Associate Director, Academic Assessment & Strategy

The City University of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 102,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, part of The City University of New York, seeks an Associate Director of Academic Assessment to guide college-wide assessment systems for teaching, learning, accreditation readiness, and strategic decision-making.

Reporting to the Provost, you will lead APR design, oversee assessment calendars, and collaborate across college and CUNY Central; build a culture of continuous improvement using analysis of program and course outcomes to inform resource

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and six years related experience required.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to work effectively with faculty.
• Knowledge of accreditation requirements, especially MSCHE.

Responsibilities

• Serves on the Academic Assessment and Learning Committee and provides guidance and support, including agenda setting, process design, policy development, and coordination of institutional assessment initiatives.
• Lead design, revision, and implementation of Academic Program Review guidelines, templates, and processes to support APRs.
• Lead institutional interpretation and dissemination of assessment findings to inform academic planning, program review, accreditation reporting, strategic initiatives, and resource allocation.
• Develop and implement institutional program learning assessment frameworks, including curriculum mapping infrastructure, annual assessment calendars, reporting cycles, and continuous improvement processes.
• Support faculty in the identification and development of assignments and other assessment instruments and rubrics used to assess learning objectives.
• Write assessment reports for Academic Affairs based on institutional assessment, testing, survey, and/or program data.
• Manage the institutional review cycles for Program Learning Outcomes, Course Learning Outcomes, and General Education outcomes to ensure accessibility, alignment, and continuous improvement.
• Design and implement a professional development strategy focused on building faculty and staff capacity to use assessment data to improve teaching, curriculum design, program effectiveness, and student success.
• Manage oversight of all Academic Affair SAGE profiles (e.g. Support alignment of strategic planning initiatives with assessment processes)
• Incorporate First Year Experience and co-curricular assessment design, implementation, and management into assessment processes.
• Lead development of Academic Affairs’ institutional assessment reports, accreditation evidence narratives, assessment dashboards, and planning documents used for internal governance and external review.
• Develop and maintain institutional assessment dashboards in collaboration with Institutional Research and digital assessment infrastructure (Assessment G-Net, dashboards, SOP repositories, reporting tools, etc.)
• Assume other duties as assigned by the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs as needed.

Skills

Assessment leadership

Collaboration with faculty

Policy development

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

Watermark software

statistical software

Job description

The Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, part of The City University of New York, seeks an Associate Director of Academic Assessment to guide college-wide assessment systems for teaching, learning, accreditation readiness, and strategic decision-making.

Reporting to the Provost, you will lead APR design, oversee assessment calendars, and collaborate across college and CUNY Central; build a culture of continuous improvement using analysis of program and course outcomes to inform resource