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Registrar

Employer
Susquehanna University
Location
Selinsgrove, PA

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Position Title:

Registrar

Is this position budgeted?:

Yes

Is this position an essential position?:

No

About Susquehanna:

As a living, learning and working community, Susquehanna University affirms its commitment to being an engaged, culturally inclusive campus. As we seek to embody the rich diversity of the human community, we commit ourselves to the full participation of persons who represent the breadth of human difference. The university encourages candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Susquehanna University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Susquehanna University is a national liberal arts college committed to excellence in educating students for productive, creative and reflective lives of achievement, leadership and service in a diverse, dynamic and interdependent world. Its more than 2,300 undergraduates come from 35 states and 22 countries, and all students study away through Susquehanna’s unique Global Opportunities program. Susquehanna University’s 325 acre campus, noted for its beauty, is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, 50 miles north of Harrisburg in the scenic Susquehanna River Valley, about a three hour drive from Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City. For more information, please visit https://www.susqu.edu.

Position Summary:

Job Summary
The Registrar provides strategic leadership for the Office of the Registrar, ensures custodianship and maintenance of academic records for all students at the University, oversees course registration and grading processes, handles academic scheduling based upon changing needs, certifies enrollment and student status, implements internal and external academic policies (e.g., transfer credit evaluation), participates in articulation agreements, and is responsible for academic and curricular publications (e.g., calendars, catalogs).

The Registrar collaborates closely in a shared governance environment with other administrative offices, academic departments, the School of Arts and Sciences, and the Sigmund Weis School of Business to provide guidance on enrollment trends, projected course needs and schedules, and associated policies and procedures. Reporting to the Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Initiatives, the Registrar joins an Academic Affairs team committed to academic excellence, student success, data-informed decision making and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Specific Responsibilities
• Provide strategic planning, direction, and supervision for the Office of the Registrar.
• Collaborate with and advise deans and department heads to determine annual course schedules.
• Oversee course registration and process student course enrollments to provide the best combination of efficient use of university resources and student satisfaction.
• Advise and serve on the Curriculum Committee and other committees as required.
• In collaboration with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, ensure data accuracy and provide enrollment, student academic and demographic, grading, and faculty data (e.g., tenure cases, third-year reviews) to administrative offices, to academic departments and divisions, and for external surveys (e.g., IPEDS reports).
• Interpret and ensure compliance with recordkeeping standards, University policies and procedures, standards established by AACRAO, federal regulations, and accreditation rules.
• Serve as the main contact and user of the National Student Clearinghouse subscription, tools, and data importation and extraction for University needs.
• Make certain that student academic honors (e.g., Dean’s List, University Scholars, departmental honor societies) are appropriately acknowledged and published.
• Ensure that academic information in the course catalog is accurate and up-to-date.
• Maintain appropriate areas of the student information system (e.g., Colleague) and academic planning software (e.g., EAB Navigate).
• Confer regularly with the Assistant Provost to plan, coordinate, and evaluate policies, systems, and activities; exchange information, interpret policies; investigate and resolve problems to continually improve the services of the Office of the Registrar.
• Contribute to the overall success of the Office of Registrar and the university by performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Assistant Provost and Provost.

Required Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Expertise in interpretation and enforcement of University, state, and federal regulations (e.g., FERPA). Skilled at accurate written and verbal communication in clear, grammatical English to multiple constituencies (e.g., students, faculty). Ability to set priorities and to oversee staff. Ability to work collaboratively with faculty and staff. Knowledge of Windows software. Expertise in student information systems (e.g., Ellucian Colleague), student success and learning management systems (e.g., Blackboard), and data extraction and visualization software (e.g., Informer) is highly desirable. Knowledge of the academic functions and curricular practices of a university.

Education
Bachelor’s degree required.

Experience
5 years in academic administration, preferably in a Registrar’s Office, or in an Information Technology division required. Demonstrated experience supporting student success through degree audit and verification, implementing or maintaining registration and academic planning software, and informing academic advising required.

Physical Demand
Position requires the ability to stand or sit for extended periods of time. Position requires the ability to move about the campus. Position requires the ability to talk and to hear instruction. Position requires occasional manual dexterity and the ability to use fingers, hands, and arms to feel, handle, and reach. Position requires occasional stooping, crouching and bending. Position requires the ability to occasionally lift up to 10 pounds. Working conditions are indoor.

Preferred Qualifications:

Education
Master’s degree preferred.

