1189 Associate Registrar - Course and Curricular Management

POSITION IDENTIFICATION

TITLE Associate Registrar - Course and Curricular Management

CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 1189

GRADE 44

CLASSIFICATION Exempt

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Registrar

GENERAL FUNCTION

The Associate Registrar - Course and Curricular Management provides leadership to the staff and serves as a resource for information related to course building, the course schedule, the curricular process, and the undergraduate catalog. The Associate Registrar - Course and Curricular Management represents the Registrar as directed and provides a high quality of customer assistance and senior project leadership on special projects.  The Associate Registrar - Course and Curricular Management coordinates the class schedule building process, trains the University’s class schedule builders, and develops each semester’s registration sequence and class schedule. The Associate Registrar - Course and Curricular Management assists academic colleges and departments with the curricular process by training those involved in the curricular process, serving as knowledge expert regarding the curricular process, proactively reviewing submitted course and program curricular changes proposals to ensure compliance with University policy, and identifying potential issues within curricular proposals. The Associate Registrar - Course and Curricular Management assists in maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing the University’s data management and related systems related to class schedule building and the curricular process. The Associate Registrar - Course and Curricular Management oversees and manages the administration of policies and procedures related to special enrollment programs. 

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: A bachelor’s degree is required; a master’s degree is preferred. 

Experience: Five years of professional work experience is required. Experience working with complex data systems is required. Two years of supervisory experience is required. Experience working in a registrar’s or closely related office with similar responsibilities is preferred. Experience working with the Banner student module is preferred. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in a position with similar responsibilities.

Skills: Excellent management, leadership, interpersonal, customer service, organizational, and verbal and written communication skills are required. The ability to learn and use query tools is required. The ability to manage details associated with the implementation of complex policies and procedures is required; effective decision-making skills are required. The ability to interpret and enforce University, state, and federal regulations and procedures is required. Knowledge of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is preferred. 

Effort: Significant computer keyboarding work is required.  Occasional reaching, bending, and stretching to retrieve files are required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Maintains a thorough knowledge of academic policies and procedures, serves as a resource for the campus about academic policies and the curricular process as needed, and interprets, explains and enforces academic policies.

2. Oversees the development of class schedules by maintaining class schedule building procedures, editing the schedule for accuracy and compliance with University policies, updating the registration guide (important dates and deadlines, sequence, final exam schedule, and so forth) and publishing the schedule on the web.

3. Develops appropriate training materials such as in-person training, video training, and written documentation for class schedule building processes and provides training of these processes to staff and faculty campus-wide.

4. Manages the Banner course programming for prerequisites and the prerequisite processing.  Oversees all process-related duties and communications with students and departments.

5. Reviews submitted academic course and program curricular change proposals to ensure compliance with University policies and to proactively identify potential problem issues with the submission.

6. Meets with faculty members, department heads, deans, and others involved in the curricular process to assist in the development of curricular action proposals by providing interpretation of policies and consistency of practices from year to year.

7. Represents the Office of the Registrar on curricular process related committees and work groups (e.g., Faculty Senate ad hoc curricular work group, Graduate Curriculum Screening Committee, Educator Provider Preparation Council Screening Committee, Academic Relations Committee).

8. Develops appropriate training materials and provides training, for the curricular action workflow to all users.

9. Understands the functionality of the Curricular Action Workflow (CAW) and participates in the continued development and enhancement of the CAW to better service the University’s curricular needs.

10. Supports the administration of special enrollment programs (e.g., consortium agreements, partnerships, and academies and institutes) by coordinating the assignment of appropriate student classifications and program codes and developing special sections and exception processes for relevant policies that meet the needs of those programs.

11.  Oversees the publication of the undergraduate catalog.

12. Provides accurate information to the Registrar, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Services, and other stakeholders by creating ad hoc reports and documentation relating to class schedule, special program registration, curriculum, and catalog publication using the University’s query development and reporting system.

13. Resolves problems and enhances various processes, projects, procedures, etc. by employing critical thinking skills and creativity.

