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University of Tennessee, Knoxville is Hiring a Director of International Affairs-Academic Affairs Near Memphis, TN
Duties And Responsibilities
- Provides expert immigration advice to international clients (students, faculty, staff, and scholars) with a primary focus on employment-based non-immigrant visas (J-1, H-1B, TN, E-3, O-1) and permanent residency as well as with F-1 and J-1 student visa issues.
- Develops and maintains relationships with university departments that sponsor international faculty, staff, and scholars; provides consultation and guidance to department administrative staff to determine employment solutions, including assessing eligibility for various visa types and instructions on application processes.
- Researches, interprets, and applies complex federal immigration regulations and institutional policies related to the employment of foreign nationals as well as related to international students.
- Applies counseling, human development, and intercultural communication to work with international clients on issues related to career, academic, intercultural, and/or personal matters.
- Prepares U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Labor (DOL) documents including I-129 and I-140 petitions, labor condition applications, prevailing wage requests, labor certifications, and public access files.
- Serves as the Responsible Officer (RO) for the university’s J-1 Exchange Visitor program to maintain scholar and dependent records in SEVIS and serves as Principal Designated School Official (PDSO) for the university’s F-1 students to maintain student and dependent records in SEVIS.
- Manages all SEVIS reporting, staying current with immigration policies, and ensuring student, scholar, and institutional compliance.
- Conducts advising meetings with international employment-based clients to obtain information about employment history, immigration status history, and educational background to identify paths toward meeting personal, academic, and career objectives.
- Monitors and/or manages multiple databases including Banner, Sunapsis, and FLAG. Manages Sunapsis alerts and reports, as needed.
- Assists with the planning and presentation of training and information sessions for international faculty, staff, scholars, and their sponsoring departments.
- Negotiates and reviews service contracts and approves invoices for the Office of International Affairs.
- Leads and supervises Office of International Affairs staff.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
- Knowledge of H-1B, E-3, O, TN, B, F, J, and EB Permanent Residency immigration statuses.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Strong cross-cultural communication skills and experience working in a diverse environment.
- Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing demands and priorities.
- Ability to learn, understand, and apply complex immigration regulations to individual situations and hiring processes and to communicate information to others using clear, concise language.
- Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment.
- Skilled using word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications, such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Knowledge of Sunapsis or similar international client databases.
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with colleagues.
Primary LocationUS-Tennessee-Memphis
OrganizationAcademic Affairs
ScheduleFull-time
Campus/InstituteMemphis
Job PostingJul 9, 2024, 12:22:28 PM
Job Summary
Full Time
$99k-153k (estimate)
07/12/2024
07/16/2024
utk.edu
FARRAGUT, TN
7,500 - 15,000
1794
SHERRY BARR
$1B - $3B
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About University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville. Founded in 1794, it is the flagship institution of the statewide University of Tennessee system with nine undergraduate departments and eleven graduate departments and hosts more than 26,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. In its 2009 ranking of universities, U.S. News & World Report ranked UT 118th among national universities and 52nd among public institutions of higher learning. Its ties to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established under UT President Andrew Holt and con...tinued under the UT-Battelle partnership, have positioned the University as co-manager and allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students enjoyed by few other institutions of comparable standing. Also affiliated with the University are the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum, which occupies 250 acres of nearby Oak Ridge, Tennessee and features hundreds of species of plants indigenous to the region. The University is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the only Level I trauma center in the East Tennessee region and a self-proclaimed 'teaching hospital' due to its aggressive medical research programs and position as the primary career destination for most medical school graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis.
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