Director 129710

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Position Number: 129710 Position Title (Classification Title):  Director 129710 Working Title:  Director, Academic Affairs Job Summary: The Director serves in a key leadership role providing essential support, analysis, and oversight of business processes, reporting, and data validation to stakeholders within the division and external to the division.

The Director has extensive functional knowledge, experience, and understanding of Banner ERP system. This employee serves as a technical liaison to the divisional departments for reporting and analytical needs. This employee provides technical and functional assistance to the Business Process Management group and its stakeholders, establishes enrollment dashboards, provides analyses, re-engineers business processes, creates business workflows, data mapping, and performance reports related to student and financial data.

The Director achieves and maintains an extensive understanding of existing data sources including, but not limited to, Banner Student, Ellucian DegreeWorks, Academic Affairs Budget Office Database, Florida Board of Governors (BOG) data submissions from UWF Institutional Research as well as external data sources including the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) State University Data System (SUDS), College & University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), and data provided by the Chronicle for Higher Education.

In addition to report creation and maintenance, the Director analyzes workflows to determine where efficiency and productivity are not maximized and then devises improvements for these areas. The Director creates or oversees creation and implementation of solutions.

The Director serves as team member or team leader on special projects and strategic initiatives that are responsive to divisional and university needs. Typically, these special projects relate to reporting used for decision making and policy development or consultation on issues that involve detailed process and/or data analysis.
Department Academic Affairs VP FLSA: Exempt Minimum Qualifications: Masters degree in an appropriate area of specialization and six years of appropriate experience; or a bachelors degree in an appropriate area of specialization and eight years of appropriate experience. Position Qualifications: Masters degree in an appropriate area of specialization and six years of appropriate experience; or a bachelors degree in an appropriate area of specialization and eight years of appropriate experience. Preferred Qualifications Knowledge of university programs and operations; strong project management and leadership skills; the ability to retrieve data, analyze data and processes, and conceptualize and implement solutions; exceptional computing and technology skills; interpersonal team building skills; an understanding of budget management and resource planning; business development experience; and strong written and verbal communication skills. Essential Functions / Job Duties:

• 60% - Business Process Analysis, Process Improvement, and Project Management · Provide overall direction and management of the Business Process Management group. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, setting standard procedures and guidelines for the analysts, analyst training and oversight, supervising staff and performance evaluations, meeting with stakeholders to assess needs, and validating, and training on validation, of reports and analytics produced by the group. · Analyze business processes within the Office of the Provost, the Division of Academic Affairs, Continuing Education, and the Office of the Registrar to identify ways to streamline business processes and maximize efficiency. · Support improvement initiatives through data analysis. · Identify potential implementation barrie