Program Director for Academic Advising & Curriculum Management (INTERNAL)

University of Houston System; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Houston System invites applications for a senior operations leader in Deans Office - Arts. This role oversees the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts academic advising and student-success program, directing staff, budgets, and projects to drive student success.

You will collaborate with the Executive Director for Student Success on policies, strategic plans, and service improvements, while advising students and coordinating college-wide curricular processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of direct job-related experience.
• Strong understanding of academic advising and student-success operations.
• Experience supervising staff and coordinating large programs.

Responsibilities

• Oversees daily advising and student-support operations.
• Advises a defined caseload on degree requirements and planning; provides career guidance.
• Directs advising staff and assigns priorities, trains staff, and evaluates performance.
• Collaborates to develop policies, procedures, and strategic plans.
• Represents the office to admissions, orientation, and academic policy.
• Reviews catalog updates and coordinates curricular processes.

Skills

Staff management

Budget management

Policy development

Academic advising

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree (4-year)

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Department:Deans Office - Arts Salary:Commensurate with Experience/Education

Description:

Responsible for the operations of a large program or center at the university. Oversees staff, budgets, and projects.

• Oversees a large department, program or center.
• Manages budget and engages in strategic planning to ensure all goals are met.
• Hires and directs the activities of staff.
• Resolves personnel issues as they arise.
• Engages in budget-planning, grant oversight, and policy development.
• Implements new programs and projects and monitors ongoing activities of department or center.
• Reviews department policies and processes and implements improvements as needed.
• Represents department or center to internal and external constituents.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Additional Posting Information

Summary

Responsible for the operations of the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts academic advising and student-success program and for assigned college-level academic program administration. In collaboration with the Executive Director for Student Success, directs advising and student support services, oversees staff and projects, develops short- and long-term goals, and advises students. Serves as a college liaison for university admissions, orientation, academic policy, undergraduate and graduate curriculum proposals, and catalog updates.

Job Duties

• Oversees daily academic advising and student-support operations for the Office of Student Success and serves as director of the office when the Executive Director for Student Success is unavailable.
• Advises a defined caseload of students regarding degree requirements, academic planning, policies, progress, and completion; provides career guidance and coordinates the resolution of complex or escalated student concerns.
• Directs the activities of advising staff and student workers, establishes work priorities and service expectations, trains advisors, maintains training resources, evaluates performance, and provides input on personnel matters.
• Collaborates with the Executive Director for Student Success to develop and implement policies, procedures, strategic plans, projects, and service improvements supporting student success; participates in budget and resource planning for assigned programs.
• Serves as the college liaison for university admissions, orientation, and academic policy, communicating requirements and coordinating implementation with faculty, staff, students, and university offices.
• Guides faculty and departmental graduate directors in preparing undergraduate and graduate academic proposals; reviews and facilitates proposals through school and college curriculum committees and subsequent university approval processes.
• Reviews, coordinates, and submits college catalog updates for undergraduate and graduate programs, ensuring that program requirements, policies, and curricular information are accurate and consistent with approved actions.
• In collaboration with the Associate Dean for Operations, coordinate and manage the annual curricular process, enforce curricular deadlines with college partners, and establish semester-based college curriculum committee meetings.
• Maintains regular communication with faculty, departmental curriculum directors, academic units, and the college Academic Affairs office regarding undergraduate and graduate policies, curricula, degree requirements, and implementation needs.
• Performs high-level academic administrative functions, including reviewing petitions and exceptions, processing graduation applications, maintaining and auditing student records, and entering course permissions and enrollment-limit overrides.
• Implements and monitors student-success and academic-program initiatives, evaluates policies and processes, recommends improvements, represents the office and college to internal and external constituents, and serves on university committees as assigned.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Job Requirements

Education

Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical, or professional discipline, or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related four-year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program directly related to the work being performed.

Preferred: Graduate-level degree in a relevant or related field.

Experience

Requires a minimum of five years of direct job-related experience.

Preferred: Five years of directly job-related experience working with creative and performing arts students in an academic advising or academic administration capacity.

Experience will be considered in lieu of education.

Education will be considered in lieu of experience.

MQ: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed.

Experience: Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related experience.

Certification/Licensing: None.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.