Data-Driven Academic Planner for CAI Programs

University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation and holidays

Competitive insurance and savings

Retirement benefits

Job summary

University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking an Academic Planner II in the College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence to shape the college's academic strategy under the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

The role involves designing and evaluating programs and courses, governance support, data collection for assessment, and delivering data products such as reports and dashboards to units across the college. Strong collaboration with faculty and staff is essential.

Qualifications

• Two years or more of relevant work experience in higher education with direct experience with academic and curricular planning or administration.
• Successful use of technology and digital tools to obtain, manipulate and use data to make practical decisions or create efficient processes.
• Experience with facilitating complex and/or long-term initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Designs and delivers directed academic planning and programs messaging to internal and external audiences; maintains all records and documentation of academic, curricular, and course change actions
• Directs and leads collaborative activities across units, schools, colleges, and divisions
• Provides recommendations for changes to policy and advances proposals for policy changes to meet changing needs of the academy in partnership with governance committees and colleagues in academic units
• Ensures that the work of formal school, college, or divisional planning council or curriculum committees operate effectively and according to committee procedures
• Reviews proposals for new academic programs, program changes, curriculum, and/or courses to ensure that proposals meet policy standards, and provides feedback to proposing academic units
• Collects, prepares, and analyzes academic program information and prepares reports and analyses of patterns of activity based on that information
• May develop new approaches, methods, or techniques to resolve problems and addresses unexpected, controversial, or complex situations
• Incorporates improvement recommendations into existing academic programming policy and practice based on school, college or divisional needs and external requirements (e.g., academic accreditation)

Skills

Data analysis

Academic planning

Governance coordination

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking an Academic Planner II in the College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence to shape the college's academic strategy under the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

The role involves designing and evaluating programs and courses, governance support, data collection for assessment, and delivering data products such as reports and dashboards to units across the college. Strong collaboration with faculty and staff is essential.