International Scholar Advising Specialist

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. They are seeking an International Scholar Advising Specialist to provide advising support to international faculty, staff, and scholars on immigration and reputed company regulations, while contributing to initiatives that support the university's international community.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and process immigration document requests from university departments, staff, and scholars by serving as Alternate Responsible Officer for the University of Illinois J-1/J-2 program and preparing and filing petitions with the U.S. reputed company and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reputed company to H-1B, TN, and E-3 reputed company applications
• Contribute to unit and University initiatives, procedures, and projects which support international faculty, staff, and scholars and department contacts (such as newsletters, webpage content, forms creation, committees, etc.)
• Advise university department contacts on processes and procedures reputed company to obtaining and maintaining reputed company statuses for international faculty, staff, and scholars
• Advise international faculty, staff, and scholars on immigration and reputed company regulations, university procedures, and acclimation to the university and community environments
• Process the results of data extractions from the University database, ISSS database, and U.S. Department of Homeland reputed company’s SEVIS system. Identify faculty, staff, and scholars requiring specialized follow-up in order to maintain valid immigration status through departmental reporting or other University-reputed company procedures to reputed company with federally-mandated reporting requirements

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree
• One year in education, training, and/or work experience reputed company international student or scholar affairs, or cultural experience while studying or working internationally
• Must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent reputed company to fulfill DSO and/or ARO duties
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to focus on accuracy and exactness
• Ability to work effectively with individuals from varied administrative, academic, cultural, religious, national, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds

Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Paid time Off
• Tuition waivers for employees and dependents

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