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Executive Director (OASIS)

Employer
Tuskegee University
Location
Tuskegee, AL

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

Posting Date: October 11th, 2020 Posting End Date: December 15, 2020

Position: Executive Director

Department: Office of Online Academic Services and Instructional Systems (OASIS)/Office of the Provost

Status: Full-time; Exempt

Special Qualifications
In keeping with the President’s commitment to Tuskegee University demonstrating “Excellence in Every Way”, the ideal, Executive Director of the new Office of Online Academic Services and Instructional Systems (OASIS), will possess the willingness to use his or her expertise to assist in the University’s efforts to be a sustainable academic organization committed to excellence. The Office of Distance Education and Online Education (ODEOL) precedes the Office of Online Academic Services and Instructional Systems.

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities
The Executive Director of OASIS reports to the Provost and VP for Academic Affairs and has primary oversight over all online academic services that features an instructional system that is a series of interrelated, interacting, precisely controlled learning experiences that are designed to achieve specific learning objectives. The Executive Director will elevate existing programs and capitalize on immediate opportunities, this is a unique opportunity to build a long-term strategy and organizational capacity. This position will help define how online education contributes to the future of Tuskegee University. The successful candidate, working in collaboration with the Office of the Provost, Academic Deans and faculty, academic units, and administrative leadership, will:

  • In collaboration with the faculty, develop a series of interrelated, interacting, precisely controlled learning experiences that are designed to achieve specific learning objectives;

  • Provide training for faculty in the use of online learning technologies, methods, and procedures;

  • Build awareness of successful models of fully and partially online learning programs and courses;
  • Create a series of interrelated, interacting, precisely controlled learning experiences that are designed to achieve specific learning objectives;

  • Promote faculty development, and the implementation of policies, procedures, and standards of effective delivery of distance education and online learning;
  • Create a vision, strategy, and underlying business plan for online education through active consultation with faculty, deans, and other stakeholders;
  • Coordinate the development and delivery of online education services and the processes necessary to support to new and existing academic programs including information systems, instructional technologies, the library, admissions, and student support services;
  • Coordinate physical resources; assign and supervise support staff; respond to primary problems related to as needed;
  • Define support models for faculty training and enhance instructional design and course development expertise for online and distance learning programs;
  • Leverage knowledge of market, research, and trends to develop marketing and branding strategies for online programs and evaluate the feasibility of new initiatives;
  • Establish external relationships with a wide variety of online learning support resources to extend internal resources and capabilities;
  • Educate university units on the options for identifying and implementing vital new programs, as well as managing budgets, recruitment, marketing, and admissions activities in support of online enrollment goals;
  • Strategically expand Tuskegee University marketing reach, and overall impact of the university’s online initiatives;
  • Lead the university in positioning Tuskegee University as a school with a high quality, scalable, and financially sustainable online portfolio that leverages the unique strengths of the University;
  • Execute initiatives related to building strategic partnerships, identifying, and implementing new programs, and managing the budget, recruitment, marketing, and admissions in support of online and distance education and online learning program enrollment goals; and
  • Perform all other duties as assigned by the Provost.

Qualifications
A master’s degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, or Educational Technology, or equivalent is required. Competitive candidates will have university teaching experience, a doctoral degree, and at least 2+ years of progressive responsibility related to the design, development, implementation and management of hybrid and fully online courses or programs in higher education, media development, marketing, enrollment services or budget/finance. Prior experience in institutions similar to Tuskegee University (in size, complexity, and mission) is a plus. Successful candidates will also have many of the following experiences:

  • Led or played a substantial role in the development of distance and online education strategies aligned with institutional mission and identity;
  • Management experience in two or more areas in a university or business setting related to instructional design, online program management, media development, and learning technology; and
  • Participated personally in developing and implementing advanced online and hybrid courses.

Salary
Commensurate with education, training, and experience

**The statements contained in this job announcement reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of responsibility. It should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. **
APPLICATIONS will be accepted in the Office of Human Resources. Each applicant, including all current/existing employees, must complete and submit a Tuskegee University employment application, resume/CV, (3) letters of reference (with detailed contact information) and copies of unofficial transcripts (official transcript(s) will be required upon hire). Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications and submit a completed application packet in order to be considered for the position. The University reserves the right not to fill the position in the even budgetary or operational constraints.

Tuskegee University
Attn:OHR Employment/Recruitment
1200 West Montgomery Road
101 Kresge Center
Tuskegee, Alabama 36088
Email Address: employment@tuskegee.edu Fax: 334.724.4319

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer-Male/Female/Veteran/Disabled
Federal law requires identity and employment eligibility verifications on Form I-9 within three (3) business days of employment.
Must be able to pass a drug screen and background check.

