- Initiate, sustain, and enrich working relationships with the consulates for your country group.
- Respond to requests for assistance from colleagues regarding student visa matters (via NAFSA’s EA Visa Help tool, the EA KC Discussion Forum, and SECUSS-L).
- Monitor information and identify changes in visa policies and procedures keeping the subcommittee chair and NAFSA staff informed. Work with NAFSA staff liaison to post confirmed information to the NAFSA web site and to the EA community.
- Recruit and appoint (in conjunction with subcommittee chair) regional consular liaisons as needed for the country for which you are responsible.
- Identify training needs of subcommittee members and work with the subcommittee chair and NAFSA staff to provide that training.
- If attending a NAFSA regional conference, chair and/or present the education abroad visa session.
- Lead quarterly conference calls with liaisons from your country group.
- Meet with the subcommittee at the NAFSA annual conference and present at the annual conference visa session, if possible.
- Assist with other related duties as requested by subcommittee chair.
All NAFSA leaders are expected to foster an inclusive environment and seek to learn and understand the multicultural perspectives of the committee/team, our constituents, and stakeholders to align with the NAFSA Diversity and Inclusion Statement. An expression of leadership in this area includes:
- Engaging the committee/team to identify and implement strategies for increased personal outreach, recruitment, and onboarding for all, especially diversity-focused and underrepresented groups
- Increasing accessibility and participation from underrepresented groups, individuals, and institutions
- Expanding educational content within the committees’ purview through intentional outreach and recruitment of diverse presenters and institutional types in partnership with various NAFSA groups
NAFSA: Association of International Educators is a professional association driven by its Strategic Plan as established by the Board of Directors. The success of the association depends on the productive engagement of three key constituencies: the Board, member-leaders, and staff. Member-leaders are advocates for the association’s mission, vision, values, diversity and inclusion, and ethical principles. They align their work closely with the Board through its vice presidents and with staff to carry out the Strategic Plan. Member-leader roles are guided by objectives assigned by the Strategic Plan, by outcome accountabilities outlined in the Standing Rules, and by position descriptions for specific roles.