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Assistant Registrar

Employer
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska
Salary
DOQ/E

Job Details

Nebraska Wesleyan University seeks applications for an Assistant Registrar who will assist the University Registrar and Associate Registrar in managing and supervising the Registrar’s Office, which serves as the focal point for accumulating, processing, recording, and maintaining all permanent course and student files. 

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate transfer evaluation processes to include evaluation of transfer credits
  • Report credit granted with a general education and major analysis to new undergraduate students through written communication and personal visits
  • Work with students, department chairs/program directors, recruiting staff and advisors, and appropriate persons from other institutions or agencies to determine the transferability of courses
  • Implement and maintain appropriate transfer tracking and communication systems (TES and Transferology)
  • Maintain and post transfer, AP, CLEP equivalencies, and grade changes
  • Process new transfer and graduate student files to ensure completeness
  • Verify enrollment and proper coding in student information system
  • Communicate account holds to students
  • Assist with graduation checks for degree candidates and correspond with students to assist in their progress toward meeting graduation requirements
  • Assist with graduation preparation and the graduation ceremonies
  • Assist with modification processes to student requirements so that academic analyses are accurateBrrok

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree required
  • One year of relevant experience in a Registrar’s Office required
  • Must be knowledgeable about and sensitive to federal, state, and NWU policies    and procedures
  • Ability to use Excel, Word, or other software products
  • Strong interpersonal skills for effective communication with faculty and students
  • Demonstrate good organizational writing and proofreading skills; be detail oriented, adaptable, and flexible; and work in an environment with multiple interruptions
  • Ability to maintain and be responsible for confidential information

Preference will be given for:

  • Experience with Informer, Colleague, or Web Advisor

Commitment to Diversity:

Diversity is a core value of Nebraska Wesleyan University’s mission and we embrace it as a source of strength. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate how they are able to enhance and embrace this University core value in a diversity statement submitted as part of their application materials. 

Nebraska Wesleyan University provides equal educational and employment opportunities to qualified persons in all areas of university operation without regard to religion or creed, age, genetic information, gender identity and expression, sexual identity and orientation, veteran status, disability, marital status, race, or national or ethnic origin, in compliance with state and federal laws, including but not limited to Title XII, Title IX, and the ADA. E-Verify, EOE.  

How to Apply:

Applicants should submit a cover letter, a resume, a diversity statement as a writing sample, and the names of three professional references at the following URL: https://nebrwesleyan.applicantpro.com/jobs/. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Please visit the NWU website for more information about our institution: nebrwesleyan.edu

Organization

Working at Nebraska Wesleyan University

Since our founding in 1887, Nebraska Wesleyan University has both grown and remained steadfast to a liberal arts education in a Christian environment. Nebraska Wesleyan University is considered one of the strongest institutions of its kind in the Midwest, and has been continuously accredited since 1914.

NWU at a Glance

  • Founded in 1887
  • Located in the University Place neighborhood of northeast Lincoln, NE
  • Approximately 1,600 undergraduates, 225 graduate students and 275 adult learners
  • 53 majors, 41 minors, 18 pre-professional programs
  • 13:1 student-to-faculty ratio
  • 75 student organizations
  • Seven Greek chapters
  • Thriving study abroad and service learning programming

Mission Statement

Nebraska Wesleyan University is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of Christian concern.

Nebraska Wesleyan was founded by Nebraska Methodists and actively maintains its relation to The United Methodist Church. The University reflects the Judeo Christian tradition in its efforts to integrate questions about meaning and value with the pursuit of learning and understanding.

The University is committed to excellence of academic endeavor and to learning as a lifelong process. The curricula and programs are designed to assist students in gaining and expanding knowledge and skills, in developing their competence in rational thought and communication, in broadening their perspectives on humanity and culture, and in enhancing their spiritual, physical, emotional, and aesthetic resources.

Nebraska Wesleyan intends that its students develop a sense of individual worth and become useful and serving members of the human community.

Approved by the Board of Governors – February 8, 1979
Reaffirmed by the Board of Governors – May 12, 2000

Statement of Vision
Nebraska Wesleyan University will be an outstanding national liberal arts university, where the educational experience transforms each student to lead a life of learning, service, leadership, and success in a diverse world.

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