Associate for Academic Affairs #00104

DHRM • Richmond, VA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate for Academic Affairs will contribute to the Council’s and agency’s responsibilities related to academic matters at public colleges and universities. The focus of the position will be public institutions’ degree programs and these programs’ ongoing achievement of quantitative standards for enrollment and completion/graduation, which are dictated by SCHEV Council’s degree-program productivity/viability policy. In addition, the position will assist other academic matters in public higher education, including review of proposals for new degree programs and certificate programs; proposed modifications to existing academic programs; academics-related organizational changes at public institutions; and the assessment of student learning at public institutions. The position is located in SCHEV’s Academic Affairs and Strategic Planning section. In work related to degree-program productivity, the position reports directly to the section Director. In work related to other academic matters, the position reports to the Associate Director for Academic Programs and Instructional Sites.

Requirements

• Recent experience in higher education academic affairs or university administration.
• Demonstrated experience planning, producing, and implementing project goals and objectives.
• Experience demonstrating the ability to establish, maintain, and foster working relationships with multiple constituencies.
• Experience communicating orally with demonstrated ability to articulate SCEHV’s mission, strategic plan, programmatic statutory duties, or other similar information in a formal setting.
• Experience communicating in writing with demonstrated ability to prepare written status updates and other similar forms of documentation.
• Experience demonstrating the ability to utilize work-based technologies to coordinate, manage, and perform work.
• Experience demonstrating the ability to manage multiple work activities simultaneously in a deadline driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day management of the degree-program productivity/viability review process.
• Serve as the lead contact for public colleges and universities regarding degree-program productivity matters.
• Coordinate with the Director of Academic Affairs and Strategic Planning on ensuring that the productivity/viability review process is meeting progress markers, as well as on keeping the SCHEV Council and the public institutions apprised of the process’s status and progress.
• Assist the Associate Director for Academic Programs and Instructional Sites, and other section staff, with academic matters in public higher education.
• Advance the goals and strategies of the statewide strategic plan for higher education and the related priority initiatives of the SCHEV Council.
• Perform other duties, within and potentially outside Academic Affairs, as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed