Director of Assessment

South College; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Front Loaded PTO

Tuition Assistance

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) – with Employer Contribution

Job summary

South College in Knoxville seeks a Director of Assessment to lead cross-institutional assessment efforts. This full-time role plans, organizes, and manages assessment of student learning outcomes across programs and departments.

The position requires a Master’s degree (Doctorate preferred) and typically at least three years coordinating academic assessment. Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in education, research methodology, statistics or closely related field; Doctorate preferred.
• Minimum of three years coordinating academic assessment, competency-based assessment, and/or prior learning assessment in higher education.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, evaluate, monitor, and oversee the assessment process for student learning outcomes across degree programs, service departments, and institutional goals.
• Analyze current assessment processes to improve institutional effectiveness.
• Stay informed on national trends in assessment and institutional research; apply insights to planning.
• Promote institutional effectiveness through planning, assessment and use of findings for improvement.
• Provide guidance to leadership and collaborate with academic and administrative areas.
• Develop and implement strategic plans and assessment reports with appropriate learning outcomes.
• Analyze data and monitor improvement initiatives across units.
• Lead the implementation of institutional effectiveness processes and reporting.
• Offer training on assessment to faculty and staff and support college personnel.
• Participate in service activities contributing to campus community and scholarship.

Skills

Assessment practices

Verbal/written communication

Analytical skills

Report writing

Project management

Technology skills

Time management

Education

Master's in education

Doctorate preferred

Research methodology

Statistics

Tools

Assessment software

Data analysis tools

Job description

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

The position of Director of Assessment is a full-time position. Hours will vary to accommodate the position responsibilities and supervision. All South College employees are expected to maintain professional standards, attitude, and performance levels to ensure effective, safe, ethical, and legal performance in all aspects of the position. All members of the South College community are expected to develop and maintain professional relationships with all staff, faculty, students, and members of the community and exhibit positive professional conduct. The Director of Assessment plans, organizes, and manages the assessment process across the institution.

Responsibilities of the Director of Assessment include but are not limited to:

• Coordinate, evaluate, monitor, and oversee the assessment process for assessing student learning outcomes for degree programs, service departments, and for institutional goals.
• Analyze current assessment processes to improve institutional effectiveness.
• Keep abreast of national trends related to institutional research, assessment, and effectiveness and employ appropriate information in planning South College’s assessment efforts, and
• Promote institutional effectiveness in planning, assessment, use of findings for improvement, and related resource issues in academic, administrative, and institutional environments.
• Provide guidance to and collaborate with the leadership of each academic and administrative area:
• Develop and implement strategic plans and assessment reports, including determining appropriate student learning outcomes and measures.
• Analyze data and evaluate processes for continual improvement of the area, and
• Monitor the implementation of improvement initiatives.
• Provide leadership in the implementation of the institutional effectiveness processes to include:
• Generating and receiving information and analysis on institutional effectiveness.
• Designing and interpreting surveys, identifying community demographics and needs, and
• Participating in strategic planning and benchmarking.
• Serve as the lead systems administrator for the assessment system, including the setup of new assessment cycles, plans, and training users on use of the system.
• Provide training on assessment for faculty and staff and provide direction and support for college personnel to establish effective assessment practices.
• Participate in service activities that contribute to community, professional, and institutional advancement.
• Promote scholarly academic and professional activities that contribute to the advancement of knowledge, intellectual growth, and educational excellence.

Requirements

Master’s degree in education, research methodology, statistics, or closely related field from an accredited institution; Doctorate degree preferred

Minimum of three years demonstrated experience coordinating academic assessment, competency-based assessment, and/or prior learning assessment programs, preferably at a higher education institution.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Knowledge of best practices in assessment in higher education.
• Demonstrated logical and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to work cooperatively with administrators and faculty/staff.
• Ability to write quality reports documenting qualitative and quantitative data analyses and interpreting assessment results to make decisions for improvement.
• Ability to organize projects with multiple components.
• Strong technology skills.
• Time management skills with experience managing multiple projects and meeting deadlines.

Not Applicable