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New York University

International Scholar Advisor

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New York, New York 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $77K - $85K 💻 Compliance 🗓️ October 30th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

New York University is hiring an International Scholar Advisor. The role supports foreign national faculty, researchers, and visiting scholars and their dependents with immigration, employment, travel, and community resources. The advisor also administers the university's J-1 Exchange Visitor Program and helps keep NYU compliant with federal exchange visitor regulations.

Highlights
  • Advise foreign national faculty, researchers, scholars, and their dependents on immigration, employment, travel, and community resources.
  • Administer the University's Exchange Visitor Program for international faculty, researchers, and visiting scholars, including setting up and maintaining their records.
  • Serve as an Alternate Responsible Officer for the J-1 program and as a University compliance officer for the Department of Homeland Security's Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) regulations.
  • Train and collaborate with hiring units, and intervene with consular, State Department, and immigration officials when necessary.
  • Coordinate orientations for incoming faculty, researchers, scholars, and their dependents, and organize the office's cross-cultural programming.
  • Bachelor's degree in higher or international education, liberal arts, management, communications, or a related field; a Master's degree in a field such as cross-cultural communication or international education is preferred.
  • At least 2 years of experience advising on and ensuring compliance with immigration regulations, including federal regulations for processing non-immigrant visas; 3+ years managing an exchange visitor program in higher education is preferred.
  • Strong organizational, interpersonal, and cross-cultural communication skills, plus working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications; fluency in a foreign language and NAFSA professional development training are preferred.
  • Annual base salary range of $77,000 to $84,700.
  • Hybrid role in New York City with 60% to 80% of time on site.

International Scholar Advisor Full Description

Position Summary: 
Deliver immigration and personal services to foreign national faculty, researchers, scholars and their dependents. Advise on employment, travel, community resources. Administer University's Exchange Visitor Program for international faculty, researchers, and visiting scholars, execute records set up and maintenance; train and collaborate with hiring units; intervene with consular, State Department, and immigration officials when necessary. Serve as an Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO) for the J-1 program and a University compliance officer in implementation of US Department of Homeland Security's Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) regulations for exchange visitor faculty, researchers and visiting scholars and their dependents. Coordinate orientations for faculty, researchers, scholars and dependents. Assist with programming. Coordinate OGS cross-cultural programming. Qualifications: 
Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree in higher/international education, liberal arts, management, communications, or a related field

Preferred Education:
Master's Degree in cross-cultural communication, international/higher education, area or cultural studies, foreign language, or related field.

Required Experience:
2+ years relevant immigration regulations advisement and compliance experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience with federal regulations processing non-immigrant visas.

Preferred Experience:
3+ years Experience in managing an exchange visitor program in a higher education setting and processing non-immigrant petitions. Experience in supervision and with database management.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Ability to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds. Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills. Must be able to communicate detailed instructions clearly. Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Fluency in at least one foreign language; experience living abroad. Familiarity with Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Web-based applications. Completion of NAFSA J-1, H-1B, Employment-Based Permanent Residence Professional Development Programs. Additional Information: 
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $77,000 to USD $84,700. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items. 

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NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.