Associate Director, Academic Affairs and Faculty Partnerships - Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Emory University•Atlanta, GA

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director of Academic Affairs and Faculty Partnerships (OUE) will play a vital cross-functional role managing and advancing effective processes/procedures and partnering with senior leadership on initiatives related to undergraduate academic affairs and curricular assessment. This role is within the Office for Undergraduate Education (OUE), which stewards the academic experience of undergraduates in Emory College. The OUE promotes academic excellence by providing leadership and support across the College, both curricular and co-curricular, and advances the vision of Emory College by collaborating with its faculty and Emory University partners to deliver a transformative liberal arts education.

Requirements

Master’s degree required in a field related to the program and seven years of professional experience related to the program and program/project management experience, OR equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.

Responsibilities

Directs the strategic planning, development, and implementation of a program.
Serves as a liaison and key spokesperson to various committees and organizations.
Responds to inquiries and assists in promoting the program.
Assists with policy formulation, strategy development, and the management of daily operations.
May collaborate with representatives from private, government, and international agencies.
Conducts research, designs new initiatives, and writes publishable articles and papers.
May supervise staff.
Oversees all processes, procedures and best practices related to supporting curricular change, including the course and major/minor approval process, as well as various assessment processes and practices.
Supports a set of high-functioning College Faculty Senate committees responsible for the oversight and assessment of the College curriculum.
Leads efforts to educate, partner, and advance assessment best practices and processes across the curriculum, and as relevant to academically focused programs.
Partners in the development of resources and training for faculty, directors of undergraduate studies (DUSs) and departments on matters related to undergraduate academic affairs, including assessment best practices, and organize and contribute to meetings of DUSs and undergraduate program staff.
Collaborates with deans and directors to effectively organize the work of the Academic Affairs and Faculty Partnerships group within OUE, design new systems of information management, and streamline processes, practices and policy implementation related to curricular support.
Works on special projects and initiatives as needed.
Helps to establish and sustain key liaison relationships with institutional partners including institutional academic planning, assessment, and institutional research and decisions teams, in addition to departmental relationships.
Represents Emory College Academic Affairs at national conferences and forums and provide expert support in directing efforts to establish sustainable systems of support for academic and curricular excellence through proactive assessment and curricular planning processes with Emory College departments and programs.
Collaborates with associate deans in the ongoing development of proactive curricular planning and assessment processes, including streamlining of processes, procedures, and academic policy management; develops and executes ongoing educational opportunities for departmental and program leadership in these areas.
Contributes to data-driven thought-leadership around curricular and assessment support.
Serves as a key liaison role with institutional partners, including though not limited to institutional assessment, the University Registrar, the University Office of Planning and Administration, as well as the three other undergraduate divisions at Emory (Oxford, Nursing, Business).
Organizes and supports the meetings of the key standing College Senate committees and sub-committees responsible for the College curriculum and assessment; prepares materials for faculty review and helps to guide assessment practices following the recommendations of the committee review process; provides all administrative and after-action support for committee decisions and processes.
Organizes the administrative review committee that approves courses.
Communicates with faculty and departments about committee decisions and requests for additional information.
Organizes the petition process for various general education requirements.
Communicates changes in programs and policies to web-team for catalog, College and University Registrar, and other institutional partners as needed.
Maintains required documentation.
Designs and executes changes to processes to increase efficiency and accuracy.
Organizes key meetings and training opportunities for the Directors of Undergraduate Studies and Undergraduate Program Coordinators.
Reviews and updates the DUS Handbook; proposes changes to structure, format, and presentation such that the material is relevant, easily accessible and oriented to proactive planning and problem solving for faculty colleagues.
Facilitates trainings and workshops on curriculum and related matters.
Assists in training of new instructors and graduate student instructors on undergraduate education and policies; provides similar training for OUE and other College staff on a regular basis to keep them apprised of academic policies, curricular updates, and related matters.
Develops resources and other digital assets for faculty and departments.
Oversees and updates OUE faculty resources website and calendars; contributes to College Senate website, archives, and other public facing resources.
Assists senior leadership with OUE internal assessment processes and best practices across all units.
Engages in other targeted projects and initiatives in collaboration other OUE deans and units.
Other duties as assigned.