Program Director for Academic Advising & Curriculum Management; INTERNAL Job Houston area,Texas USA,Education / Teaching

Position: Program Director for Academic Advising & Curriculum Management (INTERNAL) - (497000 )

Department:
Deans Office
-Arts Salary:
Commensurate with Experience/Education

Description:

Responsible for the operations of a large program or center atthe university. Oversees staff, budgets, and projects.

1. Oversees a large department, program or center.

2. Manages budget and engages in strategic planning to ensure allgoals are met.

3. Hires and directs the activities of staff.

4. Resolves personnel issues as they arise.

5. Engages in budget-planning, grant oversight, and policy development.

6. Implements new programs and projects and monitors ongoing activities of department or center.

7. Reviews department policies and processes and implements improvements as needed.

8. Represents department or center to internal and external constituents.

9. Performs other job-related duties as required.

Additional Posting Information:

Summary

Responsible for the operations of the Kathrine G. McGovern Collegeof the Arts academic advising and student-success program and for assigned college-level academic program administration. In collaboration with the Executive Director for Student Success,directs advising and student support services, oversees staff and projects, develops short- and long-term goals, and advises students. Serves as a college liaison for university admissions,orientation, academic policy, undergraduate and graduate curriculumproposals, and catalog updates.

Job Duties

1. Oversees daily academic advising and student-support operations for the Office of Student Success and serves as director of theoffice when the Executive Director for Student Success is unavailable.

2. Advises a defined caseload of students regarding degree requirements, academic planning, policies, progress, and completion; provides career guidance and coordinates the resolution of complex or escalated student concerns.

3. Directs the activities of advising staff and student workers,establishes work priorities and service expectations, trainsadvisors, maintains training resources, evaluates performance, and provides input on personnel matters.

4. Collaborates with the Executive Director for Student Success todevelop and implement policies, procedures, strategic plans,projects, and service improvements supporting student success;participates in budget and resource planning for assigned programs.

5. Serves as the college liaison for university admissions,orientation, and academic policy, communicating requirements and coordinating implementation with faculty, staff, students, anduniversity offices.

6. Guides faculty and departmental graduate directors in preparingundergraduate and graduate academic proposals; reviews and facilitates proposals through school and college curriculumcommittees and subsequent university approval processes.

7. Reviews, coordinates, and submits college catalog updates for undergraduate and graduate programs, ensuring that program requirements, policies, and curricular information are accurate and consistent with approved actions.

8. In collaboration with the Associate Dean for Operations,coordinate and manage the annual curricular process, enforcecurricular deadlines with college partners, and establishsemester-based college curriculum committee meetings.

9. Maintains regular communication with faculty, departmentalcurriculum directors, academic units, and the college Academic Affairs office regarding undergraduate and graduate policies,curricula, degree requirements, and implementation needs.

10. Performs high-level academic administrative functions,including reviewing petitions and exceptions, processing graduationapplications, maintaining and auditing student records, and entering course permissions and enrollment-limit overrides.

11. Implements and monitors student-success and academic-program initiatives, evaluates policies and processes, recommends improvements, represents the office and college to internal and external constituents, and serves on university committees as assigned.

12. Performs other job-related duties as required.

Job Requirements Education

Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical, or professional discipline, orthe basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline.

Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal,directly job-related four-year degree from a college or universityor an equivalent in-depth specialized training program directly related to the work being performed.

Preferred:
Graduate-level degree in a relevant or related field.

Experience

Requires a…