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Program Coordinator, OPEIR

Employer
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Location
Tennessee, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Jan 13, 2022


Program Coordinator ( Administrative Professional 1 – MR10 )

Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Institutional Research

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

In alignment with the UTC Strategic Plan and Tennessee State Master Plan, the Program Coordinator conducts environmental scans of employment trends, strategic analysis of current degree options and future needs, and provides decision-support to the executive leadership of UTC for potential degree programs or certificates.

The Program Coordinator for the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Institutional Research (OPEIR) is responsible for developing new academic program proposals, modifications, and notifications required by Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) in partnership with appropriate University personnel. The Coordinator uses and implements a variety of products and procedures to conduct feasibility studies and market analyses, illustrate and interpret trends, and provide information in a logical and contextual manner for enhanced understanding. Further, they ensure compliance with UTC, UT System, THEC, and SACSCOC standards for academic program actions. The Coordinator will also assist with THEC Program Review process, SACSCOC substantive change prospectus development, and conducts research on a variety of topics relevant to higher education degree attainment.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Program Coordinator:

Collect and analyze a variety of quantitative and qualitative data; prepare scheduled and special reports; maintains program/project records and statistical information; conduct labor market analysis for new programs; organize and facilitate focus groups to determine community need and student interest in new programs.

Draft, proofread, and edit proposals to ensure they follow UT System, THEC, and SACSCOC standards for accuracy and quality writing, and will support the execution and preparation of multiple proposals simultaneously. In addition to new programs, the position will be responsible for completing and submitting post approval monitoring reports for THEC.

Serve as a liaison between faculty, staff, other departments, and external constituencies on programmatic, operational, and administrative issues; facilitates meetings, special projects, and problem resolution.

Work collaboratively with other members of the OPEIR team to advance the strategic use of data throughout the institution to improve the efficacy of practices that impact student success and responsibilities may vary as needs change over time. May participate in appropriate UTC committees, task forces, and professional associations as appropriate.

The ideal candidate will possess the following:
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Proven ability to function well in a team-oriented environment.
  • Exemplar interpersonal and organizational skills, and intermediate/advanced computer skills required.
  • Applicants must be familiar with relational database structures and have experience creating data reporting templates, dashboards, and protocols.
  • Proven aptitude for learning new skills and software applications.
  • Ability to work with faculty, staff, and administrators at various levels within the organization to determine the right data to answer pertinent questions.
  • Detail-oriented, yet flexible, with the ability to manage multiple high-level ad hoc priorities, as well as routine projects throughout the year.
  • Experience working with THEC, SACSCOC, or other accreditation organization.
  • Knowledge of program management and development procedures.
  • Experience, preferably in higher education, with creating and running reports from Banner, Argos, SAP or other similar platforms.
  • Demonstrated experience with statistical software packages such as SPSS, SAS, Stata, R, etc.
  • Experience using MS Office products, including MS Power BI.
  • Experience using survey software, such as Qualtrics.
Review of applications will begin January 24, 2022 and continue until the position is filled. Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration.

Minimum Qualifications: Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in Social Science(s), Business Administration, Public Administration, or other relevant field and two years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in Higher Education or relevant to position; minimum of three years’ experience in higher education team environments with specific documented experience in program coordination, institutional/market research, program planning, assessment, and/or evaluation; minimum 2 years’ experience in project management, PMP highly encouraged; minimum 2 year’s technical writing experience in higher education or other similar field; labor market analysis, needs assessment, gap analysis or similar experience; experience in qualitative data research methods and analysis.

The University of Tennessee Chattanooga is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.

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