Director of University Assessment and Program Evaluation

• Lead specified institutional studies with focus on program improvement, capacity building, and continuous improvement
  • Support the identification, planning, and start-up of future formative continuous improvement studies
  • Support the use of findings in visualizations, decision making processes, training, and communication for Academic Program Review, annual assessment and program evaluation

• Chair the University Assessment and Program Evaluation Committee, leads agenda setting and assures successful implementation of the committee's charge
• Partner with other university divisions as they coordinate, build, then implement supports for, and monitors continuous improvement using assessment of
  • Student learning of academic program learning outcomes - i.e., Academic Programs and Planning
  • Student skills developed through academic support services - i.e., Enrollment Management and Student Success
  • Student development through co-curricular programs and policies -i.e., Division of Student Development
• Partner with units integrating assessment of student learning into faculty professional development of their teaching and learning -e.g., Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy
• Partner with other university divisions as they prioritize and build sustainable assessment systems for documenting their essential activities, programs, services, and practices
• Facilitate and teach academic leaders how to define and detail the major objectives of their key activities
• Facilitate and teach academic leaders how to use logic modeling to visually depict the theory of change underlying their programs, projects, or policies
• Facilitate and teach academic leaders how to use logic modeling to
• Clarify the intentions of projects
• Enhance communication within team members and stakeholders
• Manage projects
• Document projects and how they work
• Prioritize key metrics for ongoing assessment of activities and outcomes
• Design evaluation plans and determine questions to address
• Serve as a critical friend supporting specific program evaluations
• Support the gathering of evidence to be used in Higher Learning Commission reports
• Other duties as assigned

• Knowledge of the cultures and structures comprising higher education and its context
• Skills in research design, survey research design, academic program review, assessment of student learning, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and effective report writing
• Ability to lead collaborative teams of peers in creative and challenging work
• Ability to independently design and manage work; but with commitment to collaboration
• Commitment to foster inclusive excellence

• Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Power BI
• Online tools (Zoom, Teams, Monday.com, OneDrive, Secure Transfer)
• SPSS, SAS or other basic tools for statistical analysis and data management
• Qualtrics

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