Registrar, Administrative​/Clerical, Education Administration

Position Title Registrar About the University

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive.

In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

The mission of Enrollment Management is to build a diverse, vibrant, and inclusive campus community. We are committed to providing access, affordability, and essential services that support all students in their quest to succeed at Western Washington University and beyond. We strive to serve our community with excellence, integrity, innovation, and compassion. We work on behalf of prospective students, current students, and their families through each phase of the enrollment process: the college search, admission, financial aid and scholarships, orientation, registration, and on to graduation.

Enrollment Management includes Undergraduate Admission, Financial Aid, Orientation and Transition, the Registrar’s Office, and Veteran’s Services.

About the Position Reporting to the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, the University Registrar provides strategic direction for the Registrar’s Office and oversees the integrity, accuracy, security, and regulatory compliance of the university’s academic records. This position provides oversight for all Registrar’s Office functions and the effective administration of the student information system. Responsibilities include registration; student academic records; degree evaluation and conferral;

commencement; student certification services; transcripts; athletic eligibility and certification; residency review; transfer credit evaluation; course scheduling; publications, including the schedule of classes, catalog, and university calendar; exam scheduling; scoring services; enrollment reporting and data management; some tuition waiver programs; and residency classification.

The University Registrar serves as a member of the Enrollment Management leadership team and plays a key role in the development, implementation, and assessment of strategic enrollment initiatives while working collaboratively with colleagues across the university to advance student success and institutional priorities. The Registrar is responsible for student records administration, FERPA compliance, institutional certification processes, academic systems administration and data governance, and the development and administration of academic and administrative policies affecting students and courses.

Leads and develops a dynamic team by overseeing the recruitment, supervision, professional development, and evaluation of Registrar's Office…