Program Director for Academic Advising & Curriculum Management (INTERNAL) - (497000 )

University of Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Houston is seeking a senior operations leader for the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts academic advising and student-success program.

The role oversees advising operations, staff, budgets, and project portfolios, coordinating with college leadership to drive student success and ensure program alignment with university policies. Responsibilities include directing daily advising operations, managing personnel, guiding curricular processes, and serving as a college liaison

Qualifications

• Requires a four-year degree from a college or university
• Graduate-level degree preferred
• Five years of direct job-related experience preferred
• Experience can substitute for education or vice versa

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Budget management

Staff supervision

Strategic planning

Policy development

Education

Bachelor's degree; 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 atthe university. Oversees staff, budgets, and projects.

1. 1. Oversees a large department, program or center.
2. 2. Manages budget and engages in strategic planning to ensure allgoals are met.
3. 3. Hires and directs the activities of staff.
4. 4. Resolves personnel issues as they arise.
5. 5. Engages in budget-planning, grant oversight, and policydevelopment.
6. 6. Implements new programs and projects and monitors ongoingactivities of department or center.
7. 7. Reviews department policies and processes and implementsimprovements as needed.
8. 8. Represents department or center to internal and externalconstituents.
9. 9. Performs other job-related duties as required.

Additional Posting Information:

Summary

Responsible for the operations of the Kathrine G. McGovern Collegeof the Arts academic advising and student-success program and forassigned college-level academic program administration. Incollaboration with the Executive Director for Student Success,directs advising and student support services, oversees staff andprojects, develops short- and long-term goals, and advisesstudents. Serves as a college liaison for university admissions,orientation, academic policy, undergraduate and graduate curriculumproposals, and catalog updates.

Job Duties

1. 1. Oversees daily academic advising and student-support operationsfor the Office of Student Success and serves as director of theoffice when the Executive Director for Student Success isunavailable.
2. 2. Advises a defined caseload of students regarding degreerequirements, academic planning, policies, progress, andcompletion; provides career guidance and coordinates the resolutionof complex or escalated student concerns.
3. 3. Directs the activities of advising staff and student workers,establishes work priorities and service expectations, trainsadvisors, maintains training resources, evaluates performance, andprovides input on personnel matters.
4. 4. Collaborates with the Executive Director for Student Success todevelop and implement policies, procedures, strategic plans,projects, and service improvements supporting student success;participates in budget and resource planning for assignedprograms.
5. 5. Serves as the college liaison for university admissions,orientation, and academic policy, communicating requirements andcoordinating implementation with faculty, staff, students, anduniversity offices.
6. 6. Guides faculty and departmental graduate directors in preparingundergraduate and graduate academic proposals; reviews andfacilitates proposals through school and college curriculumcommittees and subsequent university approval processes.
7. 7. Reviews, coordinates, and submits college catalog updates forundergraduate and graduate programs, ensuring that programrequirements, policies, and curricular information are accurate andconsistent with approved actions.
8. 8. In collaboration with the Associate Dean for Operations,coordinate and manage the annual curricular process, enforcecurricular deadlines with college partners, and establishsemester-based college curriculum committee meetings.
9. 9. Maintains regular communication with faculty, departmentalcurriculum directors, academic units, and the college AcademicAffairs office regarding undergraduate and graduate policies,curricula, degree requirements, and implementation needs.
10. 10. Performs high-level academic administrative functions,including reviewing petitions and exceptions, processing graduationapplications, maintaining and auditing student records, andentering course permissions and enrollment-limit overrides.
11. 11. Implements and monitors student-success and academic-programinitiatives, evaluates policies and processes, recommendsimprovements, represents the office and college to internal andexternal constituents, and serves on university committees asassigned.
12. 12. Performs other job-related duties as required.

Job Requirements

Education

Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practicalaspects of an analytical, technical, or professional discipline, orthe 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 universityor an equivalent in-depth specialized training program directlyrelated to the work being performed.

Preferred: Graduate-level degree in a relevant or relatedfield.

Experience

Requires a minimum of five years of direct job-relatedexperience.

Preferred: Five years of directly job-related experience workingwith creative and performing arts students in an academic advisingor academic administration capacity.

Experience will be considered in lieu ofeducation.Education will be considered in lieu ofexperience.

MQ: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of boththeoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical orprofessional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than oneprofessional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normallyobtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree froma college or university or an equivalent in-depth specializedtraining program that is directly related to the type of work beingperformed.
Experience: Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directlyjob-related experience.
Certification/Licensing: None.

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

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