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Number of Months:

12 months

Status:

Full-Time Benefits Eligible

Posting Date:

06/04/2021

Closing Date:

07/28/2021

Open Until Filled:

No

Posting Number:

AH00742

Organization

Susquehanna University is a national liberal arts college committed to excellence in educating undergraduate students for productive, creative and reflective lives of achievement, leadership and service in a diverse and interconnected world. Academic excellence, study away and service learning, student-faculty collaboration, and rich opportunities for creative and personal growth are hallmarks of a Susquehanna University education. About 2,200 undergraduates come from 32 states and 15 countries.

The university is located in Selinsgrove, Pa., a town of about 5,000 situated on the banks of the Susquehanna River, 50 miles north of the state capital, Harrisburg. The campus is about 90 minutes from the Pocono Mountain recreational areas, and about a three-hour drive from New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1858 by Lutherans, Susquehanna University welcomes individuals of all backgrounds and beliefs. It is a community that expresses its Lutheran heritage through the free and open exploration of ideas, commitment to service and development of individual talents.

Students may enroll in one of two schools: the School of Arts and Sciences or the Sigmund Weis School of Business. A Susquehanna education is distinguished by a strong liberal arts program enhanced by equally strong professional programs in areas such as business, education and communications. Degrees are offered for the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science.

Susquehanna University is recognized in several guidebooks to selective colleges, including The Fiske Guide to Colleges and Peterson's Competitive Colleges. U.S. News & World Report’s America's Best Colleges includes Susquehanna among National Liberal Arts Colleges. Susquehanna is small enough to be academically flexible, yet large enough to offer a wide variety of choices—more than 50 major emphases, 45 minors and 850 courses. Susquehanna offers a challenging Honors Program for exceptional students and emphasizes experience-based learning, including internships, study-abroad semesters and award-winning community service programs.

Small classes and a student-faculty ratio of about 13 to 1 offer students personal attention and challenging opportunities. Student participation and team learning are encouraged, as is faculty-student research that exposes students to current, practical applications in their field of study. Students are offered extensive opportunities for involvement and leadership in university life. They can choose from more than 100 student organizations, 23 intercollegiate sports, numerous intramural and club sports and a full schedule of lectures, concerts, films, plays and social events.

Susquehanna's strong academic and career advising programs have led to strong post-graduation success. Typically, 94 percent of the graduating class is working full time or enrolled in graduate or professional school within six months.

Diversity Profile: Susquehanna University

Diversity Matters at Susquehanna. Through our commitment to academic excellence, in which diversity is a core element, we affirm the dignity and worth of all persons and strive to ensure that all in our community feel supported in their differences. Current and emerging research underscore the positive educational benefits that manifest in a diverse living and learning community.

As an institution of higher learning, we understand that we will be judged increasingly by how well we prepare our students to succeed in a smaller, flatter and increasingly diverse world. We intentionally seek to create opportunities for understanding the ways that power and privilege influence individual and collective behavior and systems, and to use that knowledge to guide us productively inside the classroom and beyond.

Affirmative Action - Susquehanna University is committed to making every effort to enhance the diversity of our community – students, faculty, and staff. The hiring process is important to achieving our strategic goals to recruit and retain staff from diverse backgrounds. Through the affirmative action process, we work together to ensure a diverse community while remaining diligent in our commitment to selecting the most qualified candidate for open positions.

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Diversity Matters at Susquehanna. Through our commitment to academic excellence, in which diversity is a core element, we affirm the dignity and worth of all persons and strive to ensure that all in our community feel supported in their differences. Current and emerging research underscore the positive educational benefits that manifest in a diverse living and learning community.

As an institution of higher learning, we understand that we will be judged increasingly by how well we prepare our students to succeed in a smaller, flatter and increasingly diverse world. We intentionally seek to create opportunities for understanding the ways that power and privilege influence individual and collective behavior and systems, and to use that knowledge to guide us productively inside the classroom and beyond.

In the classroom, on the campus and beyond

We use experiential learning to engage students in a multicultural education that prepares them for life in a diverse and interconnected world. Our new Central Curriculum, taught by a diverse faculty with different viewpoints and experiences, challenges students in their ways of perceiving and knowing the world. The unique Global Opportunities (GO) requirement prompts students to experience ways of knowing and being that are unfamiliar, and to reflect on those experiences. In the process, we expect that all students will examine their world view and how it is constructed.

A diverse and vibrant campus community fosters relationships marked by mutual curiosity and respect. Students, faculty and staff are supported in these relationships by the Chief Diversity Officer, Center for Diversity and Social Justice, Center for Civic Engagement, Office of Residence Life, and the Bias Response and Education Team.

The university also understands its physical and emotional connection to residents of the Susquehanna River Valley. Arts and educational events open to the community create possibilities for healthy dialogue regarding difference. Relationships built through interaction and dialogue with the greater Selinsgrove community serve to broaden and enhance the community in which we live and learn.

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