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Organizational Unit: IIE Organization -> IIE US -> Fulbright Outreach and Recruit
Schedule: Full Time
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Location: New York NY New York, NY, US 10007 Washington DC Washington, DC, US 20005 (Primary)
Travel: 26 - 50%
Job Description:
The Institute of International Education (IIE) is hiring an Outreach and Recruitment Officer for our Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government in partnership with binational Fulbright Commissions and U.S. embassies abroad. We invite you to join a team united by a single goal: to transform our interconnected world into a network of more peaceful and equitable societies. IIE’s team members share a belief that when education transcends borders, it opens minds, enabling people to go beyond building connections to solving problems together.
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Job Summary:
This position will work with the Fulbright Outreach and Recruitment team which is responsible for promoting Fulbright opportunities to a range of U.S. audiences, including faculty, administrators, artists, students, and professionals. With a primary focus on the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, this role conducts outreach and recruitment activities serving as a point of contact for assigned disciplines and regions, including East Asia Pacific, Middle East and South Central Asia. This individual will work closely with the Scholar Program team to recruit faculty and administrators at U.S. higher education institutions, convey the strengths of the program to and advise potential applicants, and manage special projects/technical tasks as assigned.
Essential Functions:
• Implements detailed and targeted recruitment plans for assigned portfolio of Fulbright awards in consultation with program team.
• Serves as a point of contact for potential applicants in all assigned country programs and managing a high volume of scholar inquiries.
• Builds and maintains relationships with contacts as institutions of higher education, scholarly associations and, as needed, other external constituencies, including vendors, consultants, and contractors, to professionally represent IIE.
• Represents the Fulbright Program to U.S. institutions, associations, and applicants (both virtually and in-person). This includes presenting on behalf of the Fulbright Program during campus visits, conference presentations, webinars, to a wide range of audiences and key stakeholders
• Assists in the planning and implementation of Fulbright outreach programs.
• Supports the development and implementation of training programs for Fulbright program campus representatives, as well as planning and delivery of Fulbright presence at conferences.
• Tracks, monitors, and supports production and/or distribution of outreach materials and information. Ensures correct brand usage in creation of all materials.
• Contributes to the development of program reports.
Job Requirements:
Qualifications and Experience:
Education and Work Experience:
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Five or more years of experience preferred, particularly within higher education working with faculty and administrators.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Strong understanding of fellowship advising for faculty on college campuses preferred.
• Experience working with U.S. government-funded education programs preferred.
• Ability to organize and handle a large volume of work under severe time constraints and pressures.
• Excellent interpersonal, customer service, communication, public speaking and presentation skills.
• Highly proficient in spoken and written English with superior writing and editing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use diplomacy in difficult situations preferred.
• Previous experience with quantitative reports and analysis, including use of customer relationship management databases
• Proficiency with MS Office applications including Word, Excel, Teams Outlook.
Salary and Benefits:
• Salary Range: $60,547- $70,386. A candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, internal organizational equity, and geographic region.
• IIE offers a robust suite of benefits to team members including medical, dental, and vision plans, paid time off and holidays, student loan and tuition reimbursement programs, professional development reimbursement program, retirement plans and a family medical leave benefits. Please visit our careers page for further details.
The Institute of International Education (“IIE”) has a hybrid work environment that allows team members a combination of in-office work and telework at any of the locations listed above.
Salary and Benefits:
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Published: a week ago