School Compliance Advisor

School Compliance Advisor

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Education Administration, Curriculum Development, a related field of study, or equivalent work experience.
• Seven (7) years of experience working with national, programmatic, and state accreditation and/or approval bodies, program approval and/or professional licensing processes, teaching or administrating at the postsecondary level, and presenting to authoritative bodies (e.g., state boards, legislatures, large audiences).
• Demonstrated competence with MS Office suite (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Office 360) and data collection, analysis, retrieval, and visualization systems.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present information clearly and accurately.
• Ability to understand, organization, and arrangement legal information in various formats.
• Ability to synthesize and effectively communicate complex analyses.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and perform multiple job functions with conflicting priorities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Keeps a multi-jurisdictional knowledge of programmatic approval, licensure, and publication requirements.
• Suggests ways to manage compliance with changes in the standards and requirements of local, state, regional, and/or national approval agencies.
• Oversees longitudinal projects relating to accreditation or program approval (e.g., self-studies, reports, site visits), briefing leaders along the path to successful completion of the process.
• Serves as lead author on each of these documents, writing the bulk of the narrative and ensuring the final product and all attachments are in ‘one voice.’
• Monitors, consults, and advises all stakeholders regarding changes to national, state, and professional regulations, guidelines, and standards to support accreditation and compliance activities for each of the school’s credentials.
• Liaises with university departments to ensure both school-specific and overall university compliance.
• Advises on operational and regulatory requirements for faculty credentialing and professional development.
• Supports projects in strategic and operating plans pertaining to new programs or credential offerings (obtaining necessary regulatory approvals).
• Assists regional leadership on issues related to jurisdiction-specific accreditation or recognition.
• Surfaces problems with the ability to operate in specific jurisdictions, analyses each to find a root cause, and suggests ways to improve processes and systems to keep the problem from reoccurring and potentially proactively applying those learnings to other jurisdictions to avoid similar issues.
• Liaises with assigned regulatory oversight bodies and appropriate professional organizations.
• Prepares school personnel for site visits (using mock visits and other techniques, as needed), manages the logistics and communication flows for the visit, and analyzes visiting team feedback to produce a final report.
• Connects dots between and among assigned states, liaising with other advisors to ascertain patterns and directions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional experience working as a licensed professional (with the represented field).
• Experience in a leadership role within college or university educator preparation program.
• Prior training as a quality examiner (e.g., an accreditation site reviewer).
• Experience with on-site reviews (Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award experience is preferred).
• Experience presenting to authoritative bodies (e.g., state boards, legislatures, large audiences, etc.).
• General knowledge of project management.
• Bi-lingual (writing and speaking).