Assistant Vice President-Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning

Assistant Vice President-Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning

POSITION DETAILS

The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is a vibrant, pluralistic learning community committed to students’ intellectual and personal growth. The College bridges the economic and educational opportunity gap for students, more than half of whom are the first in their families to attend college. Working to strengthen a culture of care inside and outside the classroom, we share a passion for learning with students from around the world. Strategically located in downtown Manhattan, the College is in close proximity to the artistic communities of Tribeca and SoHo, the dynamic downtown financial district, and the center of New York City government at City Hall. BMCC prides itself on the diversity of our students. We are an inclusive community that promotes an atmosphere of mutual respect for each member’s ethnicity, gender, age, disability, religion, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin, among other personal characteristics. BMCC’s motto speaks to this common sense of purpose and possibility: Start Here, Go Anywhere. We strive to increase degree completion, successful transfer, career achievement, and service and leadership within our community, New York City, and beyond.

Reporting to the President, the Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning, is responsible for organizing and directing operations involved in the review, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of a variety of data and information used in assessing institutional effectiveness, assisting with college’s strategic planning, accreditation, decision-making, program reviews, student learning outcomes, and determining implications of college practices, policies, measures, and procedures.

Serving as a member of the President’s cabinet, this position provides information and direction in understanding and improving student outcomes, success and ultimately recommending methods of continuous improvement and institutional effectiveness.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provides innovative and professional leadership in the planning, development, promotion, and implementation of an integrated institutional effectiveness system aimed at refining programs and services.
• Provides leadership and guidance for the analytic and reporting needs of the college including mandatory federal, state, city and CUNY reports, ad-hoc requests, grant applications and major projects.
• Works collaboratively across the College with vice presidents, deans, directors of institutional units, and faculty to ensure the implementation of a comprehensive program of assessment designed to meet the continuous improvement goals of the College, the standards of relevant accreditation agencies, general institutional effectiveness and measurements of student success and learning.
• Serves as authorized liaison officer (ALO) for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), and keep abreast of developments that may affect accreditation by attending conferences and serving in appropriate roles with MSCHE (e.g., as a peer evaluator).
• Engages in a broad range of research and reporting activities, including oversight of routine and ad hoc data collection, data analysis, and data reporting for both internal and external audiences.
• Works collaboratively with deans and department chairs on the evaluation and implementation of departmental academic program reviews and on the assessment of student learning.
• Implements policies and procedures related to the college’s institutional effectiveness processes.
• Publishes summaries of survey responses in the assessment of educational and employee effectiveness.
• Coordinates and oversees the strategic planning process for the college and advises the college administration on progress in relation to the college’s strategic planning.
• Represents the college at meetings regarding institutional effectiveness matters.
• Oversees the office of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning in conducting a wide variety of quantitative analysis to guide policy and evaluating academic programs and administrative processes at the college.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

This position is in CUNY's Executive Compensation Plan. All executive positions require a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and eight years' related experience. Master’s degree in related field preferred.

Preferred qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Social Sciences, Education, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field strongly preferred.
• Five to eight years of experience in data analysis, statistics, qualitative and quantitative research design, and/or program evaluation in higher education.
• Understanding and familiarity of best practice, center of excellence models that generate significant improvements in student outcomes, especially among a diverse student population that has historically been under resourced.
• Significant experience and accomplishment with strategic planning, including plan implementation and evaluation of programs that effectively promote student retention and success.
• Demonstrated knowledge in methodologies of evaluation, assessment, survey research, statistics, and data analysis.
• Expertise with assessment tools and techniques, survey research methods, statistical and database management software packages, and the dynamics of strategic planning and accreditation.
• Proven understanding of innovative techniques of data management and analysis across a complex organization and success bringing innovative pilot projects to scale.
• Strong data analytics, project management, communication skills, creative thinking, and the ability to work with complex computer information systems are essential.
• Ability to direct the development and implementation of effectiveness and outcome measures and techniques.

CUNY TITLE

Assistant Vice President

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

$ 150,000 - $ 162,000

CUNY's benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development. We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.

HOW TO APPLY

For full consideration, submit a cover letter and resume online via CUNY's web-based job system, addressing how your experience and credentials fulfill the responsibilities and qualifications outlined. The direct link to the job opening from external sources is:

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CLOSING DATE

Open until filled with the review of resumes starting October 17, 2024.

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CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.

Job ID

28923

Location

Borough of Manhattan CC