Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator

Centra Health•Lynchburg, VA

About The Position

The Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator is a professional education expert in the accessing, processing, and interpretation of documentation submitted by applicant and accredited programs during an accreditation cycle. This position supports accreditation in completing scheduled work on time in accordance with Centra College policies and procedures. The Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator is responsible for coordinating college processes associated with the strategic planning and institutional effectiveness efforts of the college, including activities associated with assessment; institutional compliance; institutional research; and the collection, analysis, and reporting of information and data. This position monitors all college programs for compliance with applicable Federal, State, Institutional, and Programmatic regulations, analyzing and reporting areas of risk. Significant experience with statistical, word processing, and spreadsheet software are essential to this role. Advanced database querying skills using SQL are preferred.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from a nationally accredited college and at least two years related work experience in data analysis, planning and evaluation.
Minimum of three years higher education experience within an accredited program or college.
Minimum of three years’ experience in statistical research, database administration, strategic planning or a related field is required.
Experience communicating with education programs, members of professional associations, and students.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to think and work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to contribute to and advance team efforts.
Administrative capabilities demonstrated by previous work experience.
Highly organized and as demonstrated by previous work experience.
Significant experience with statistical, word processing, and spreadsheet software are essential to this role.

Nice To Haves

Masters’ degree
Five years of higher education experience.
Familiarity with accreditation activities at a program level.
Advanced database querying skills using SQL are preferred.

Responsibilities

Accreditation Serves as an analyst to ensure system and process compliance with accreditation standards for all accrediting bodies.
Establishes and maintains institutional databases to support all accreditation and research activities, long-range planning, and other institutional decision-making needs.
Provides technical assistance regarding research activities, grant development, and special projects.
Assists with preparation of documents, gathering survey data, and facilitate onsite visits to enable successful accreditation reviews.
Maintains accreditation documents (applications, reports, worksheets, accreditation manual, and policy manual).
Monitors and establishes processes for accreditation across all college programs through evaluation, implementing needed changes, and CQI.
Directs the collection and dissemination of the data to internal and external agencies.
Interfaces with all programs to ensure process compliance and execution of required processes; influences design of processes and related documentation to ensure compliance with new standards and changes to existing standards.
Gather and evaluate Centra College Nursing Program survey results to support data analysis and reporting to accrediting bodies as needed.
Oversight of new and existing standards to ensure compliance to accrediting standards across all impacted functional areas; support the design, implementation, and ongoing monitoring of policies, systems, and processes required to remain compliant.
Tracks performance against requirements and ensures compliance through continual review, audit and monitoring.
Maintains knowledge of college policies and procedures to ensure compliance and support of standards in all levels of government (Local, State & Federal).
Scholarship Draws on existing literature to design evidence-based teaching and evaluation practices.
Assists in design and implementation of scholarly activity in an established area of interest.
Disseminates knowledge regarding accreditation of the institution to faculty and staff through various means.
Assists in proposal writing for initiatives that include, but not limited to, research, program development, and/or policy development.
Actively participates in professional development.
Engages in scholarly behaviors.
Service Attends required college functions and events.
Regularly attends college professional development programs and activities; conference travel, general ability to travel.
Actions consistently demonstrates support of the college goals.
Works cooperatively to accomplish goals.
Positively contributes to achievement of the college’s accreditation standards and criteria.
Follows through on commitments and requests in a timely, effective manner.
Shows respect and courtesy for the needs, work, and skills of others as professionals.
Supports a strong team model by working towards solutions, involving others in resolutions, and celebrating successes.
Meets all required continuing education requirements.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Promote Centra’s and Centra College culture of service excellence and quality by implementing and accepting accountability of the service standards.
Champion Centra’s and Centra College mission, vision, and values; comply with the policies and procedures, ethical standards and code of conduct set forth by the organization.
Liaise with accreditation representatives and information technology staff.
Provide statistical, informational, and administrative support to the various departments at the College, and other committees using existing databases, reports, or data obtained from such sources as libraries, the internet, federal agencies, state agencies, accrediting agencies, and other research departments, etc.
Collect, collate, and analyze research and program evaluation data; synthesizes data, and write reports.
Collect, synthesize, and analyze data from many sources to discover trends, attitudes, and other hidden information that may be useful in addressing institutional deficiencies.