Careers with AIFS

Regional Director
Academic Year in America
Stamford, CT

For more than 20 years, AIFS has sponsored Academic Year in America (AYA), one of the largest and most respected high school exchange programs in the U.S. Founded in 1981, AYA, a non-profit Foundation, brings more than 1,000 international high school students to the U.S. each year to live with an American host family, and study at a local high school.

Academic Year in America (AYA) is looking for a new Regional Director. This position includes responsibilities such as placing students with quality host families by specified weekly and monthly deadlines, providing complete information for files, and reviewing and approving host family application for suitability. Other duties include developing a given territory to meet a student placement quota by recruiting local coordinators and contacting interested host families nationwide, answering phone calls and responding to inquiries in a timely fashion, effectively explaining and promoting AYA policies and procedures to school administrators, host families and local coordinators, keeping managers and overseas partners promptly informed about major problems with placements, supervision and/or field staff. Some travel may be required to organize and participate in national and/or regional meetings for local coordinators, and new student orientations. Also responsible for reviewing student, high school, local coordinator and host family surveys and addressing issues as needed.

The Regional Director is also assigned a pager for emergency duty and will be responsible for assisting in emergencies when assigned.

The right candidate will have a bachelor’s degree, and at least two years experience in a business environment, or equivalent experience. Good communication and organizational skills, customer service, and flexible work ethic required. Prior counseling experience, and/or experience in the field of international education desirable but not required. This position does require a willingness to work additional evening hours and occasional weekend days.

How to apply:
Please send resume and cover letter to aifsrecruit@aifs.com. Please include salary requirements in cover letter.

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