What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Director, Institutional Effectiveness position at Virginia Military Institute?
Title: Associate Director, Institutional Effectiveness
State Role Title: Administrative - Lecturer
Hiring Range: Based on qualifications & experience
Pay Band: UG
Agency: Virginia Military Institute
Location: Virginia Military Institute
Agency Website: www.vmi.edu
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
- Coordinate institution-wide systems of academic and service department institutional effectiveness plans; provide orientation, training, and support to individual departments in designing institutional effectiveness processes to support both regional and program-specific accreditation.
- Supervise the Institute’s online course evaluation system.
- Supervise the technical aspects of assessment, including design of databases, data collection, and analysis of data related to assessment plans.
- Coordinate the administration of various standardize national assessment instruments and ensure that reports and results are distributed institution wide.
- Coordinate workshops, seminars, and other activities for faculty and staff on assessment and institutional effectiveness.
- Use quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze institution-wide assessment instruments in relation to the learning outcomes employed in various educational contexts at the Institute.
- Prepare written reports and give oral presentations for VMI offices or committees and for external agencies on the findings from assessment activities.
- Develop, coordinate, and administer institution-wide questionnaires/surveys using traditional methods as well as electronic survey software.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- A master’s degree in a relevant discipline
- Supervisory or leadership experience in an academic setting
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Project management skills
Additional Considerations
- A Doctorate in a relevant discipline
- Knowledge in current and best practices in assessment and survey research
- Understanding of accrediting processes in higher education.
- Experience in higher education leadership, institutional research, institutional planning and effectiveness, program evaluation, campus planning, or a demonstrated record of comparable professional experience.
- Experience with advance analysis of qualitative and quantitative data
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Contact Information
Name: Tamara Wade
Phone: 540-464-7322
Email: hroffice@vmi.edu
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.
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