Company Introduction

WorldStrides is the general leader in educational travel and experiential learning. The company was founded in 1967 to provide middle school travel programs to Washington, D.C. and has grown to provide a wide range of programs for more than half a million students annually to over 100 countries around the world. WorldStrides offers experiential learning programs in educational travel, performing arts, language immersion, career exploration, service-learning, study abroad, and sports. Each of these experiences helps students to see beyond the classroom and to see the world – and themselves – in new ways.

Reporting to the Senior AVP, Curriculum and Academics, the Academic Affairs Associate maintains the course information displayed on the WSHE website. This role is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of courses (archiving old courses, adding new ones, and editing existing ones as necessary) through a regular review of host university websites and through proactive communication with WSHE program managers. It is a focused,



detail-driven role that is not customer-facing, with training and support from a stable, long-tenured team. Other academic course-related projects are to be undertaken as necessary.

Responsibilities:
- Maintain courses in GRS: entering in new courses, archiving old courses, editing existing courses as needed
- Regularly review host university websites worldwide to identify course changes at the source, including sites not in English
- Liaise with program managers to ensure clear communication about course changes and updates
- Support course-related marketing projects (tagging programs by Area of Study, Academic Guides, etc.)
- Support Academic Records with transcripts-related tasks as needed

Skills and Qualifications:
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong critical thinking skills: the ability to notice when something does not follow the usual pattern and adjust accordingly
- Curiosity about how

📌 Academic Affairs Associate (Mérida)
🏢 Worldstrides
📍 Mérida