Job No. 154700
- Job Title:
- Director, Administrative Assessment
- Employer:
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Auburn University Main Campus
- Location:
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Auburn , AL
- Posting Date:
- 21-Jan-2025
- Description:
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Job Summary
Auburn University is seeking a dynamic Director of Administrative Assessment to provide strategic leadership in assessment and continuous improvement efforts across the institution’s administrative units. In this vital role, you’ll serve as a trusted expert in assessment, improvement, and accreditation, influencing outcomes through committee service and delivering impactful professional development for faculty, staff, and administrators. Your work will drive the enhancement of administrative functions that shape the university’s success.
Why Auburn?
At Auburn, our work changes lives. Recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation’s top public institutions, Auburn University is committed to advancing education, research, and service that make a meaningful impact locally and globally. With a vibrant culture of academic excellence, community engagement, and innovation, Auburn is a place where your contributions truly matter.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
Auburn University consistently ranks among Alabama’s top employers, with an average employee tenure of ten years. Here’s why employees choose Auburn:
Competitive Benefits: Comprehensive health insurance, generous retirement plans, tuition assistance for employees and dependents, and more.
Supportive Community: A positive work environment where collaboration and engagement thrive.
Meaningful Impact: Join a university dedicated to shaping futures and improving lives.
Discover more about Auburn’s commitment to its employees and community by visiting aub.ie/working-at-auburn.
Essential Functions
Develops and manages comprehensive strategies to build a shared understanding of assessment for nonacademic administrative units as an educationally and institutionally purposeful activity including showcasing units with demonstrated excellence, advising units on the development of goals, outcomes, and measures, and overseeing the implementation of an annual assessment process focused on continuous improvement. Co-leads the University’s accreditation efforts for areas pertaining to Administrative Effectiveness (SACSCOC Standard 7.3) and reports institutional assessment findings to upper administration. Advises leadership, in collaboration with Administrative Effectiveness, on matters related to non-academic administrative unit assessment, in alignment with the University’s strategic plan and mission.
Leads and plans professional development events and trainings for employees to enhance the quality of assessment at the University, which includes developing and facilitating workshops, designing resources, and facilitating focus groups. This also includes refining an infrastructure for report intake and maintenance, administering assessment training, and evaluating the quality of assessment described in assessment reports.
Supports administrative unit accreditation efforts and provides evidence of continuous improvement during accreditation visits. Represents the Associate Vice President and Executive Director for Administrative Effectiveness by overseeing and facilitating accreditation processes for the University’s nonacademic departments, communicating with internal and external stakeholders.
Sets the vision for pioneering an innovative approach to assessment through the lens of continuous improvement; designs and administers efforts to enhance an ever developing culture of excellence.
Provides strategic leadership for Administrative Assessment that supports the mission of the Executive Director, Administrative Effectiveness to promote and enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of administrative and non-academic assessment at the University.
Provides analysis and will supervise a team that provides data analytic support to nonacademic and administrative units in efforts to seek continuous improvement and operational excellence. Leads and assists with managing staff and leading recruitment of positions including reviewing resumes, participating in interviews, and conducting performance review evaluations, onboarding, and staff development training.
Represents Administrative Effectiveness, Business and Administration, and the University by providing assessment expertise through service to relevant university committees and when making external contributions to the field.
Supports assessment efforts for special projects.
Leads coordination of operational activities including assessment, reporting, and feedback processes that support broad institutional outcomes to include data collection, consultation and project request management, assessment software selection/implementation, dashboarding efforts, and mechanisms for conveying information to audiences.
Assists Associate Vice President and Executive Director with supporting strategic planning efforts and other initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
PhD in Educational Leadership, Higher Education, Assessment/Evaluation and Measurement, Educational Psychology, or related field
4 years of experience in academic, cocurricular, and/or non-academic administrative assessment, strategic planning, program review, and/or institutional research, including experience in formulating outcomes, designing and coordinating assessments, interpreting assessment results, and taking or advising on appropriate action in response.
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Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership, Higher Education, Assessment/Evaluation and Measurement, Educational Psychology, or related field
6 years of experience in academic, cocurricular, and/or non-academic administrative assessment, strategic planning, program review, and/or institutional research, including experience in formulating outcomes, designing and coordinating assessments, interpreting assessment results, and taking or advising on appropriate action in response.
Minimum Skills, License, and Certifications
Minimum Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of educational and nonacademic outcomes assessment, with an emphasis on assessment for program and service improvement, principles and techniques of research design, data management, data analysis, and measurement relevant to action in an educational setting.
Knowledge of assessment practice and reporting.
Knowledge of current trends and issues related to curricular, clinical, and programmatic assessment including assessment accommodations.
Developed communication skills. Demonstrated ability and desire to work collaboratively with all levels of employees across the campus.
Demonstrated success at organization, project management skills, organizational navigation, and communication.
Ability to work independently to accomplish assigned goals in a timely manner and ability to work with detailed information with attention to accuracy.
- Contact information:
- Auburn University Main Campus
- Auburn, AL 36849
- United States
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