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Worcester, MA | United States

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Location: Worcester, MA Category: Staff and Administrators Posted On: Sun Dec 24 2023 Job Description:

The University Registrar provides leadership, vision, and hands-on management of services provided while being accountable for stewardship and best practices for maintenance of academic records and student data at the University. The Registrar helps to craft and implement strategic initiatives including technology, compliance, process improvement, and metric development relevant to the records and registration area. The University Registrar collaborates with administration, student service offices, faculty, and academic divisions across the College to provide high quality, student-centered services, partner on student success initiatives, and is a key resource regarding academic policies and best practices. 

Reporting to the Provost, and working closely Clark's academic leadership, the Executive Vice President and multiple other units on campus (ITS, admissions, student affairs, athletics, etc.) the person in this role will ensure that policies, procedures and practices concerning student records and course enrollments are accurate, reliable, compliant, timely and secure. 

• The University Registrar plays a leadership role and is widely engaged serving in various capacities on multiple faculty governance and institutional committees, including but not limited to, Undergraduate Academic Board, Graduate Board, College Board, Enrollment Management, Institutional Data Governance, Student Retention, and the classroom committee.
• This position involves extensive interaction?including organizing and running training sessions as appropriate?with faculty and staff from all parts of Clark.
• A member of the University's Space Committee, the Registrar has responsibility for ensuring appropriate usage of classroom space.
• The Registrar supervises an office of 5-6 fulltime employees and several student workers.
• The Registrar is custodian for all student records, and has final responsibility for their accuracy.
• Provide support in accreditation, compliance and regulatory processes and requests. 
• Work with faculty governance, the Registrar helps establish, implement and maintain policies concerning student grades, registration, the electronic academic catalog, etc., and serves as the institution's FERPA compliance officer.
• Take primary responsibility for student degree clearance, the Registrar plays a central role in Commencement

All positions at Clark University share in the responsibility for building a community that values diversity and the uniqueness of others by exhibiting integrity and respect in interacting with all members of the Clark community to create an atmosphere of fairness and belonging. 

Prior experience working with and contributing to a diverse workplace with the ability to interact effectively with a broad range of constituents on campus

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of a master's degree from an accredited institution is required.
• Minimum of five-seven (5-7) years of progressively responsible and successful administrative experience at a senior level in a Registrar's office or related area is required.
• Demonstrated strategic leadership, planning and change management skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Creative problem solver
• High level of integrity
• Ability to establish collegial relationships within and outside of the University and to work collaboratively to address the needs and priorities of the Institution
• Ability to work constructively with diverse institutional stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, senior leadership and parents
• A high level of technological and digital fluency, including data collection, stewardship, analysis and reporting.  Experience with Ellucian Banner is desirable.
• Up-do-date knowledge of Federal, state and professional standards, policies and reporting requirements
• Experience as an effective supervisor
• Team player with an ability to constructively collaborate with others on campus
• Familiarity with degree auditing software

Enthusiasm for participating with Clark as it pursues an ambitious plan for its future

Additional Information:

Clark's Opportunity Commitments and Inclusivity Values:

Clark University is firmly committed to the practice of equal employment opportunity, equal educational opportunity, and nondiscrimination in the provision of educational and other services. The University will administer its personnel policies and conduct its employment practices in a manner which treats each employee and applicant for employment on the basis of merit, experience, and other work-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected class under relevant state and federal laws.

Procedures have been established that outline our good faith efforts in practicing equal employment opportunity. Clark is committed to undertake steps to ensure that all recruitment, hiring, promotion and other employment and educational practices are free from discrimination.

Equal opportunity is the fabric of all personnel decisions at Clark, and personnel at every level share in the responsibility for promoting equal opportunity.

At Clark University, we are dedicated to building a workplace that celebrates diversity and fosters inclusion. We believe that diversity of experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a more innovative and productive work environment. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is reflected in our hiring practices, employee development programs, and campus culture. We welcome and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to join our team and contribute their unique ideas to help us achieve our goals.

About Clark University

Founded in 1887, Clark University is a liberal arts-based research university committed toscholarship and inquiry that addresses social and human imperatives on a global basis. It is the place where Robert Goddard invented the modern rocket, where Sigmund Freud delivered his only lectures in the United States, and where current students stake their claim to the Clark motto, “Challenge Convention, Change Our World,” which is the rallying cry that inspires our community every day. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, Clark University educates its undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative effort. The University’s engages students in such areas as biology, chemistry, economics, geography, psychology, urban education, management, environmental science and policy, Holocaust and genocide studies, and international development and social change. Clark University’s pioneering model of higher education, LEEP (Liberation Education and Effective Practice) compels undergraduate students to thrive in authentic world and workplace settings, and prepares them for lives and careers of consequence.

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