The Role and Department
The International Office is responsible for:
- The recruitment of international students to all areas of the university to meet institutional targets
- Delivery of student marketing to support recruitment across the University both home and international at all levels of study.
- Supporting and managing the developing of international partnerships to raise the University's global profile and to support academic colleagues in developing international links and collaborations
- Managing the university's student mobility programmes (Erasmus+ and other exchange partnerships) to meet the University's student mobility targets.
The Matariki Network of Universities (MNU) is an international alliance of similar institutions focussed on research-led teaching, sharing best practice and the development of joint research- and education initiatives in order to achieve internationalisation objectives and increase individual- and collective international profile. Current members of the Network are: Queen's University, Canada; Durham University, UK; Uppsala University, Sweden; University of T bingen, Germany; University of Otago, New Zealand; and University of the Western Cape, South Africa. The Matariki Secretariat Manager position is a shared role; financially supported by all six partner universities but located at and contracted by Durham University. The Secretariat Manager line manages the other member of the Secretariat, the Matariki Network Assistant Officer, and is line managed by the Head of International Partnerships and Global Opportunities at Durham University.
Working closely with the MNU Executive Board, International Leads Group, and nominated contacts at each partner institution, the post-holder manages all strategic activities undertaken across the Network. These include: maintaining central records of all Network activity; the development of streamlined communications and publicity; forward planning and co-ordination of major meetings and events; management of a central budget; support for the development of the MNU strategy; horizon-scanning for opportunities for innovative MNU projects; all general administration required to deliver an effective international Secretariat.