Assistant Regional Director, Asia Pacific (27347)
- Employer
- University of Central Oklahoma
- Location
- Edmond, OK
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- Administrative Jobs
- Academic Affairs, International Programs
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Important note: The location of this position is in Seoul, South Korea
Position Overview:
Directs and manages programs related to student academic planning, registration, and program completion. Designs and develops resources for students. This is a full-time, exempt position—Department Specific Essential Job Functions. The Assistant Director (AD) drives and advances Asia Pacific recruitment activities, focusing in South Korea, by providing tactical support, strategy, and development to the Office of Global Affairs Strategic Management Team and the University of Central Oklahoma. If the need arises, on occasions AD may be asked to visit other countries as well. The AD accomplishes this by providing input into enrollment forecasting, trip planning, and budgeting for UCO marketing activities in Asia Pacific, including when delegations visit. UCO develops, coordinates, and monitors outreach programs to undergraduate students for study abroad promotion Presents at partner universities in Asia Pacific and UCO. Travel is required approximately 25% of the time, including: domestically in South Korea, 4-6 weeks to other Asia Pacific countries, and travel to the United States for training and collaboration with the Office of Global Affairs at UCO. Provides leadership in evaluating and delivering prospective student outreach via social media and web platforms. Manages UCO educational agent relations and operations for key markets. Develop or work with OGA marketing team to develop presentation and marketing materials related to recruitment. Provides administrative and management support as needed. Provides the vision and leadership for the global competency aspect of transformative learning. Communicate UCOs mission and programs in a persuasive manner to government agencies, foundations, and other grant-making organizations. Some evening and weekend activities will be required. Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
Qualifications/Experience Required:
Bachelor's degree in related field to the position plus 3+ years of relevant experience or 7+ years of equivalent work experience that provides knowledge of and exposure to fundamental theories, principles, and concepts. Demonstrated application of expertise in a chosen field to achieve results. Some knowledge of current marketing platforms, including Social Media.
Qualifications/Experience Preferred:
Master's Degree in a related field. Knowledge of International admissions and recruitment. Some knowledge of Korean and/or Vietnamese is helpful.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
The major duties of this job involve connecting quickly with people in a poised, convincing, and enthusiastic way. This job will entail working at an extremely fast pace while collaborating cooperatively with and motivating others to do their best in order to complete tasks. This will require understanding people well to effectively motivate them to identify and connect to the UCO mission. This job will require a strong sense of urgency, initiative, and drive to get things done efficiently and correctly. The AD will also need to possess the following skills: Experience traveling overseas and demonstrated ability to work with diverse cultures. Excellent communication, both written and oral Maintain a positive professional image Excellent organizational skill with the ability to plan and coordinate events. Demonstrated strong ability to identify, analyze and solve multi-faceted problems.
Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodations (in accordance with ADA requirements) may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Organization
The University of Central Oklahoma prepares future leaders in an opportunity-rich environment, ideally located in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Central offers an innovative learning community to its more than 17,000 students, where teaching comes first, a commitment seeded in the university's roots as a teaching college. Students at Central develop personal relationships with more than 450 full-time faculty, 450 adjunct faculty and over 850 staff, like 2008 U.S. Professor of the Year, Dr. Wei Chen, who are committed to transforming lives.
With 117 undergraduate majors and 59 graduate programs, Central is a smart investment for students dedicated to their future success. Notable academic programs include Forensic Science, Music Theatre, Mass Communications, Accounting, the region's only accredited Professional Golf Management program, Jazz Studies and the Academy of Contemporary Music at UCO, located in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown district.
Central's appealing 210-acre campus is on track to become a certified botanical garden, offering both a pleasing learning and living environment and a source of pride for students, employees and alumni. In fact, Central is ranked among the top universities nationally in residence life and as one of the top universities to work for by the "Chronicle of Higher Education." Central is also an official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site, and hosted the 2010 World Sitting Volleyball Championships on campus. Founded in 1890, Central is the state's first public institution of higher learning, and continues to cultivate creativity and innovation in every corner of campus, bringing to life its core values of Character, Community and Civility each day.
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MISSION
The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) exists to help students learn by providing transformative education experiences to students so that they may become productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders serving our global community. UCO contributes to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities and individuals it serves.
VISION
UCO will become one of the Top 10 metropolitan universities of our kind in the United States by providing a transformative education as well as development experiences that help learners achieve their highest level of leadership potential.
CALL TO ACTION
The University of Central Oklahoma transforms each student by focusing our resources on the Central Six tenets of transformative learning.
All students will be transformed with:
- Discipline Knowledge
- Leadership
- Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities
- Service Learning and Civic Engagement
- Global and Cultural Competencies
- Health and Wellness
Transformative learning is a holistic process that places students at the center of their own active and reflective learning experience.
About Edmond/Oklahoma City Metro
The University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, a part of the growing, thriving Oklahoma City metropolitan area. At Central, our students, faculty and staff get the best of both worlds - the "small town" feel of Edmond, with the big city excitement of the Oklahoma City metro. Both the Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro consistently rank nationally among the safest, most affordable and most exciting places to live. In fact, Edmond recently ranked among the best places to live in the nation by Money Magazine and Family Circle magazine, and Oklahoma City ranked sixth in the nation for the "Best Places for Young Adults" by Portfolio.com. From year-round arts, music and theater offering, to exciting sporting events like the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, to first class shopping, dining and more, Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro offer a diverse, active, culturally enriched lifestyle that's on the move to even bigger and better opportunities.
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