Academic Compliance Specialist

# University of Central Florida## Academic Compliance Specialist IApply:
Orlando, FL (Main Campus):
Full time:
Posted Today:
End Date:
November 12, 2026 (9 days left to apply):
R114523
** Academic Program Quality:
** Academic Program Quality (APQ) plays a vital role in safeguarding the university's academic enterprise. To assure confidence among internal and external stakeholders alike, APQ engages in a wide range of academic quality assurance activities that enforce compliance with regulatory requirements and support the continuous quality enhancement of academic programming. We operate not in isolation but in collaboration with partners across the university to provide campus-wide education, to integrate quality assurance into business processes and planning activities, and to develop models of excellence.

We are a key resource to our faculty, staff, and administrators in support of our common goal of realizing UCF's promise.
** The Opportunity**:

UCF's Academic Program Quality is seeking a quality focused Academic Compliance Specialist I to coordinate university-wide compliance, reporting, and other quality assurance activities that support, promote, and monitor institutional and program performance relative to internal and external (e.g., state, accreditor, federal) academic quality standards and the pursuit of continuous improvement.
** Responsibilities:
** FACULTY TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS
* Assist the Faculty Qualifications Management System (FQMS) administrator in executing related activities.
* Conduct preliminary Academic Affairs review of faculty teaching certifications in the FQMS to confirm completeness.
* Assist the FQMS administrator with managing user security and setup tables.
* Assist the FQMS administrator with troubleshooting system errors and testing solutions.
* Assist the FQMS administrator with end user trainings, including development and maintenance of informational and training resources.
* Assist the FQMS administrator in updating policy documents for each academic unit (i.e., discipline descriptions) that articulate teaching qualifications standards for the fields represented.
* Advise end users on applicable policy requirements and provide end user technical support.
* Assist the FQMS administrator in conducting audits to ensure appropriate teaching certifications are on file for all instructors of record.
* Assist the FQMS administrator in tracking and reviewing faculty qualifications documentation for dual degrees and other programs and partnerships requiring evidence of appropriate faculty qualifications.

FACULTY MEMBER AND POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR DEGREE DATA
* Serve as the primary custodian for faculty member and postdoctoral scholar degree data.
* Review and validate requests for degree data updates; coordinate with human resources and other stakeholders as required.
* Verify provision of official academic transcripts and U.S. equivalency evaluations.
* Maintain archive of academic transcript and equivalency evaluation documentation.
* Advise and train human resources personnel, academic units, and others on university protocols for submitting official credentials.
* Collaborate with Workday Administrator to request updates to degree data setup tables as needed.
* Conduct regular audits to ensure degree data completeness and accuracy for external reporting (e.g., state, federal, accreditor, rankings surveys).SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC OVERSIGHT, COORDINATION, AND ALIGNMENT ACTIVITIES Provide assistance in the coordination of cyclical and ad hoc compliance and quality enhancement activities including, but not limited to, the following:
* Seven-year academic program reviews.
* Various academic oversight reviews (e.g., suspended program status reviews).
* Annual collection and qualifications review of academic program coordinators/directors.
* Updates to assigned course Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes.
* Assigning faculty member and postdoctoral scholar primary CIP codes for reporting and analysis.

OTHER ACADEMIC COMPLIANCE AND QUALITY ENHANCEMENT SUPPORT
* Conduct research and analyses to support APQ activities.
* Assist in the dissemination of compliance information to stakeholders.
* Assist in developing training tools and programming for APQ functional areas.
* Assist in collecting information for, preparing, and editing documents for board meetings, external reporting, and other executive audiences.
* Assist with planning and executing unit events, accreditor site visits, and related activities.
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