Associate Director, Ie Law School

Overview: IE University (IEU) is a private university with campuses located in Segovia and Madrid (Spain). IEU programs - at the undergraduate level - are taught in English, and are compliant with the terms of the European Higher Education Area (Bologna Accords). Each year over 100 nationalities are represented on its campuses in Segovia and Madrid, with over 65% of its students coming from outside of Spain.

Over the past 40 years, IE Law School has established itself as a national and international leader in training law professionals with a global focus, thanks to the combination of excellent faculty, unique programs based on the case method and active research centers. Our mission is to train talented professionals who can excel in an extremely globalized and ever-changing world. IE Law School offers Bachelor and Masters Programs.

The Associate Director of Undergraduate studies in Law and PPLE is responsible for the delivery and day-to-day management of six Programs (LLB, BBALLB, LLBBIR, PPLE, PPLEDBA, PPLELLB) in both our Madrid and Segovia campuses.

We are looking for a motivated and team-oriented individual who is an effective communicator both verbally and in written correspondence. This role requires great organizational and management skills and will require the ability to manage multiple projects at once.

Responsibilities : Interaction with students and professors

• Monitoring students, their academic performance, and any other issues that may affect their academic life.
• Meet with students in order to solve issues, offer advice, and/or give support with empathy and sensitivity on a daily basis.
• Reviewing and developing new procedures, academic guides and other materials in order to achieve a more efficient working dynamic.
• Manage the communication to the student body.
• Identify ways to improve the student experience.
• Liaise with Professors to communicate specific student or group situations, request feedback, ensure timely submission of grades, syllabi, etc. Interaction with other departments
• Coordinate and supervise key administrative processes throughout the year with the relevant departments and team members: Exchange, Internships, Final projects (TFG), credit recognitions, etc.
• Collaborate with the Admissions Department, Marketing, Planning, Editorial, Student Services, Student Life, Registrar’s Office, Maintenance Dept., etc. Internal management
• Assist the Executive Director in the coordination and implementation of new curricular and extracurricular innovations.
• Provide high-quality data and information to the Executive Director and track student performance and achievements.
• Supervise, coordinate and coach program assistants and program managers with professionalism and professional maturity.
• Take responsibility for special program projects. This may include components of the program design, communications, revamp projects, etc.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree from a top university.
• Excellent command of English and, at least, an upper intermediate level of Spanish.
• Minimum 3-4 years of professional experience. Experience in supervisory roles, ideally in the education management sector.
• Strong project management capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to coach and lead others.
• pressure, a high level of accountability and initiative.