Director of Academic Operations - Houston District

Kaplan Higher Education
Director of Academic Operations - Houston District



Would you thrive on the challenge of a newly created position to implement change that will have a direct impact on improving the students' educational experience? As the first Houston District Director of Academic Operations, you will be tasked with enhancing curriculum and instructor performance for the 5 campuses in the Houston District. Using your excellent change management and organizational skills, you will develop processes that will deliver a quality educational experience to our 2500 students. Some travel is required.

As the Director of Academic Operations, you will direct, coordinate and provide professional growth activities and training for campus educational staff and management; assist in campus departmental organization; staffing; training of faculty and staff; evaluating education programs and staff and student performance; and generating reports. One of your first assignments will be to manage the change associated with installing revised curricula in the Medical Assistant and Dental Assistant programs.

The Houston District Director of Academic Operations reports directly to the Regional Vice President of Operations with dotted-line reporting responsibilities to the Central Group Director of Education and the Senior Vice-President of Academic Affairs for Kaplan Higher Education. You will have an additional matrix relationship with the Executive Directors, as well as the Directors and Assistant Director of Education at each campus.

Websites for our 5 campuses:
Texas School of Business - Houston (4 campuses)
www.tsb.edu
Texas Careers - Beaumont
www.texascareers.edu

What you will do:
Monitor, assess, and audit campus completion rates based on Texas Workforce Commission, Kaplan Higher Education and accreditation standards
Oversee and participate in all recruitment, interview, hiring and training activities for all campus education management staff
Ensure campus education departments' are incompliance with Texas Workforce Commission, accreditation, and KHE criteria, regulations, and policies
Conduct, monitor and document ongoing individual and campus education department training activities to ensure expected performance and growth standards
Continuously evaluate programs of study to ensure they meet or exceed current market and employer demands; continuously assess the viability and retention of under-performing programs
Ensure the adherence to company-approved programs, program and course objectives, and curriculum materials for the Houston District campuses
Monitor and evaluate instructional performance methodology, instructional materials, and textbooks to ensure achievement of educational objectives at the all campuses
Conduct professional growth and personal development activities for all campus education department management personnel; participate in local campus training activities for instructional staff
Support all campus Executive Directors and/ or Presidents in performance evaluations of local campus education department management personnel
Direct, oversee implementation, and monitor the student retention plans, programs and activities at all campuses to meet/exceed or exceed the annual student retention and attendance goals of the campuses
Work with the Houston District Registrar and the campus administration to insure effective and efficient scheduling of courses, students, faculty and facilities
Complete and submit all required reports in a timely manner

Skills and experience you will need:
A Masters degree in an appropriate field; a Doctorate in Education is preferred
3+ years of successful and documented teaching experience,
Successful documented experience in a management; supervisory-level position in academic department operations
Oversight of multiple campus education departments a PLUS
Excellent organizational skills, communication, interpersonal relationship and problem-solving skills
High capacity to manage multiple tasks and priorities

Benefits available for those who qualify included:
Immediate health and dental plans
Sick days, holidays, and vacation days
401(k) Plan
Flexible Spending Account
Life and Business Travel Accident Insurance
Long-term Disability
Group Legal Services
Financial Planning

Who we are:
Kaplan Higher Education (www.khec.com), is a division of Kaplan, Inc (www.kaplan.com), and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). Kaplan is a pace setter in transforming for-profit education through high professional standards. Presently, we are providing post-secondary education at 74 college campuses nationwide.

NO CALLS PLEASE
EOE
Please e-mail resume in Word format.
REQUIREMENTS
Skills and experience you will need:
A Masters degree in an appropriate field; a Doctorate in Education is preferred
3+ years of successful and documented teaching experience,
Successful documented experience in a management; supervisory-level position in academic department operations
Oversight of multiple campus education departments a PLUS
Excellent organizational skills, communication, interpersonal relationship and problem-solving skills
High capacity to manage multiple tasks and priorities