Director of Marist Italy

Overview

Position Title: Director of Marist Italy

Department / School: International Programs

Location: Florence, Italy (the position is based in Florence with travel to Italy and the home campus in NY as needed)

Salary / Pay Rate: -

Job Summary: A nationally recognized leader in international education, Marist University seeks the next director of its Marist Italy branch campus in Florence. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced educator eager to lead a unique, celebrated program toward new heights of distinction and innovation. Reporting to the Associate Provost for International Engagement, the Director of Marist Italy will be responsible for fostering continuous improvement and revitalization of current academic offerings (including four-year degree programs as well as year-long and semester study abroad curricula); developing new academic programs in partnership with Marist home campus leadership; and supervising academic and co-curricular program assessment. The Director serves as Marist’s primary liaison to our Italian partner Istituto Lorenzo de Medici (LdM), nurturing positive, effective, and culturally informed relations and dialogue.

The Director embodies leadership and takes responsibility for smooth operations of the Florence branch campus as a whole. This includes ensuring high quality, best practice and innovative academics, co- and extra-curricular programming, experiential and other high-impact programs, student life, housing, physical and mental health and wellness, risk assessment and crisis management, business operations, and representing Marist effectively within Florence’s international education community and Italy more broadly. The Director is also responsible for developing and elevating strong post-study abroad Italy programming and Florence alumni support on the home campus as well.