Description
University Classification: Academic Services Professional or Senior Professional
Working Title: Course, Curriculum and Microcredential and Enrollment (Open Rank) Specialist
Department/Subunit: Business School, UC Denver
FTE: Full Time
Position #: 00812169
Requisition #: 30534
* Applications are accepted electronically ONLY at www.cu.edu/cu-careers *
The University of Colorado Denver is the state’s premier public urban research university and equity-serving institution. Globally connected and locally invested, CU Denver partners with future-focused learners and communities to design accessible, relevant, transformative educational experiences for every stage of life and career. Across eight schools and colleges in the heart of downtown Denver, our leading faculty inspires and works alongside students to solve complex challenges through boundary-breaking innovation and impactful research, and creative work. As part of the state’s largest university system, CU Denver is a major contributor to the Colorado economy, with 2,000 employees and an annual economic impact of more than $800 million. For more information, visit www.ucdenver.edu
Career Family: Academic Services
Jobs in this career family provide direct professional support for the teaching and/or educational service mission of the university. Functions include academic advising/counseling, student personnel administration, recruitment and admissions, registration, financial aid, faculty affairs, library services, curriculum administration, and others involving direct support of the educational mission of an academic unit.
Professional Level: Intermediate Professional
Professionals at the intermediate level are responsible for exercising discretion, analytical skill, personal accountability, and responsibility in a wide range of areas including academic, administrative, managerial, and student services functions. Work involves creating, integrating, applying, and sharing knowledge directly related to a professional field.
At the intermediate level, duties may be more limited in scope and are performed with guidance and direction from other professionals.
Professional Level: Senior Professional
Senior Professionals are responsible for exercising discretion, analytical skill, personal accountability, and responsibility in a wide range of areas including academic, administrative, managerial, and student services functions. Work involves creating, integrating, applying, and sharing knowledge directly related to a professional field.
Work is performed fully independently.
Job Summary
Business School Course, Curriculum, and Microcredential Coordinator consults and collaborates with the Business School Associate Dean for Programs to provide direct professional support for the academic affairs of the college. This includes course scheduling, rooming of courses, academic data, and information management, and compliance with academic policies and institutional practices related to courses and curriculum.
The Business School Course, Curriculum, and Microcredential Coordinator is responsible for understanding and supporting the planning, analysis, and information management needs of academic and administrative decision-makers within the school and serves as a point of contact and editor for the academic content of the university catalog. The Business School course and curriculum coordinator also contributes to efforts to implement effective and efficient workflows in support of existing and novel academic programs and practices.
As subject matter expertise grows for academic administrative tools and processes, the course and curriculum coordinator supports the training of other Business School staff, program directors, and department leadership in the use of these tools and processes to ensure compliance with institutional policies and practices.
Examples of Work Performed
Curriculum Management and Development
- Provide support for the development and implementation of new courses and curricula.
- Manage academic program/plan stacks in CI-SIS.
- Manage microcredential and badge implementation and editing in Credly.
- Manage the academic catalog editing process and publication.
- Course Inventory Management creates course proposals and reviews course inventory to identify classes that may need to be removed.
- Support the implementation of the new catalog, badging, scheduling, rooming, and enrollment workflows.
- Identify and work collaboratively with student success teams and campus service units as appropriate.
Course Scheduling & Rooming
- Work with Discipline Directors to build semesterly course schedules.
- Work with administration to monitor and respond to enrollment demands.
- Manage instructional and TA assignments and LMS access.
- Manage uploading of students and administrators to co-curricular courses.
- Troubleshoot, escalate and resolve registration and access issues as needed.
- Enter student-specific permission requests, distribute general permission numbers, and collaborate with Registrar’s Office to resolve any issues.
- Point person for the Registrar’s Office, Dean’s Office, Discipline Directors, and Faculty members to coordinate, schedule, pre-rooming, and re-room classrooms.
- Provide support to the Chief of Staff and event planning staff around the use of EMS for room scheduling.
Academic Support and Analysis
- Submit and troubleshoot all academic-related system access requests.
- Onboard new and update all Business School stakeholders on academic system usage.
- Update/Maintain faculty course assignments in Digital Measures.
- Support faculty in maintaining their profiles in Digital Measures as needed for AACSB accreditation.
- Provide support to the Associate Dean for assessment, accreditation, and Regental requests.
- Collaborate with the Associate Dean and with Institutional Research to generate reports.
Other Duties
- Other duties as assigned. Support the Associate Dean and Student Success team as needed in academic planning activities or data-intensive student success activities (e.g., degree audit, pre-requisite checking, post-enrollment requisite checking, report generation).
In addition to the above, the Senior Professional level will also:
Curriculum Management
- Develop procedures for the creation and offering of Microcredential and badges within the Business School.
- Create and maintain templates for majors, minors, certificates, microcredential for catalog, and microcredential systems.
- Point of contact for microcredential and badging policy compliance.
- Point of contact for curriculum policy and compliance.
- Develop the implementation of new curricular, scheduling, and enrollment workflows.
- Point of contract and subject matter expert for scheduling policies and practices.
Academic Planning and Analysis
- Support annual curriculum management and instructional budget meetings.
- Manage data sets used for academic planning and analysis.
- Support AD in workflow management for annual review, tenure, and promotion in Digital Measures.
- Assist in developing and revising program and course policies due to changes made at the school, campus, and state (CCHE) levels.
Salary and Benefits:
Professional:
- The salary range (or hiring range) for this position has been established at $50,000 -$55,000.
Senior Professional:
- The salary range (or hiring range) for this position has been established at $55,000 -$62,000.
The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training.
The above salary range represents the University’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
FLSA Status: Not eligible for overtime (exempt)
Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. The University of Colorado provides generous leave, health plans, and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line.
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Diversity and Equity:
The University of Colorado Denver is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse student body, faculty, and administrative staff. The university strives to promote a culture of inclusiveness, respect, communication, and understanding. We encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, persons within the LGBTQ+ community, and all veterans. The University of Colorado is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment.
The University of Colorado Denver is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our faculty, staff, students, and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct background investigations for all prospective employees.
The University will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities throughout the employment application process. To request an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Human Resources ADA Coordinator at hr.adacoordinator@ucdenver.edu.