Assistant Provost, Academic Compliance and Integrity; Hybrid - Provost Office

Overview

Position Summary

Responsible for managing and directing key academic support projects for the Office of the Provost including the PhD program reviews, academic integrity, oversight of University accreditation, and monitoring, ensuring compliance of educational programming. This role offers guidance and counsel to the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, the Vice Provost for Educational Initiatives, the Provost and the Senior Associate Provost on a variety of issues.

These issues relate to the graduate, professional and undergraduate student experience and university policies across campus, academic integrity, compliance, and Danforth Dean and Provost Unit reviews.

• Serve as Provost Office primary contact and responsible to numerous compliance topics:
  Graduate tuition postings, University wide reporting related to Graduate Education, including CGS International Grad Admissions and NSF/NIH Survey of Support for graduates in STEM.
• Assist Vice Provost and the Doctoral Council to collect, analyze, and visualize graduate student life cycle data, including enrollment, milestones, leaves, and graduation. Build, implement, and manage the graduate program review process and policy, regularly revisit and revise process as needed as review process becomes more and more vigorous. Plan and develop each review, lead the support team, establish and monitor the timeline(s), and ensure evaluation is meeting the initial charge.
• Direct data reporting projects to provide counsel on Graduate Student University policies. Partners with schools to implement policies and to collect school policies. Will serve as departmental liaison to ensure PhD programs in schools are in alignment with university policies. Continually updates administration on current new and changes made to educational regulations, and simultaneously partners with the University Registrar, the Student Financial Aid leadership, and Graduate admissions.
• Manage degree approval process for Doctoral Council review and approval. Partner with schools and University registrar on this process. Maintain and improve degree database, new degree process review and approval (for Provost and Deans), and manage the communications related to these requests.
• Manage team supporting PhD reviews, academic integrity oversight, and compliance topics.
• Serve as academic integrity resource to departments to ensure that all university and graduate school policies are followed. Serve on university-wide committees related to Academic Integrity.
• Collaborate with campus partners through advocacy, leadership, and communication. Skillfully interpret data and advise the administration on decision challenges and opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment

Physical Effort

• Typically working at a desk or table
• Repetitive wrist, hand, or finger movement
• Ability to move to on and off-campus locations

Equipment

• Office equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree

Certifications / Professional Licenses
No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience

Relevant Experience (8 Years)

Skills

Not Applicable

Driver's License

A driver's license is not required for this position.

• Bachelor’s degree and eight years relevant experience or Master’s degree and five years relevant experience.

• Master’s degree and seven years of relevant experience.
• Relevant experience in higher education and data analysis.
• Knowledge of WashU systems, including SLATE and Workday.
• Ability to relate well to a variety of constituents on academic and personal levels as well as to show sensitivity to student concerns.
• Broad understanding of the issues of higher education, assessment, and research methods, and the ability to develop options and make recommendations within a contextual understanding of institutional needs.
• Experience in Graduate Education dynamics and culture.

Education
Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree

Certifications / Professional Licenses

No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Work Experience

No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Skills

Analytical Thinking, Computer Literacy, Data Analysis, Data Management, Detail-Oriented, Effective Written Communication, Graduate Education, Higher Education Administration, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Microsoft Office, Networking Strategies, Organizational Planning, Program Implementation, Simplifying Complex Information, Sound Judgment, Statistical Applications, Verbal…