Director, Academic Assessment
- Employer
- University of the Pacific
- Location
- California, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Sep 14, 2020
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Academic Affairs, Academic Administration, Curriculum & Instructional Development
- Employment Level
- Executive
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Primary Purpose:
Responsible for leading, developing, encouraging and managing the
university's academic assessment processes to support faculty
efforts for continuous improvement of student learning and
achievement. This includes providing expertise and support for
faculty across the three campuses to design and conduct meaningful,
manageable, and effective assessment; coordinating routine program
reporting of results on student learning outcomes; working closely
with faculty and other academic leaders to integrate continuous
improvement efforts based on these results; preparing analyses and
summaries of the university's academic assessment and other quality
evaluation efforts, and communicating these to various internal and
external stakeholders as needed; supporting accreditation processes
related to academic assessment. Reports to the Vice Provost for
Strategy and Educational Effectiveness.
Essential Functions:
1. Provides leadership and expertise in quantitative and
qualitative assessment techniques and serves as a three campus
resource on related matters.
2. Assists faculty in the development and implementation of
assessment, especially in regard to program- and
institutional-level outcomes, but also for other dimensions of
academic quality as needed.
3. Helps departments and academic leaders understand how to
integrate assessment findings in a productive way into their
scholarly, instructional and planning activities.
4. Ensures annual reporting of academic program assessment results;
researches and writes annual university-wide report on student
learning to university stakeholders, visualizing data and results
in accessible formats.
5. In partnership with faculty and the Center for Teaching and
Learning, designs and conducts professional development on
assessment-related topics.
6. Manages assessment content on the university website and in the
academic assessment management system.
7. Integrates meaningful assessment activities and results with
accreditation processes.
8. Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Master’s degree or equivalent combination of education and
experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of assessment experience and academic
leadership in a post-secondary institution.
• Expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Doctorate or terminal degree highly desirable.
• Prefer ability to use data visualization software to tell stories
with data and communicate effectively with non-technical
audiences.
• Classroom teaching experience.
Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise:
• Strong quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and
reporting skills, including ability to tailor reports to variety of
stakeholder audiences.
• Knowledge of assessment principles and tools in higher education
and experience in design of variety of assessment tools, such as
surveys, focus groups, rubrics and benchmarking.
• Experience using university-level data to support faculty in
evaluating student learning and programs.
• Demonstrated ability to work productively with diverse faculty
and staff from multiple disciplines and functions.
• Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills, including
ability to communicate complex issues effectively and influentially
to a variety of internal and external audiences.
• Superb writing skills.
• Experience with or willingness to learn data visualization and
other visual reporting techniques.
• Highly organized, self-directed, with ability to design and
manage projects independently as well as part of a team.
• Meticulous attention to detail in all work products.
• Strong computer skills and fluency in a variety of job-related
software programs (e.g., MS Office suite, statistical software,
learning management system, assessment management system); quick
learner of new programs as needed.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative but not
definitive of those that must be met by an employee to successfully
perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.
Work is primarily performed in a standard office environment with
the use of a computer, phone and other office equipment.
Work Environment/Work Week/Travel:
Work performed during standard business hours. May require working
non-traditional hours and travel.
Valid driver’s license required. Incumbent must also be able to
meet the University’s fleet rules and be eligible to drive for
University business. The University and its insurance carrier
reserves the right to exclude applicants based on their driving
record.
Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience,
exempt
Background Check Statement:
All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment are
required to execute a release and authorization for a background
screening.
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To apply, visit https://pacific.peopleadmin.com/postings/17470
University of the Pacific is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran
status.
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