Director of Global & Graduate Programs - UH Law Center - (STA012416)

Directs the day-to- day financial and logistical operations of the Law Center global and graduate programs. This includes overall program management, prospective and current student counseling, strategic marketing, student recruitment, student programming, and statistical reporting and database management.

1. Manages daily office logistics and operations, including developing strategies and procedures for meeting program objectives, managing program budget and supervising staff.
2. Manages all associated program web pages and printed publications, which includes but not limited to recruitment information, program information, and student handbook.
3. Provides leadership and coordination of LLM recruitment, to include guidance and counseling to prospective, admitted, and denied students.
4. Manages and organizes program orientation and graduation for all global and graduate programs.
5. Reviews and recommends actions on a variety of graduate student academic petitions, withdrawals, international student processing, and special admission requests.
6. Assists Executive Director with development and implementation of new policy initiatives related to the LLM program.
7. Develops and implements a marketing plan for the program. This includes print, online and social media.
8. Plans and organizes strategic programming for LL.M. recruitment projects and events.
9. Analyzes program trends and prepares statistical reports for internal and external use
10. Manages the program for Visiting International Scholars and the Law Center exchange programs. This includes both incoming and outgoing Scholars and students.
11. Works closely with ISSO to ensure compliance with all U.S. government regulations.
12. Administers LL.M. scholarship and fellowship programs; distributes award information; receives and maintains nominations; notifies recipients and non-recipients.
13. Designs survey instruments and coordinates the collection of data; compiles information, analyzes results, and disseminates findings through reports, presentations and meetings.
14. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

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Additional Job Posting Information:

This posting is for a position at the University of Houston Law Center to function as a staff director in the position of Director of Global & Graduate Programs (“DG&GP”). The position reports to the Law Center's Executive Director of Global & Graduate Programs (“EDG&GP”). The position has responsibility for ensuring that activities and projects undertaken by the office of Global & Graduate Programs run smoothly across various functions within the Law Center. The position has particular responsibility for LL.M. recruitment, working with international students, and interacting with the following areas for Law Center students in the LL.M. program: admissions; student services; and advising and counseling for career development and bar preparation. The position will need to become expert in a variety of accounting, student data, financial and administrative systems used by UH and the Law Center. From time to time other duties may be assigned to the position related to students or alumni by the EDG&GP.

A strong candidate will have the following skills: Excellent professional business communications skills, both as to writings and interactive communications; proficiency with personal productivity software such as Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel; experience with software systems for recordkeeping; project management skills; and collaboration and team building skills. The J.D. degree and/or work experience as an attorney can accrue time toward the five year experience requirement in this posting; additionally, attorney work experience will often be deemed directly job-related to the position requirements. Candidates without a J.D. or Master’s degree will be considered, with sufficient applicable experience. The position offers excellent benefits. The role allows the successful candidate to contribute to the education and professional development of Law Center students. Fluency in an additional language (i.e. Spanish, French, etc.) is preferred. Further information about the Law Center and its programs is available at: http://www.law.uh.edu .

Law Center web pages related to the position include: http://www.law.uh.edu/student https://www.law.uh.edu/llm/ . This search is coordinated by the office of the Law Center’s Executive Director of Global & Graduate Programs, Ms. Karen Jones. In addition to the formal application made in response to this posting, applicants should send a short email to Ms. Jones, kjones15@central.uh.edu . Please express your interest and attach a resume or curriculum vitae to that email.

May Be Eligible for Alternative Workplace Arrangements

Qualifications :

Bachelors and 5 years experience

Education: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Graduate degree preferred. Experience: Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related experience.

• Department is willing to accept education in lieu of experience.
• Department is willing to accept experience in lieu of education.