Director of Institutional Assessment and Evaluation

GENERAL SUMMARY:
Bennett College, located in Greensboro, NC is a private four-year Liberal Arts College; one of only two historically black Womens' Colleges in the United States. The college mission is to offer women an education conductive to excellence in scholarly pursuits; preparation for leadership roles in the workplace, society, and the world; and life-long learning in a technologically advances, complex global society.

The Director of Institutional Assessment and Evaluation will design, promote and facilitate a culture of continuous improvement through assessment analysis, evaluation and communication in an evidence-based decision making environment. Integrating collaboration, professionalism, innovation, transparency, teamwork, technology, experience and continuous improvement will be the foundation for all endeavors.

JOB DESCRIPTION
• Represents and assists faculty and staff in the organization and administration of institutional assessment and evaluation
• Coordinates activities of College assessment committees and monitors both internal and external requests for assessment data from these committees.
• Collaborates with unit managers to maintain link between academic assessment institutional effectiveness, budgeting and planning.
• Encourages and promotes the development of activities to improve teaching and learning effectiveness as indicated by the results of academic assessment, including collaboration with academic Division Directors.
• Writes, edits, and publishes monthly College newsletters, annual reports, and articles for external publications describing academic assessment activities and assessment results, including the assessment process, progress and results.
• Presents information on program assessments, academic assessment procedures, data collected, and recommendations for continuous improvement of teaching and learning to faculty, staff and administration inside the college.
• Serves as a liaison representative of the college to accrediting agencies.
• Ability to build networks of relationships on campus and in the broader community.
• Works with campus academic division chairs to assure college wide participation in the assessment process.
• Collaborates with department unit supervisors and other appropriate officials to recommend annual expenditures for the budget for the College assessment and evaluation process.
• Works with Student Affairs to increase student involvement in the assessment and evaluation process.
• Maintains current knowledge of external developments in academic assessment in student outcomes and accreditation.
• Collects and archives assessment data for internal and external use.
• Chairs assessment and evaluation committees as appropriate.
• Supervises Institutional Effectiveness staff.
• Any other duties assigned by immediate supervisor.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
• Familiarity with, and preference for, promoting balance in an academically rigorous environment is essential.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of the College’s mission, policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of local and community resources.
• Skill in using Skype and Oovoo.
• Ability to respect and work within the College’s processes.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to work under pressure and attend to details.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
• Bachelors, Master’s and Doctoral Degree in appropriate area of study.
(Mathematics, Business, Statistics, Assessment and Evaluation)
• Ten or more years of proven successful experience.
• Experience in utilizing technology for generating reports, charts, documents, etc.
• Demonstrated organizational skills.
• Excellence in written and verbal communications.

***Note: Portfolio of work experience projects, reports, etc. required.

HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, application for employment (found at www.bennett.edu), and three (3) recent letters of recommendation (all letters must be signed and dated within one (1) year), reference Job Code 12-0223BMR
Please submit unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts are required if an offer of employment is made.

You can send your information one of three ways:
Mail to: Human Resources, Bennett College for Women, 900 East Washington Street, Greensboro, NC 27401
Email to: hr@bennett.edu
Fax to: 336-517-2103
Resumes received without the job code will not be considered.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer