Unit Assessment Manager

The University of Texas at Austin; Utah; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin seeks a Unit Assessment Manager to lead and coordinate institutional outcomes assessment across service, support, and administrative units. You will drive data-informed decision making and ensure alignment with SACSCOC standards.

You will partner with the Director of Accreditation and Assessment to implement procedures, build dashboards, and support continuous improvement initiatives across campus.

Qualifications

• Coordinate institution-wide workflows for service, support, and administrative unit outcomes development and alignment.
• Lead unit assessment planning initiatives to support compliance and institutional priorities.
• Manage timelines, templates, process maps, and repositories for unit assessment documentation.
• Conduct quality reviews of unit outcomes, assessment plans, and reports for clarity and measurability.
• Provide guidance on assessment methods, data collection strategies, and evidence-based improvements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the full cycle of outcomes assessment including planning, data collection, analysis, and documentation.
• Oversee unit assessment workflows in the institutional management system; train users and ensure data integrity.
• Produce summaries, dashboards, and analytic reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure documentation aligns with federal, state, and SACSCOC expectations and standards.
• Document use of results for continuous improvement and feedback to units.

Skills

Outcomes development

Assessment planning

Continuous improvement

Institutional effectiveness

Data-informed decision making

Cross-unit coordination

Tools

Assessment system

Data visualization

Job description

Unit Assessment Manager

Hiring Department

Academic Affairs

Position Open To

All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

FLSA Status

Exempt from FLSA

Earliest Start Date

Nov 16, 2026

Position Duration

Expected to Continue

Location

UT MAIN CAMPUS

General Notes

Must be eligible to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Purpose

Reporting to the Director of Accreditation and Assessment, the Unit Assessment Manager manages the operational functions required for outcomes assessment, continuous improvement, and institutional-effectiveness documentation across service, support, and administrative units.

The position supports the Director of Accreditation and Assessment in ensuring institutional readiness for SACSCOC expectations related to service, support, and administrative unit assessment and institutional effectiveness. It provides operational leadership, analytical expertise, and cross-university coordination for outcomes development, unit assessment, and continuous improvement across these units.

The Unit Assessment Manager advances a data-informed culture of institutional effectiveness by supporting units in mission and outcomes alignment, measurable outcomes development, assessment planning, service improvement, and evidence-based decision-making.

This role serves as the campus-wide operational lead for service, support, and administrative unit assessment workflows and strengthens UT Austin's readiness for applicable federal, state, and SACSCOC expectations related to unit assessment and institutional effectiveness. The position supports all relevant SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation in which unit outcomes and effectiveness are implicated; responsibilities are not restricted to any single section of the SACSCOC Principles. While the Director of Accreditation and Assessment defines institutional strategy, policy interpretation, and compliance direction, the Unit Assessment Manager manages the operational functions that implement those priorities.

Responsibilities

Unit Assessment Planning and Outcomes Alignment

• Coordinate institution-wide workflows for service, support, and administrative unit outcomes development, alignment, assessment, and revision.
• Lead unit assessment planning initiatives that support SACSCOC compliance, the multi-year unit assessment cycle, and other institutional-effectiveness priorities.
• Manage timelines, templates, process maps, and institutional repositories for unit assessment documentation.
• Conduct quality reviews of unit outcomes, assessment plans, and reports to ensure quality, continuous improvement, clarity, measurability, alignment, and compliance with applicable accreditation expectations and obligations.
• Support service, support, and administrative units in aligning outcomes and assessment methods with unit missions, institutional priorities, and service improvement goals.

Assessment Operations and Continuous Improvement

• Coordinate and support the full cycle of outcomes assessment for service, support, and administrative units, including planning, data collection, analysis, and documentation.
• Oversee unit assessment workflows in the institutional assessment management system, including training, user support, data integrity, and reporting functionality, in coordination with other assessment managers and technology partners.
• Provide guidance on assessment methods, data collection strategies, rubric design, and evidence-based continuous improvement efforts for staff, unit leaders, and administrators.
• Produce summaries, dashboards, and analytic reports that distill assessment findings for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure that unit assessment documentation aligns with applicable federal, state, and SACSCOC expectations and standards related to service, support, and administrative unit outcomes and institutional effectiveness.
• Document the use of results for continuous improvement, consistent with SACSCOC expectations for unit assessment and institutional effectiveness; provide individualized feedback and follow up on unit improvement actions.

Data, Evidence, and Analytics Infrastructure

• Manage technical platforms and workflows for assessment-related data collection, reporting, visualization, and archival storage.
• Collaborate with Institutional Reporting, Data to Insights, and other partners to maintain consistency between institutional data definitions, coding, and unit assessment documentation.
• Develop crosswalks, evidence bundles, and structured analytic reports that support accreditation submissions, unit review, and institutional planning.
• When appropriate, integrate service and operational data, information visualization, and data-science tools into unit assessment processes.

Staff and Unit Training and Capacity Building

• Design and deliver workshops, webinars, seminars, consultations, and training curricula on unit outcomes and