As an executive director of institutional effectiveness, you will lead and coordinate all regional and specialized accreditation compliance activities, including reaffirmation reports, compliance certifications, and accreditation correspondence. You will manage and ensure compliance with substantive change policy and processes via coordination, documentation, submission, and tracking. Among other duties, you will coordinate institutional preparation for accreditation reviews and site visits through institutional readiness activities, training, logistics, and university-wide communications. You will also supervise assessment processes for educational support and administrative units, including documenting outcomes, results, and their use.
In this role, you will oversee the institutional effectiveness data visualization and design team to ensure clear, accurate, and visually compelling design solutions. You will support university strategic planning and institutional effectiveness initiatives through analysis, reports, and coordination of progress documentation. You will also stay current on accreditation policy changes and ensure institutional alignment with evolving standards and regulatory expectations. Reporting to the vice president for institutional effectiveness, you will prepare for site visits across academic and administrative units.
In this position, you will oversee continuous improvement across educational support and administrative units. You will collaborate closely with academic leadership, institutional research, academic services, and university administration to advance initiatives in institutional quality assurance, planning, and effectiveness aligned with the university’s strategic priorities.
The ideal candidate has strong project management and organizational leadership skills, with the ability to coordinate complex, multi-unit initiatives. They have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop accreditation narratives and supporting evidence. The candidate also demonstrates advanced problem-solving, multitasking, and critical thinking. They pay close attention to detail and are committed to data integrity and compliance.
Minimum qualifications:
- Doctorate in higher education, assessment, institutional effectiveness, or a related discipline
- At least seven years of progressively responsible leadership experience in higher education institutional effectiveness, accreditation, assessment, or quality assurance
- Experience supervising professional staff, leading cross-functional teams, strategic planning, and institutional reporting
- Familiar with accreditation processes and substantive change compliance
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with assessment, accreditation, planning, or institutional effectiveness systems and reporting tools
- Background in data visualization, design, or visual communication
Travel required:
Work hours: The university work week is Sunday through Saturday. Most offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. To accommodate business needs, employees may be assigned to other workdays and/or hours, including weekends and evenings.
ADA tag: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and minimum qualifications listed represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and/or meet the minimum qualifications.