Assistant Vice Provost for Accreditation – Accreditation Liaison Officer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic direction and daily operational management for the Office of Accreditation, Licensure & State Authorizations (ALSA).

• Oversee all accreditation activities for both institutional and programmatic purposes.

• Ensure compliance with state authorization and licensure across all states where the institution operates.

• Act as the official intermediary between the institution and WSCUC, as well as programmatic accrediting and approval bodies.

• Manage ALSA Coordinators while overseeing staffing, budgeting, workload distribution, leave management, and professional development.

• Provide counsel to the Executive Cabinet and institutional leadership regarding accreditation, licensure, regulatory compliance, and changes in regulations.

• Lead the reaffirmation process with WSCUC, including annual reporting, substantive change activities, peer reviews, and submissions for institutional accreditation.

• Direct over 30 simultaneous programmatic accreditation relationships and their complete accreditation lifecycles.

• Coordinate mock site visits and site visits conducted by accreditors.

• Monitor, prepare, and submit applications for state authorization, renewals, annual reports, audits, and exemption requests.

• Supervise institutional licensure compliance, audits, disclosures, and communications with state licensing boards.

• Develop plans, documentation, training materials, reports, self-studies, quality enhancement plans, and compliance certifications.

• Participate on institutional committees and engage in relevant professional training, conferences, and conventions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Doctoral degree or a professional terminal degree.

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in academic administration, specifically in regulatory and compliance areas.

• Direct experience with institutional accreditation (specifically WSCUC) and programmatic accreditation in higher education.

• In-depth knowledge of state authorization requirements, including both NC-SARA and non-NC-SARA (direct, state by state) authorization details.

• Familiarity with licensure regulations and interactions with state licensing boards.

• Understanding of regulatory and compliance processes impacting higher education.

• Experience in delivering presentations.

• Exceptional writing, verbal, research, organizational, and analytical skills.

• Direct involvement in serving on an institutional accreditor's peer review teams.

• Experience in managing multiple concurrent programmatic accreditation relationships.

• Knowledge of direct, state by state authorization processes and the State Authorization Network (SAN).

• Ability to provide written and oral reports on assessment plans, strategies, and outcomes.

• Experience in conducting seminars and workshops for faculty and staff on accreditation, assessment, evaluation, and related subjects.

• Proficiency in both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

• Experience in higher education teaching.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous paid time-off.

• Medical and dental insurance coverage.

• Company-paid life and disability insurance.

• Retirement plan with employer contributions.

• Multiple flexible spending accounts (FSA).

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Regular employee appreciation events.