Assistant Registrar

South College of Tennessee, Inc.; Knoxville (TN); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Front Loaded PTO

Tuition Assistance

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) - with Employer Contribution

Job summary

South College of Tennessee, Inc. is seeking a Registrar to manage student academic records and ensure FERPA compliance. The role involves producing transcripts, verifications of enrollment, and enforcing academic policies.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree with preferred graduate-level qualifications and practical experience in business/administration, ideally within higher education. Duties include assisting with transfers, course scheduling, and commencement ceremonies, in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Graduate degree preferred.
• Experience in business/Administration is preferred.
• Higher education experience is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy and security of student academic records in accordance with FERPA and college policies.
• Produce timely and accurate grade reports, transcripts, and verifications of enrollment/degrees.
• Process withdrawals, drops, program changes, overrides, course substitutions, and name/address changes.
• Perform transfer credit evaluations to support enrollment and course scheduling.
• Ensure CampusNexus procedures are completed accurately and timely.
• Assist in determining Standard Operating Policies for the Office of the Registrar.
• Assist with annual commencement ceremony.
• Assist with admission testing as needed.
• Adhere to college policies and participate in other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrate complex cognitive tasks and advanced verbal/written communication under stress.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree

Job description

Benefits

• Front Loaded PTO
• Tuition Assistance
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) - with Employer Contribution

South College -

We are one of the nation's fastest growing institutions of higher learning … come grow your career with us. In order to fully meet our Mission to our students, we require a diverse combination of perspectives, backgrounds, life experiences, and ideas from our faculty and staff and will provide them with an equitable and inclusive work environment -where respect and open interchange of ideas are at the heart of that culture.

20,000 Students

10 Campuses

Competency Based Education

Online

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures the accuracy and security of student academic records in accordance with FERPA, college policies, and standard records management practices.
• Provides quality student service by producing timely and accurate grade reports, transcripts, verifications of student enrollments/degrees, and other student information and interprets, ex plains, and enforces academic policies and procedures to students, faculty, staff, and parents.
• Assists with the processing of withdrawals, cancellations, drops, program changes, prerequisite overrides, course substitutions, student name and address changes, and credit hour limit overrides.
• Performs, in a timely manner, official and unofficial transfer of credit evaluations to facilitate student enrollment and assist academic advisors with course scheduling.
• Ensure all procedures using the institutional administrative records system (CampusNexus) are completed accurately and timely.
• Assists in determining Standard Operating Policies for the Office of the Registrar.
• Assists Registrar with annual commencement ceremony.
• Assist with admission testing as needed.
• Adhere to all college policies as described in the job description, employee/faculty handbook, or other separate guidelines.
• Contributes to the overall success of the Office of the Registrar by performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Complex Cognitive activities
• Advanced verbal and written communication often in stressful?situations involving students or co-workers
• Fast-paced work environment requiring quick adaptation skills in a changing strategic and tactical workplace

Requirements

Education

• Required: Bachelor's Degree
• Preferred: Graduate Degree

Experience

• Practical experience in business and/or Administration
• Prefer experience in higher education environment