14. Develops a competent, productive, and effective staff by selecting and supervising, directly and through delegation, assigned staff. 

16. Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, maintaining membership in professional organizations and participating in conferences, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses required by the Registrar.

17. Contributes to the overall success of the Office of Records and Registration by performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

SUPERVISION

The Associate Registrar - Curriculum and Course development is supervised by the Registrar, supervises full-time clerical and student employees and makes recommendations that are given particular weight regarding the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion, and other changes of status of those supervised.

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES

REVISED JANUARY 2025

JOB FAMILY 4

Factor 1: Professional Knowledge, Skill, and Technical Mastery

Level 4.0 - 2300 Points: Knowledge of the principles, concepts, practices, methods and techniques of an administrative, managerial, or professional field such as accounting or auditing, financial management, business administration, human resources, engineering, social sciences, communications, education, law, or medicine. Knowledge permits the employee to complete assignments by applying established methods to recurring types of projects/problems susceptible to well-documented precedents or to schedule, plan, and carry out precedented projects. Alternatively, knowledge at this level might also permit the employee to carry out precedented projects requiring considerable experience in specific areas within higher education. Knowledge at this level is typically acquired through a combination of formal education and/or training and experience that includes a requirement for a college degree in a specific technical or professional specialty along with significant related work experience. Alternatively, equivalent knowledge requirements at this level include a non-technical or general Bachelor's degree requirement with substantial work experience or a non-specific Master's degree requirement with substantial work experience. Knowledge requirements generally also include a significant amount of related work experience and may include administrative or supervisory experience.

Factor 2: Supervisory Responsibility

Level 3.0 - 270 Points: Supervision of a limited number of (a) operative, administrative support, or paraprofessional employees who do not exercise a full range of supervisory responsibilities over other full-time employees, (b) a very small number of professional employees, or an equivalent combination of (a) and (b). The incumbent performs a full range of supervisory responsibilities including performance reviews of subordinates. The incumbent is generally responsible for training, planning, and directing the work of permanent employees, and provides major input into hiring decisions. Supervisory responsibilities consume moderate amounts of work time and may include general work planning tasks.

Factor 3: Interactions with Others

Level 4.0 - 500 Points: Interactions with others are somewhat unstructured. The purpose may be to influence or motivate others, to obtain information, or to control situations and resolve problems. Interactions may be with individuals or groups of co-workers, students, or the general public, may be moderately unstructured, and may involve persons who hold differing goals and objectives. Individuals at this level often act as a liaison between groups with a focus on solving particular unstructured problems. Interactions at this level require considerable interpersonal skill and the ability to resolve conflict.

Factor 4: Job Controls and Guidelines

Level 3.0 - 500 Points: The employee operates under general supervision expressed in terms of program goals and objectives, priorities, and deadlines. Administrative supervision is given through statements of overall program or project objectives and available resources. Administrative guidelines are relatively comprehensive and the employee need only to fill in gaps in interpretation and adapt established methods to perform recurring activities. In unforeseen situations, the employee must interpret inadequate or incomplete guidelines, develop plans, and initiate new methods to complete assignments based on those interpretations. Assignments are normally related in function, but the work requires many different processes and methods applied to an established administrative or professional field. Problems are typically the result of unusual circumstances, variations in approach, or incomplete or conflicting data. The employee must interpret and refine methods to complete assignments. Characteristic jobs at this level may involve directing single-purpose programs or performing complex, but precedented, technical or professional work.

Factor 5: Managerial Responsibility

Level 3.0 - 850 Points: Work involves providing significant support services to others both within and outside of the department that substantially influences decision-making processes. Work activities are complex and others rely on the accuracy and reliability of the information, analysis, or advice to make decisions. Work activities have a direct, but shared, impact on further processes or services, affect the overall efficiency and image of the department, and may have material impact on costs or service quality within the cost center. Incumbents may be responsible for identifying areas of need and for developing proposals that request funding to fulfill those needs.