World in Communication and Exchange Center (WICE) Director Job at Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

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  • Spelman College
  • Atlanta, GA

Job Description

Position Title World in Communication and Exchange Center (WICE) Director Position Summary

The World in Communication and Exchange Center (WICE) Director has the responsibility of leading the Center in coordination with the Department of World Languages and Cultures (WLC) and the Humanities Division. The director will help to develop the new strategy and vision for the center, establish cross-functional and cross-disciplinary relationships, and implement language and cultural programming that supports intellectual engagement and academic support within the Humanities and within the different divisions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership/Intellectual engagement

* Builds, establishes, and leads the languages, cultures, and humanities center's vision and implement the strategies to accomplish said vision.

* Works collaboratively with WLC faculty to establish cultural and academic programming for Spelman faculty/Staff/Students/Communities

* Establishes partnerships across campus (LRC/Innovation Lab/Digital Humanities/etc.)

* Supports WLC faculty through resources that enhance their teaching

* Enhances skills by attending a regional or national professional conference annually

Academic Support

* Coordinates and manages Placement Exams for languages in conjunction with WLC faculty members and the Office of Undergraduate Students.

* Hires and trains student language tutors and student workers.

* Assists departmental faculty in appropriate use of technology in teaching, including finding and using appropriate software, multimedia or internet content in classes

Administrative

* Supervises the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the Center

* Track use of Center for data purposes

* Maintains WLC majors and minor's database.

* Helps with data collection for the entire department (former students, students engagement/clubs, others

* Catalogs, maintains, and updates collection of multimedia materials, including audio and video materials

* Supervises, maintains, and regulate use of all equipment.

Required Qualifications

Master's degree or PhD in foreign language, education or related field required. Must have familiarity with networked computers. Knowledge of current technologies and teaching experience. Must possess a minimum of three (3) years of related experience.

This position requires strong customer service focus, excellent written, verbal and time management skills. Professional demeanor with the ability to interface with internal and external customers with diplomacy and tact is essential. Independent judgment is necessary to plan, prioritize and organize a diversified workload with attention to detail. Work requires fact-finding and compilation skills plus ability to perform a variety of tasks simultaneously, at times with little supervision.

Excellent oral communication skills are required when presenting information and responding to questions from students, parents, employees and the general public in one-on-one or group situations. Incumbent must be able to write business correspondence, and procedure manuals plus compose memos, letters, and e-mails. Also, must be able to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as professional journals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have the ability to perform advanced skills using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). In addition to producing correspondence, memos, and e-mails, duties may involve assignments that require creating brochures, spreadsheets with formulas and pivot tables, tables, PowerPoint presentations, newsletters, computer generated graphics, use of Outlook, Banner Financial Module and Internet navigation. Incumbent must have familiarity with networked computers in a Windows environment. The duties of this position require competent Web and Internet skills.

Preferred Qualifications Certifications, Licenses, Restrictions Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: sit, walk, use hands to handle office supplies, operate computer and other office equipment, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to: stand, reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to: stoop, climb, and lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.

Shift Days % Travel Required 1% - 25% Full Time/Part Time Full-time Work Location/Schedule: This position requires onsite work and is not eligible for remote work. FLSA Exempt Number of Vacancies 1 Anticipated Candidate Start Date Position End Date

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number SC0719P Posting Open Date 09/18/2024 Posting Closing Date Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions to Applicants EEO Statement

Spelman College is an EEO/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Title IX Employer and we participate in E-Verify. We are a smoke-free campus.

COVID-19 Vaccination Protocol

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy 2024-2025

Due to the heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 and the spread of variants, Spelman College strongly recommends that faculty, staff and students receive a COVID-19 vaccine and adhere to all health and safety guidelines.

Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Shift work,

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