[Hiring] Associate Director of Academic Compliance @Herzing University

Role Description

The Associate Director of Academic Compliance provides central support to location and program leaders in the area of academic compliance. Specifically, the Associate Director supports the execution of academic compliance initiatives as strategic priorities, maintains knowledge and application of regulatory standards, manages assigned compliance activities, and promotes regulatory readiness through support and service to the University and its constituents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; master's degree preferred
• Minimum of three years of experience in Academic Compliance and/or Regulatory Affairs
• Minimum of five years of experience in a higher education environment

Requirements

• Execute academic compliance initiatives in alignment with the University Strategic Plan
• Collaborate with university constituents, maintain project plans and timelines to obtain desired outcomes with regulatory initiatives
• Complete annual compliance activities as assigned to accomplish strategic priorities
• Audit programs and locations of assigned areas to ensure readiness and compliance with academic standards
• Assess for potential and existing areas of vulnerability and risk as it relates to accreditation and regulatory compliance
• Complete applications and reports for regulatory entities with accuracy to meet established timelines and strategic priorities
• Coordinate with location and program leadership to ensure advisory board meetings are being conducted and documented appropriately
• Maintain institutional knowledge and awareness of regulatory standards
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge/repositories of state, institutional accreditation, and programmatic accreditation standards and procedures
• Develop resources to navigate the complexities of varying standards across different regions and programs
• Develop and maintain documents that illustrate the variation in standards across locations, programs, and states
• Demonstrate responsiveness to requests for research on regulatory requirements
• Maintain documentation, project plans, and resources on MyHerzing for assigned programs and locations of focus
• Maintain records of dates of submission for follow-up
• Provide training for university constituents on state, accreditation, and relevant regulatory standards
• Provide project management to regulatory reporting
• Manage project timelines, support, and quality assurance processes to achieve objectives and reporting requirements
• Collaboratively design and assemble accreditation and regulatory submissions with faculty, program leaders, and university constituents
• Review regulatory standards and provide recommendations to Senior Leadership
• Communicate project status accurately to Senior Leadership
• Promote regulatory visit/presentation/meeting readiness with location and institution constituents
• Execute mock visits to ensure visit readiness
• Maintain repository of preparations needed for on-site visits
• Prepare leaders for regulatory presentations/visits/meetings
• Execute standard visit expectations for all locations
• Represent academic compliance team at visits/presentations/meetings
• Provide support to site visitors in reservations, travel accommodations, and food provisions
• Conduct programmatic and location research on regulatory requirements for new market entry
• Attend new program or program discontinuation calls
• Represent the university professionally with external regulatory entities
• Collaborate with University leaders to research programmatic accreditation
• Advise on process and timeline for new program and new market approvals
• Collaborate with individuals tasked with clinical development for new program and new market approvals
• All other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Tuition waiver and reimbursement program
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings plan
• Salary range for this position: $81,713 to $110,553

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position most of the time
• Must be able to occasionally move around the work location
• Ability to move about readily and rapidly, if necessary
• Constantly communicates using the spoken word with students, staff, and colleagues
• Visually or otherwise identify, observe, and assess
• Operate equipment specific to programmatic track, personal computer, audio-visual equipment, clinical equipment, etc.
• Up to 30% travel required