Assessment Manager

Waubonsee Community College; Sugar Grove, Northern (IL, KY); On-site; USD 81,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Pension plan through SURS

Hybrid option

Job summary

Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, IL, seeks an Assessment Manager to lead institution-wide assessment and program review, integrating findings into planning and accreditation efforts. The role reports to the Director of Data, Assessment, and Analytics and supervises the Senior Survey Researcher.

You will collaborate with faculty, Student Affairs, and administrative departments to align assessment with institutional effectiveness, strategic initiatives, and student success.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in higher education, education, educational leadership, institutional effectiveness, assessment, or related field.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in assessment, institutional effectiveness, accreditation, institutional research, or program review within higher education.
• Minimum of two years of supervisory or project leadership experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading academic, co-curricular, and institution-wide assessment initiatives.
• Knowledge of Higher Learning Commission accreditation standards and continuous improvement practices.
• Experience working collaboratively with faculty and administrators in a shared governance environment.
• Experience with data visualization, reporting, survey platforms, and assessment management systems.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, organizational, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead institution-wide academic, co-curricular, and institutional assessment activities.
• Coordinate assessment of college-wide initiatives, including community engagement, strategic priorities, student services, and other institutional effectiveness efforts.
• Lead and continuously improve academic and administrative program review processes.
• Develop sustainable assessment frameworks, calendars, templates, reporting processes, and documentation.
• Support faculty and staff in developing learning outcomes, assessment methods, curriculum maps, rubrics, and improvement plans.
• Promote a culture of evidence and continuous improvement.
• Integrate assessment findings into strategic planning, budgeting, accreditation, and institutional decision-making.
• Develop assessment dashboards and reports using appropriate reporting tools.
• Analyze assessment findings and connect them to student success, retention, completion, equity, and institutional performance.
• Present findings and recommendations to faculty, leadership, governance committees, and external stakeholders.
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate the Senior Survey Researcher.
• Coordinate survey research activities with assessment and institutional effectiveness priorities.
• Provide professional development on assessment, program review, and evidence-based improvement.
• Maintain documentation supporting Higher Learning Commission accreditation.
• Serve on institutional committees related to assessment, accreditation, institutional effectiveness, and student success.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data visualization

Communication

Organizational skills

Project management

Facilitation

Collaboration

Education

Master's degree in higher education or related field

Tools

Survey platforms

Assessment management systems

Data visualization tools

Job description

Assessment Manager

Full-time Staff

Sugar Grove Campus

Hybrid Option: Yes

Join our dynamic team at Waubonsee Community College, where your career can flourish. We are committed to being an exceptional employer, offering a comprehensive benefits package with generous time off, low-cost medical, dental, and vision plans, and a secure pension plan through SURS. You'll also enjoy 14 paid holidays, including winter and Thanksgiving breaks. Be part of a transformative institution, dedicated to making a positive impact in our community and the lives of our students. Your future starts here – join us today!

Waubonsee Community College is committed to hiring and retaining exceptional faculty and staff who are committed to the college’s culture of collaboration, professional growth and student success.

The Assessment Manager provides leadership for the College's institutional assessment framework, including academic assessment, co-curricular, assessment, institution-wide assessment, program review, and continuous improvement. Reporting to the Director of Data, Assessment, and Analytics, the Manager works collaboratively with faculty, Student Affairs, administrative departments, and the Teaching and Learning Unit to integrate assessment into institutional effectiveness, strategic planning, accreditation, and student success. The position supervises the Senior Survey Researcher and ensures that survey research, assessment findings, and program review results provide meaningful evidence to improve programs, services, operations, and institution-wide initiatives, including community engagement, strategic initiatives, and other cross-functional priorities.

Responsibilities

Assessment Leadership

• Lead institution-wide academic, co-curricular, and institutional assessment activities.
• Coordinate assessment of college-wide initiatives, including community engagement, strategic priorities, student services, and other institutional effectiveness efforts.
• Lead and continuously improve academic and administrative program review processes.
• Develop sustainable assessment frameworks, calendars, templates, reporting processes, and documentation.
• Support faculty and staff in developing learning outcomes, assessment methods, curriculum maps, rubrics, and improvement plans.
• Promote a culture of evidence and continuous improvement.

Institutional Effectiveness

• Integrate assessment findings into strategic planning, budgeting, accreditation, and institutional decision-making.
• Develop assessment dashboards and reports using appropriate reporting tools.
• Analyze assessment findings and connect them to student success, retention, completion, equity, and institutional performance.
• Present findings and recommendations to faculty, leadership, governance committees, and external stakeholders.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate the Senior Survey Researcher.
• Coordinate survey research activities with assessment and institutional effectiveness priorities.
• Provide professional development on assessment, program review, and evidence-based improvement.
• Maintain documentation supporting Higher Learning Commission accreditation.
• Serve on institutional committees related to assessment, accreditation, institutional effectiveness, and student success.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in higher education, education, educational leadership, institutional effectiveness, assessment, or related field.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in assessment, institutional effectiveness, accreditation, institutional research, or program review within higher education.
• Minimum of two years of supervisory or project leadership experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading academic, co-curricular, and institution-wide assessment initiatives.
• Knowledge of Higher Learning Commission accreditation standards and continuous improvement practices.
• Experience working collaboratively with faculty and administrators in a shared governance environment.
• Experience with data visualization, reporting, survey platforms, and assessment management systems.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, organizational, and project management skills.

Special Instructions

You may attach references or transcripts to your application. References and official transcripts for Associate's degrees or higher are required to be submitted during the background check process.

Equal opportunity employer, including disability and veteran

Position Details

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Grant Funded: No

Compensation Range: 81,413.00 - 101,766.00

Compensation Type: Salaried

Compensation: The pay for this position will be determined by your experience, education, and qualifications.

Work Schedule: M-F 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Work Hours: 40

Testing: Yes

Priority Application Review Date: 10/9/2026

Applications received by the “Priority Application Review Date” will receive priority consideration. Review of applications will begin at that time and continue until the position is filled.

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