Senior Recognition Manager

Senior Recognition Manager (US)

Salary [111,826 -143,000)

Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to local labor market conditions, educational background, work experience, and relevant certifications 

Job Type: Full-Time Permanent

Location: IB (International Baccalaureate®) Washington DC 

Hybrid working opportunity open to  Remote 

About the Job 

Recognition is crucial to the value proposition of our DP and CP programmes, this is a significant factor in driving school growth and retention and also student growth.  This role has overall responsibility for designing and executing a comprehensive strategy to improve the university recognition of the IBDP, IBCP and the associated credit policies for the US. The role actively monitors both the external and internal education landscape in these markets to ensure that the strategy is agile to meet the current needs of our students. 

This role will establish and maintain highly productive relationships with key stakeholders at a senior level in universities and governments involved in the transition from high school to college. Using tact, diplomacy, and evidence, support these key external stakeholders, who are time poor, to drive changes their policies to be fair and equitable towards IB students. 

• Executes a strategic vision to improve the university recognition of the IBDP, IBCP and the associated credit policies for the USA.  
• Provide high quality leadership of the US recognition team; defining targets, motivating staff and tracking progress throughout the year against key goals and metrics. 
• Leads on developing clear prioritization techniques to deliver a pipeline of regular wins, as well as the slower more strategic ones. 
• Establishes and maintain highly productive relationships with senior external stakeholders involved in the transition from secondary to higher education. 
• Improves the number and quality of university policies that support IB programs and the work of IB students with particular focus on the universities that receive a high volume of IB transcripts and/or are high interest destinations for IB students. 
• Exerts influence with senior university admissions, enrolment and registry leadership to negotiate improved credit and recognition policies that support IB student access to higher education.
• Acts as thought leader and represent the IB at state, national and international conferences proposing and developing and delivering sessions.
• Develops and deliver, presentations and training for universities and for the both the internal and external stakeholder community in regard to university recognition.
• Supports the stakeholder community in the development of events that provide opportunities for universities to meet with IB educators and students.
• Supports the work of US Associations of IB World Schools (AIBWS) on university recognition, through such tools as the grass roots toolkit.
• Chairs the US University Advisory Group which provides the wider IB with understanding as to the higher education sector’s reaction to innovations regarding our programmes, as well as on recognition.    
• Collaborates closely with the US Regional Development and Government Relations Team on joint policy and legislative initiatives related to IB recognition in public universities and colleges.
• Collaborates with the IB Research Team to determine and define projects which provide evidence to support our recognition efforts.
• Contracts with vendors and consultants in order to deliver the recognition efforts.
• Effectively defines and manage the non-pay budget assigned to this portfolio and complete.

Job Requirements: 

About You

• Bachelor's degree. 
• Extensive experience of the US higher education industry, preferred in an senior role within Registrars, admissions or enrolment office (or similar recognition experience). 
• Active involvement and knowledge regarding educational philosophies, higher education, university admissions, curriculum development, research, policy, and trends. 
• Demonstrated abilities of persuasion, resilience and negotiation. 
• Demonstrated skills as a leader and collaborator as part of a team and also working independently. 
• Culturally aware and respectful, having a global perspective, and identifying opportunities for global working – including with matrix/remote or hybrid staff. 
• Strong IT skills and the ability to work effectively with data. 
• Excellent presentation skills and command of