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University of Houston

Director, Academic Operations and Analytics

🇺🇸 Clear Lake, TX

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Operations

🗓️ May 30th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Houston-Clear Lake is hiring a Director, Academic Operations and Analytics. This role involves coordinating academic operations, planning and evaluating division-wide initiatives, and liaising between UHCL and external partners. The Director will also oversee data analyses, supervise staff, and assist with budgeting within the Office of the Provost.

Highlights

  • Overall coordination of academic operations in the Office of the Provost.
  • Leads projects for reporting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
  • Direct and indirect supervision of business administrators and assistants.
  • Master's degree required.
  • Minimum of seven years in data analytics and reporting.
  • Proficiency in data analytic and presentation software.
  • Experience in strategic planning with advanced data analytics.
  • Compensation based on education and experience.

Director, Academic Operations and Analytics Full Description


 | Department: Office of the Provost
| Salary: Commensurate with education and experience
| Description: The Director, Academic Operations and Analytics provides overall coordination of academic operations in the Office of the Provost. Plans, implements, and evaluates division-wide initiatives. Works with college/unit leadership to formulate, perform, and report data analyses. Serves as liaison between UHCL and external partners. Duties: Serves as the program/project lead to the Provost, which includes planning standards of practice, procedures, and policies as well as producing a plan of action to resolve issues and bring projects to closure. Manages and identifies performance issues, need for improvement, and investment opportunities. Creates and maintains ad-hoc reporting and databases for research/information needs that include but are not limited to; component analysis, re-accreditation studies, planning documents, facilities prioritizations, program/project status. Responsible for design and production of forecasting, cost analysis, and resource projections for financial sustainability of all new and existing academic programs, centers, and institutes. Provides direct supervision of division business administrators and department assistant(s) within Academic Affairs. Indirect supervision of college business administrators, working in conjunction with division heads and deans to evaluate performance. Assists in the development and management of departmental budgets by providing data analysis, advice, and guideline interpretations to business administrators, resolving operating deficiencies. Collaborates in strategic planning and related performance measurement for the division of Academic Affairs and performs related duties/responsibilities as assigned.Required Qualifications: Master's degree. Minimum seven years of advanced data analytics and reporting experience (including statistical analyses). Experience supervising staff.Preferred Qualifications: Evidence of experience performing self-directed data analyses in support of strategic planning. History of supervisory advancement.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of techniques for obtaining and analyzing data to conceptualize and respond to operational problems. Knowledge of management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources, and coordination of people and resources. Knowledge of techniques for developing communication of programs to promote organization's strategic plans and accomplishments. Skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. Skills in data analytic and presentation software. Skills in motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. Skills in identifying and remedying operational inefficiencies. Ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. Ability to organize/interpret information and present it effectively in oral and written communication. Ability to supervise and coordinate staff and faculty activities across multiple organizational levels.
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