Assistant Director, Planning & Research

Vance-Granville Community College is where meaningful work meets real community impact. At VGCC, you’ll be part of a supportive, mission-driven team dedicated to providing affordable, high-quality education that transforms lives. Your work will help open doors for students, strengthen local communities, and prepare individuals for in-demand careers. Every day offers the chance to see the direct impact of what you do.

If you’re energized by purpose, collaboration, and making a difference, we invite you to apply.

Reporting to the Director of Planning and Research, the Assistant Director of Planning & Research helps ensure the College’s institutional effectiveness, assessment, program review, and accreditation compliance functions run smoothly and meet SACSCOC standards. This position manages the College’s Watermark and related institutional research systems and serves as a backup liaison for SACSCOC-related reporting and processes.

This position is based at the Main Campus in Henderson, NC. Periodic travel throughout our service area, including other counties, is required.

VGCC considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position; candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills; and internal peer equity in offer calculations.

This position is eligible for up to 1 day per week of teleworking after the first nine months of employment upon your supervisor’s approval.

The following listing of essential job duties indicates the general nature and level of work required in this job. This is not designed to be a comprehensive listing of all the activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required in this job. Individuals assigned to this job may be asked to perform other duties as required. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job.

• Oversee administration, configuration, and data management of Watermark products (Planning & Self-Study, Student Learning & Licensure, Course Evaluation & Surveys), ensuring effective use across the College.
• Assist the Director in maintaining records, documentation, and reporting for SACSCOC, and serve as a secondary point of contact for the regional accreditor when the Director is unavailable.
• Coordinate the College’s annual outcomes assessment processes, including program-level and General Education student learning outcomes, and provide quality review of assessment reports submitted by departments.
• Manage and provide oversight of the program review process, including planning, coordinating, analyzing, and reviewing program review reports for completeness and rigor.
• Design, administer, and analyze institutional surveys and assessment instruments, and summarize results for internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify, research, and analyze factors affecting retention, student success, and other institutional effectiveness indicators, and present findings to college leadership.
• Assist with the timely preparation and submission of periodic reports to local, state, regional, and federal agencies, including support for IPEDS reporting.
• Design and lead training sessions for faculty and staff on outcomes assessment, program review, strategic planning, and related institutional research systems and processes.
• Use standard Informer queries and other data tools to extract data supporting assessment, evaluation, planning, and reporting functions.
• Assist in authoring and editing institutional planning documents, including Campus-Wide Outcomes reports and Strategic Planning documents.
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