Academic Program Assessment Manager

The University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 74,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking an Academic Program Assessment Manager to lead curriculum design, outcomes alignment, and assessment across units. You will coordinate learning-outcomes workflows, map courses to ensure SACSCOC readiness, and steward documentation for accreditation submissions.

The role requires strong analytical, writing, and training skills and offers a chance to influence institutional effectiveness and student learning campus-wide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in higher education administration, learning sciences, curriculum and instruction, assessment, program evaluation
• Demonstrated experience in curriculum design, learning outcomes assessment, educational analytics, or program evaluation.
• Experience coordinating complex academic processes and managing multi-modal data.
• Strong analytical and writing skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to train, consult, and communicate effectively with faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a large, complex academic environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate institution-wide workflows for course- and program-level learning outcomes development, alignment, assessment, and revision.
• Lead curriculum mapping initiatives that support SACSCOC compliance, program review cycles, core curriculum redesign, and other institutional academic-effectiveness priorities.
• Manage timelines, templates, process maps, and institutional repositories for curriculum and assessment documentation.
• Conduct quality reviews of learning objectives, outcomes, curriculum maps, and assessment plans to ensure academic integrity, quality, continuous improvement, clarity, measurability, alignment, and compliance with accrediting expectations and obligations.
• Support colleges and schools in embedding academic-effectiveness principles into course design, modality planning, and instructional innovation.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Writing skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in higher education administration, learning sciences, curriculum and instruction, assessment, program evaluation

Master's, EdD or PhD in related field

Tools

Watermark

Tableau

Power BI

R

SPSS

LMS analytics tools

Job description

Hiring Department

Office of Strategic Academic Initiatives

Job Posting Title

Academic Program Assessment Manager

Position Open To

All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

FLSA Status

Exempt from FLSA

Earliest Start Date

Immediately

Position Duration

Expected to Continue

Location

UT MAIN CAMPUS

General Notes

Must be eligible to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Purpose

Reporting to the Assistant Vice Provost for Accreditation, Assessment, and Academic Effectiveness, the Academic Program Assessment Manager manages the operational functions required for learning-outcomes compliance, curriculum alignment, and academic-effectiveness documentation. The position supports the AVP in ensuring institutional readiness for SACSCOC expectations related to student learning, curriculum, and institutional effectiveness. It provides operational leadership, analytical expertise, and cross-university coordination for curriculum design, learning outcomes assessment, and continuous improvement across academic, administrative, and student-support units. The Academic Program Assessment Manager advances a data-informed culture of academic effectiveness by supporting units in curriculum mapping, learning outcomes development and alignment, assessment planning, instructional improvement, and evidence-based decision-making. This role serves as the campus-wide operational lead for curriculum and assessment workflows and strengthens UT Austin’s readiness for federal, state, and SACSCOC expectations related to student learning, curriculum, and institutional effectiveness. The position supports all relevant SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation and Standards in which learning objectives, outcomes, curriculum, and effectiveness are implicated; responsibilities are not restricted to any single section of the SACSCOC Principles or Standards. While the AVP defines institutional strategy, policy interpretation, and compliance direction, the Academic Program Assessment Manager manages the operational functions that implement those priorities.

Responsibilities

Curriculum Design, Mapping, and Outcomes Alignment

• Coordinate institution-wide workflows for course- and program-level learning outcomes development, alignment, assessment, and revision.
• Lead curriculum mapping initiatives that support SACSCOC compliance, program review cycles, core curriculum redesign, and other institutional academic-effectiveness priorities.
• Manage timelines, templates, process maps, and institutional repositories for curriculum and assessment documentation.
• Conduct quality reviews of learning objectives, outcomes, curriculum maps, and assessment plans to ensure academic integrity, quality, continuous improvement, clarity, measurability, alignment, and compliance with accrediting expectations and obligations.
• Support colleges and schools in embedding academic-effectiveness principles into course design, modality planning, and instructional innovation.

Assessment Operations and Continuous Improvement

• Coordinate and support the full cycle of learning outcomes assessment for academic programs, administrative units, and student-support services, including planning, data collection, analysis, and documentation.
• Oversee the institutional assessment management system, including training, system maintenance, user support, data integrity, and reporting functionality.
• Provide guidance on assessment methods, data collection strategies, rubric design, and evidence-based continuous improvement efforts for faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Produce summaries, dashboards, and analytic reports that distill assessment findings for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure that assessment documentation aligns with federal, state, disciplinary accreditation, and SACSCOC expectations and standards related to student learning, curriculum, and institutional effectiveness.
• Document the use of results for continuous improvement, consistent with SACSCOC expectations for academic effectiveness, institutional effectiveness, and student outcomes.

Data, Evidence, and Analytics Infrastructure

• Manage technical platforms and workflows for assessment-related data collection, reporting, visualization, and archival storage.
• Collaborate with Institutional Reporting, Data to Insights, and other partners to maintain consistency between institutional data definitions, coding, and academic-effectiveness documentation.
• Develop crosswalks, evidence bundles, and structured analytic reports that support accreditation submissions, program review, and institutional planning.
• When appropriate, integrate learning analytics, information visualization, and data-science tools into curriculum and assessment processes.

Faculty, Staff, and Unit Training and Capacity Building

• Design and deliver workshops, webinars, seminars, consultations, and training curricula on learning objectives, outcomes, and assessment; curriculum mapping and design; data interpretation and use of evidence; continuous improvement methods; and instructional alignment and academic effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain resource guides, templates, exemplars, online modules, and self-service tools that support unit-level capacity.
• Serve as an operational liaison to colleges, schools, and administrative units engaged in curriculum or assessment work.

Scholarship, External Visibility, and Special Projects

• Contribute, as time permits, to research articles, white papers, and conference presentations that highlight UT Austin's curriculum, assessment, and academic-effectiveness work.
• Support grant-writing and external-funding efforts, as time permits, related to assessment, learning analytics, or curriculum innovation.
• Participate in AVP-led strategic initiatives related to academic effectiveness, accreditation readiness, policy alignment, and institutional improvement.

Required Qualifications

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

• Bachelor's degree in higher education administration, learning sciences, curriculum and instruction, assessment, program evaluation, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience in curriculum design, learning outcomes assessment, educational analytics, or program evaluation.
• Experience coordinating complex academic processes and managing multi-modal data.
• Strong analytical and writing skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to train, consult, and communicate effectively with faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a large, complex academic environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's, EdD or PhD in higher education administration, learning sciences, curriculum and instruction, assessment, program evaluation, or a closely related field.
• Experience working within a research-intensive university.
• Experience managing assessment or accreditation software platforms.
• Experience designing and delivering interdisciplinary course assessments in support of student learning at scale.
• Experience with Watermark, Tableau, Power BI, R, SPSS, LMS-based analytics tools, or comparable platforms.
• A record of presentations, publications, or grant activity related to learning outcomes, assessment, or academic effectiveness.

Salary Range

$74,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• On-campus / In-person / 100% / No possibility of a flexible work arrangement or remote work
• Standard office environment requiring extensive computer-based work.
• Occasional evening or weekend hours during major deadlines, including accreditation submissions and institutional reporting cycles.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Employment Eligibility

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

E-Verify

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

Compliance

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031. The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.