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

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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.

• Directs the strategic planning, development, and implementation of a program; serves as 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 management of daily operations.
• Collaborates with representatives from private, government, and international agencies; conducts research, designs new initiatives, and writes publishable articles and papers; may supervise staff.

• Reporting to an associate dean of academic affairs, oversees all processes, procedures and best practices related to supporting curricular change, including the course and major/minor approval process and various assessment processes and practices.
• Supports College Faculty Senate committees responsible for oversight and assessment of the College curriculum; leads efforts to educate, partner, and advance assessment best practices across the curriculum.
• 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; organizes and contributes to meetings of DUSs and undergraduate program staff.
• Collaborates with deans and directors to organize the work of the Academic Affairs and Faculty Partnerships group within OUE, designs new systems of information management, and streamlines processes, practices and policy implementation related to curricular support; works on special projects and initiatives as needed.
• Helps establish and sustain key liaison relationships with institutional partners including institutional academic planning, assessment, and institutional research and decision teams, and departmental relationships.
• Represents Emory College Academic Affairs at national conferences and forums; provides 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 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 with institutional partners, including institutional assessment, the University Registrar, the University Office of Planning and Administration, and the three other undergraduate divisions at Emory.
• Organizes and supports meetings of key standing College Senate committees and sub‑committees responsible for the College curriculum and assessment; prepares materials for faculty review and guides 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…