Organization

Working at Tuskegee University

Tuskegee University is an independent and state-related institution of higher education. Its programs serve a student body that is coeducational as well as racially, ethnically and religiously diverse. With a strong orientation toward disciplines which highlight the relationship between education and work force preparation in the sciences, professions and technical areas, Tuskegee University also emphasizes the importance of the liberal arts as a foundation for successful careers in all areas. Accordingly, all academic majors stress the mastery of a required core of liberal arts courses.

Tuskegee University is located in Tuskegee, Alabama, which is 40 miles east of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, and 20 miles west of the city of Auburn, Alabama. It is also within easy driving distance to the cities of Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.

The academic programs are organized into five colleges and two schools:

(1) The College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences;

(2) The Andrew F. Brimmer College of Business and Information Science;

(3) The College of Engineering;

(4) The College of Arts and Sciences; 

(5) The College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health;

(6) The Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science; and

(7) The School of Education.

The curricula for these colleges and schools currently offer over 50 degrees including 39 Bachelor's, 13 Master's, 2 Doctor's of Philosophy: one in Materials Science and Engineering, and one in Integrative BioSciences, and the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

Graduate instruction leading to the Master's degree and Doctor of Philosophy Degree is offered in three of the five colleges.

The University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS); and the following programs are accredited by national agencies: Architecture, Business, Education, Engineering, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and Veterinary Medicine. Of special note is the fact that Tuskegee University is the only independent, historically black university with four engineering programs that are nationally accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), the major accrediting body for the engineering sciences. Also, Tuskegee University's Chemistry program is one of only a few among Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) that is approved by the American Chemical Society. Furthermore, the Dietetics Program is approved by the American Dietetic Association and the Food Science Program is approved by the Institute of Food Technologists.

Tuskegee University was the first black college to be designated as a Registered National Historic Landmark (April 2, 1966), and the only black college to be designated a National Historic Site (October 26, 1974), a district administered by the National Park Service of the U. S. Department of Interior.

Special features in Tuskegee University's program include: The General Daniel "Chappie" James Center for Aerospace Science and Health Education, honoring America's first black four-star general who was a Tuskegee University graduate, and housing the nation's only Aerospace Science Engineering program at an HBCU; Media Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, with state-of-the-art video up-link and down-link, intra-school communications, audio/visual, graphics, photography and document production; The Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, a state-of-the-art hotel and meeting facility for educational, business and cultural events; The Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care, a distinctive research, teaching and outreach program that addresses issues of ethics and public policy in the treatment of people of color and rural Americans in health care.

Other special features which enhance the educational and cultural environment of the University include: The Booker T. Washington Monument, "Lifting the Veil," which honors the University's Founder; the George Washington Carver Museum (named for the distinguished scientist who worked at Tuskegee), which preserves the tools and handiwork of Dr. Carver; the Tuskegee Archives, a chief center for information on the challenges, culture and history of Black Americans since 1896; The Tuskegee Airmen's Plaza, commemorating the historic feats of America's first black pilots, who were trained at Tuskegee University; The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Center, and the Center for Continuing Education – a nucleus for continuing adult education.

Over the past 125 years since it was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881, Tuskegee University has become one of our nation's most outstanding institutions of higher learning. While it focuses on helping to develop human resources primarily within the African American community, it is open to all.

Tuskegee's mission has always been service to people, not education for its own sake. Stressing the need to educate the whole person, that is, the hand and the heart as well as the mind, Dr. Washington's school was soon acclaimed--first by Alabama and then by the nation for the soundness and vigor of its educational programs and principles. The solid strength has continued through the subsequent administration of Dr. Robert R. Moton (1915-1935), Dr. Frederick D. Patterson (1935-1953), Dr. Luther H. Foster (1953-1981) and Dr. Benjamin F. Payton (1981-2010). In August 2010, Dr. Charlotte P. Morris assumed the role of Interim President of the University. She is the first female to serve at the helm of Tuskegee University, and only the second Interim President for the institution. Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon served as the 6th president of Tuskegee University from November 1, 2010 to October 19, 2013. Dr. Matthew Jenkins served as Acting President from October 19, 2013 to June 14, 2014. Dr. Brian L. Johnson assumed the role of 7th Tuskegee University President on June 15, 2014.

Tuskegee enrolls more than 3,000 students and employs approximately 900 faculty and support personnel. Physical facilities include more than 5,000 acres of forestry and a campus on which sits more than 100 major buildings and structures. Total land, forestry and facilities are valued in excess of $500 million.

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