional skills in both classroom and distance learning environments

·       Familiarity with international initiatives from entities across BYU campus

·       Ability to communicate effectively and articulately with students, faculty, and administrators both within the College of Humanities and among other units on campus

Additional Comments

As the College has deepened its commitment to serving the experiential education and professional development needs of its 1900+ majors, roughly 1000 minors, and eight departments: Asian and Near Eastern Languages, English, French and Italian, German and Russian, Comparative Arts and Letters, Linguistics and English Language, Philosophy, and Spanish and Portuguese, the scope of this position has shifted in fundamental ways. Starting from an initial focus on facilitating student participation in internships, the College now requires this position to address a much larger purpose. Acknowledging faculty and experience providers¿ competing priorities and student inexperience in advocating for their own professional development, this position plays a central role in aligning professional experience, experiential education mentorship, and student advocacy with portable and durable professional competency development and with the narration of those experiences in ways that are relevant to a variety of professional paths. Tasked with playing a stronger role in furthering college priorities, this position administers a $500,000 annual professional experience budget.

Employee Class: Administrative
Work Location: Provo Campus
Environment: General office or other equivalently good environment
Physical Exam Required: N
Desired Start Date: As soon as possible
Job Close Date: 01/12/2024
Pay Level: 53
Approximate Starting Salary: $69,000 - $89,500 (paid monthly)
Documents Required at time of Application:
Required: Cover Letter, Letter of Recommendation 1, Resume
 

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