Graduate and International Registrar
- Pay
- $62k/yr
- Deadline
- Not published
- Visa
- Not stated
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Registration and Records
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University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFounded in 1871, the University of Arkansas is a land grant institution, classified by the Carnegie Foundation among the nation’s top 2 percent of universities with the highest level of research activity. The University of Arkansas works to advance the state and build a better world through education, research, and outreach by providing transformational opportunities and skills, fostering a welcoming climate, and nurturing creativity, discovery, and the spread of new ideas and innovations.
The University of Arkansas campus is located in Fayetteville, a welcoming community ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S. The growing region surrounding Fayetteville is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies and one of the nation’s strongest economies. Northwest Arkansas is also quickly gaining a national reputation for its focus on the arts and overall quality of life.
As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance. The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary.
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Graduate Fellowships & Student Support
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Summary of Job Duties:
The Graduate and International Registrar serves as the primary point of contact and provides strategic and operational leadership for graduate registration, academic records, enrollment and student-record systems, reporting, degree audit, degree clearance, and thesis and dissertation recordkeeping for the Graduate School and International Education (GSIE). The position manages daily operations; establishes priorities and service standards; allocates staff and operational resources; and makes decisions that ensure accurate, secure, efficient, and policy-compliant services. The position leads the resolution of complex cases, oversees the use and maintenance of systems and workflows, develops and implements best practices, and evaluates operational performance and risk. In collaboration with the Registrar’s Office, academic units, university offices, and technology partners, the position advances institutional priorities and continuous improvement. The position directly supervises the Registration and Records Assistant II and provides functional direction to the Student Financial Services and Records Assistant. The position establishes performance expectations, reviews outcomes, develops staff capabilities, and ensures accountability for results.
Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance and the ability to maintain effective working relationships are essential job duties.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education
- At least three years of progressively responsible experience in higher education registration. Examples include, but are not limited to experience in student records, enrollment services, coordinating service operations, managing registration, or registration records
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education
- At least five years of relevant higher education experience, including operational leadership and experience with Workday or a comparable student information system, degree audit, student records, operational reporting, and workflow automation
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of registration, enrollment, academic records, degree-audit processes, degree conferral, student-record systems, FERPA, and records-retention requirements
- Ability to interpret policy, assess operational and compliance risk, safeguard confidential information, resolve complex record discrepancies, and exercise sound judgment within delegated authority
- Ability to manage daily operations, establish priorities, allocate resources, supervise and develop staff, coordinate across offices, and ensure accountability for service and performance results
- Ability to analyze operational and performance data and to design, test, document, implement, and improve reports, automated forms, workflows, and system processes
- Strong strategic planning, project and change leadership, communication, organizational, stakeholder-management, and service-management skills
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