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Job Title Associate Director for Assessment

Department INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT

Position Number FP180A

Location Norfolk, VA

Job Summary

The Associate Director for Assessment manages annual academic assessment reporting process for all academic programs.

• Assists and trains teaching and administrative faculty in the development of assessment plans and reports for all academic programs to demonstrate institutional effectiveness.

• Supports Strategic Planning, institutional accreditation ( SACSCOC ), and other University initiatives.

• Participates in the development of original data collections in the form of surveys and focus groups.

• Supervises staff in support of all program and general education assessment initiatives.

• Provides consultation and leadership to faculty assessment committees.

• Responds to ad hoc data inquiries from both University and outside constituencies in the area of student assessment.

  Position Type FullTime

  Type of Recruitment General Public

  Minimum Qualifications

  Master’s degree in social science, education, business or related area

• Considerable documented ability to plan and execute long term, recurring, complex projects.

• Considerable documented communication, leadership, organizational, and collaboration skills.

• Documented working knowledge of assessment theory and practice.

• Considerable documented ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders.

• Considerable documented ability to work as a member of a team to reach common goals.

• Documented basic skills with database, spreadsheet, word processing and presentation software

applications.

• Documented basic understanding of principles of accreditation and data requirements.

• Basic work experience in a higher education setting.

• Basic experience working in an academic context with faculty and administrators.

• Some experience using and analyzing data to create presentations and reports.

• Some experience collaborating with faculty to develop assessment plans and reports.

Preferred Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of survey development and online software.

• Considerable experience working with web development software.

• Considerable experience working with an assessment platform (e.g., WEAVE ).

• A doctoral degree and/or teaching experience .

Conditions of Employment

Job Open Date 05/21/2024

Open Until Filled Yes

Application Review Date 05/31/2024

Job Close Date

Special Instructions to Applicants / Additional Materials Required

Criminal Background Check The final candidate is required to complete a criminal history check.

Department Information

Equity Statement

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Reasonable Accommodation Request

If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please contact the Office of Institutional Equity & Diversity at (757) 683-3141.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or © consistent with contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

ODU Statement

Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk, is Virginia’s forward-focused public doctoral research university with more than 23,000 students, a top R1 research ranking, rigorous academics, an energetic residential community and initiatives that contribute $2.6 billion annually to Virginia’s economy.

Applicant Documents

Required Documents

• Resume

• Cover Letter/Letter of Application

• Contact Information for Professional References

  Optional Documents

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