Savannah College of Art and Design
Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness
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Savannah, GA
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Full-Time
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TBD
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Other
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March 4th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
SCAD Savannah is hiring an Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness to provide senior leadership and operational direction for accreditation compliance, assessment, and institutional effectiveness functions. The role involves managing accreditation activities, leading assessment processes, overseeing data visualization and design, supporting strategic planning, and ensuring alignment with accreditation standards.
Highlights
- Lead and coordinate regional and specialized accreditation compliance and reporting.
- Manage substantive change policy compliance and institutional readiness for accreditation reviews and site visits.
- Supervise assessment processes for educational support and administrative units.
- Oversee data visualization and design team to deliver visually compelling institutional effectiveness solutions.
- Support strategic planning and institutional effectiveness initiatives with analysis and reporting.
- Collaborate with academic leadership, institutional research, and administration to enhance institutional quality and effectiveness.
- Minimum qualifications include a doctorate in higher education or related field and 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in institutional effectiveness or accreditation.
- Experience supervising staff, strategic planning, and accreditation processes required.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with assessment and reporting tools, plus data visualization or visual communication expertise.
- Position requires 10-20% travel and flexibility in work hours to meet business needs.
Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness Full Description
As an executive director of institutional effectiveness, you will lead and coordinate all regional and specialized accreditation compliance activities, including reaffirmation reports, compliance certifications, and accreditation correspondence. You will manage and ensure compliance with substantive change policy and processes via coordination, documentation, submission, and tracking. Among other duties, you will coordinate institutional preparation for accreditation reviews and site visits through institutional readiness activities, training, logistics, and university-wide communications. You will also supervise assessment processes for educational support and administrative units, including documenting outcomes, results, and their use.
In this role, you will oversee the institutional effectiveness data visualization and design team to ensure clear, accurate, and visually compelling design solutions. You will support university strategic planning and institutional effectiveness initiatives through analysis, reports, and coordination of progress documentation. You will also stay current on accreditation policy changes and ensure institutional alignment with evolving standards and regulatory expectations. Reporting to the vice president for institutional effectiveness, you will prepare for site visits across academic and administrative units.
In this position, you will oversee continuous improvement across educational support and administrative units. You will collaborate closely with academic leadership, institutional research, academic services, and university administration to advance initiatives in institutional quality assurance, planning, and effectiveness aligned with the university’s strategic priorities.
The ideal candidate has strong project management and organizational leadership skills, with the ability to coordinate complex, multi-unit initiatives. They have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop accreditation narratives and supporting evidence. The candidate also demonstrates advanced problem-solving, multitasking, and critical thinking. They pay close attention to detail and are committed to data integrity and compliance.
Minimum qualifications:
- Doctorate in higher education, assessment, institutional effectiveness, or a related discipline
- At least seven years of progressively responsible leadership experience in higher education institutional effectiveness, accreditation, assessment, or quality assurance
- Experience supervising professional staff, leading cross-functional teams, strategic planning, and institutional reporting
- Familiar with accreditation processes and substantive change compliance
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with assessment, accreditation, planning, or institutional effectiveness systems and reporting tools
- Background in data visualization, design, or visual communication
Travel required:
- 10–20%
Work hours: The university work week is Sunday through Saturday. Most offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. To accommodate business needs, employees may be assigned to other workdays and/or hours, including weekends and evenings.
ADA tag: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and minimum qualifications listed represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and/or meet the minimum qualifications.
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