Job description
Regional Director.
About us:
Council for Educational Travel, USA (CETUSA) is a not-for-profit international student exchange organization coordinating exchange experiences for high school students.
Summary:
Our high school exchange program is now looking to grow our team and is currently seeking part-time Regional Directors. The Regional Director works primarily from home while remotely working with a team of independent contractors (Local Coordinators). You will be responsible for regionally located host family recruitment, Local Coordinator recruitment, and program needs. The ideal candidate will have leadership qualities, prior management and industry experience and customer service skills. You are motivated to create positive change in your local community and around the globe by facilitating life-changing cultural exchanges for students and local families.
Responsibilities:
- Recruit, interview and select, mentor, and coach Local Coordinators to facilitate regional development.
- Provide support to personnel, students, and host families within assigned regions.
- General knowledge of social media for recruitment posts and outreach.
- Ensure timely placement of all enrolled high school students to host families within assigned regions.
- Ensure student placements meet applicable institutional, state, and federal regulatory standards.
- Public speaking and presentations for both potential host families and schools.
- Screen host family applications to assure the institution's standard of quality is met.
- Validate monthly contact forms.
- Provide necessary student documentation.
- Always ensure program compliance.
- Other tasks as assigned by management.
Benefits:
- Part-time
- Mostly Work from Home
- Travel Incentives
- Bring world cultures to your community
- Make an impact on children's and family’s lives
Desired Skills:
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Exchange student or J1 Visa – experience working within exchange student programs or with J1 Visas.
- Prior Management – develops personal growth opportunities, accomplishes results through communication, planning, monitoring, coaches, and counsels employees, enforces systems, policies, procedures and productivity standards.
- Social Media - General knowledge of social media for recruitment posts and outreach.
- Customer Service – comfortable with public speaking, families, and students.
- Community Orientated - outgoing, connected, able to push beyond their comfort zone to achieve their goals.
- Leadership – the ability to organize and motivate people to get things accomplished in a way that everyone feels a sense of order and direction.
- Goal-oriented - sets goals and objectives, develops realistic action plans to achieve goals and can manage their time efficiently.
- Professionalism – approaches others in a tactful manner, compassionate conflict resolution, reacts well under pressure, treats others with respect and consideration, accepts responsibility for own actions, follows through on commitments.
- Adaptability – adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, changes approach or method to best fit the situation, able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or twelve to eighteen months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Language: Fluency in English for business reading, writing, and communication.
- Computer Skills: Microsoft Suites (Word, Outlook, Excel), Google Suite (Docs, Sheets).
- Internet access, phone, and computer.
Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit.
- The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Location:
Hybrid Remote
CET Group
www.cetgroupco.com
Beijing, China
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Unknown