Director of Academic Affairs- Job Location: Columbus, GA
Job ID: 10961
Location: US-GA - Columbus
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Corporate Statement
Apollo Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 in response to a gradual shift in higher education demographics from a student population dominated by youth to one in which approximately half the students are adults and over 80 percent of whom work full-time. Apollo's founder, John Sperling, believed -- and events proved him right -- that lifelong employment with a single employer would be replaced by lifelong learning and employment with a variety of employers. Lifelong learning requires an institution dedicated solely to the education of working adults.
Today, Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, University of Phoenix, Apollo Global, College for Financial Planning, and Institute for Professional Development, has established itself as a leading provider of higher education programs for working adults by focusing on servicing the needs of the working adult. Apollo Group is the largest education service provider in North America and has the world's largest educational social network. Apollo is building state of art learning platforms in creating a virtual and highly engaging learning experience. The learning platforms which are built as a cloud based (Education-as-a-Service) bring a more scientific and social approach to the learning experience. We are changing the way people learn and interact via advanced, scalable learning solutions.
Subsidiary Statement
University of Phoenix, as a subsidiary of Apollo Group, Inc., has established itself as an innovator and a leader in higher education. We have a network of campuses that span North America and online classes that students can take around the world. As a fully accredited university, we provide students with relevant curriculum taught by faculty with experience in the fields they teach. Here, working students have the opportunity to get an education, whether their goal is an associate's, bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree.
Department Overview
The core responsibility of the Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs Central Administration is to oversee the quality of the academic programs provided by University of Phoenix. Within these departments, the Schools and Colleges have overall accountability and responsibility for curriculum and for establishing qualification criteria of faculty within their respective colleges. Academic Affairs Central Administration departments also include Institutional Research and the Office of Learning Assessment, which focus on academic issues such as student satisfaction, retention, progression and graduation
Position Summary
Under minimal supervision, this position oversees and directs the day-to-day academic affairs activities, including faculty, curriculum, assessment, and academic guidance and governance, at a campus level.
Primary Accountabilities
•Hires, trains, conducts performance evaluations, and directs the workflow for the department management team and staff. This position is also accountable for participating in the development and implementation of campus goals and objectives. Ensures all goals and objectives are met timely and effectively.
•Directs and manages the faculty recruitment, selection, orientation, course assignment, training, and remediation activities. This also includes observing and evaluating faculty, as well as reviewing the integrity of the faculty payroll process to ensure faculty is paid timely and accurately.
•Implements, communicates, monitors, and ensures adherence to University academic policies, standards, and practices. Provides academic guidance and policy interpretation to campus personnel, students and faculty as needed or requested.
•Directs campus academic affairs processes, procedures and activities to ensure academic integrity and compliance with University guidelines and standards. This includes investigating, resolving and tracking all campus level student requests for academic policy exception.
•May manage campus and/or division activities related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This includes determining and providing reasonable accommodations necessary for ADA compliance. Ensures compliance with federal and state regulations.
•Represents the organization as appropriate in its relationship with the community by participating in targeted events, conferences, meetings, and workshops.
•Develops, implements, and tracks the department budget to ensure that all goals are met on a yearly basis. This position is also accountable for participating in the development and implementation of the campus budget in conjunction with established regional and corporate budgets.
•Participates and may lead task forces and committees to represent and address academic concerns to campus management team and/or corporate administration, as well as plan, implement, and coordinate campus and/or regional activities to maximize service quality effectiveness and efficiency.
•Maintains a professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
•Ability to be flexible with work schedule.
•Performs other duties as assigned or apparent.
Basic Qualifications
•Master's degree required.
•Must be approved to teach in one or more courses offered by the university.
•Minimum of five years of progressively responsible capacity in an education or business environment directing processes, procedures and activities, as well as participating in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, and budgets.
Additional Qualifications
•Doctorate degree preferred.
•Demonstrate a high level of conceptual and strategic thinking to establish budgets, goals, processes, and activities in conjunction with University standards and guidelines.
•Possess oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills to effectively interact and provide academic guidance and policy interpretation to campus personnel, students, and faculty, as well as ensure adherence to University standards.
•Ability to convey a professional image and represent the organization as appropriate in its relationship with the community.
•Demonstrate working knowledge of personal software packages to prepare correspondence, reports, as well as create and generate spreadsheets.
•Experience working with and managing contracts.
EEO Statement
Apollo Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes diversity