Learning Outcomes & Assessment Improvement Lead

Excelsior College; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Excelsior University in Albany, NY seeks a Senior Associate of Assessment and Learning Improvement to lead academic assessment, program review, and accreditation efforts within LOQI. The role collaborates with faculty, instructional designers, and administrators to ensure continuous improvement of student learning.

The position supports data-informed decision making, develops assessment plans, and analyzes results for institutional accreditation.

Qualifications

• Experience with institutional, national, and specialized postsecondary accreditation standards, practices, and goals.
• Expertise in assessment, data analysis and educational outcomes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work with diverse members of the college community including students, faculty, staff, administrators, and accreditors.
• Demonstrated ability for effective organizational skills and ability to connect to institutional strategy while displaying attention to detail.
• Ability to synthesize and analyze quantitative and qualitative data and prepare, visualize, and present data and reports effectively.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain knowledge of university data systems, definitions, and procedures.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, interpret needs, and develop integrated, creative solutions.
• Leadership skills, ability to motivate staff in continuous improvement efforts.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and capacity building in the learning outcomes assessment process for colleges and student affairs programs/units.
• Provide expertise and consultation throughout each step of a typical assessment cycle (e.g., designing of learning outcome statements, alignment of curriculum content and educational activities to learning outcomes, assessment planning, development of formative and summative assessment techniques, data collection, assessment reporting).
• Regularly monitor results from annual program and institutional assessments, as well as program review, consulting and advising academic and student affairs leadership on interpretation of results and implementation of plans in achievement of continuous improvement.
• Ensure the use of quality assessment data to inform program/course/intervention development, maintenance, and improvement.
• Serve as a resource and subject matter expert on assessment methodologies, tools, and technologies.
• Conduct analyses; prepare reports, visualizations, and present results in support of overall university-wide initiatives and both academic and student affairs assessment processes.
• Review and provide feedback on all accreditation-related reporting, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to accreditation guidelines.
• Work closely with analytics and decision support teams across the university to establish data-driven decision-making processes and reporting mechanisms (e.g., dashboards, visualizations, hard-coded reports) for learning outcomes assessment and accreditation purposes.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of accreditation-related documentation and activities.
• Support LOQI and Excelsior by participating in initiatives, task forces, committees, and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Assessment expertise

Data analysis

Communication skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Tools

Dashboards

Analytics software

Data systems

Job description

Excelsior University in Albany, NY seeks a Senior Associate of Assessment and Learning Improvement to lead academic assessment, program review, and accreditation efforts within LOQI. The role collaborates with faculty, instructional designers, and administrators to ensure continuous improvement of student learning.

The position supports data-informed decision making, develops assessment plans, and analyzes results for institutional accreditation.