The Role and the Department
The Arts and Humanities Faculty Global Opportunities Coordinator role is an excellent opportunity to work as part of a cross-departmental team providing support to the staff and students of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Our Professional Services teams place a strong emphasis on professional development and team members are encouraged and supported to identify and take forward process improvements, specific projects and other initiatives appropriate to their grade. In particular this role, with close supervision from the Deputy Faculty Manager, and via collaboration with the International Office's Global Opportunities team, involves ensuring the best possible experience for students preparing for and engaged on travel abroad as a constituent part of one of the Faculty's degree programmes, or participating on a Durham degree programme as an exchange student.
This newly-established role is an excellent development opportunity for an individual with the confidence, resilience and dynamism to support academic colleagues in reinforcing the Faculty's commitment to internationalisation in education, as well as skills required to support students to take full advantage of the opportunities and challenges of residence abroad. On a day-to-day basis, this will include:
- Providing support, advice and guidance for students preparing for or embarked on their year abroad, and for those exchange students participating in Durham degree programmes
- With appropriate support, establishing and coordinating a faculty-wide Year Abroad student engagement programme.
- Coordinating the annual nominations and applications processes for partner Universities and external organisations (e.g. the British Council).
- As a Department Travel approver, and following appropriate training, assessing and approving students' insurance and risk assessment documentation, escalating higher-risk cases as appropriate.
- Regularly reviewing the Faculty's student-facing information and communications platforms, including the establishment and maintenance of appropriate social media channels, to ensure that they remain up to date and compliant.
- In collaboration with academic colleagues, coordinating the monitoring and recording of placement activity to ensure that students can travel abroad safely and in accordance with relevant policy and legislation.
- Establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with key University stakeholders responsible for year abroad provision, as well as external stakeholders in partner institutions.
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is committed to professional development, and colleagues are encouraged and supported to identify and take forward independent projects within the scope of their role.
