Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
State Compliance Administrator - Education
🇺🇸 Phoenix, AZ
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Administrator
🗓️ November 13th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Grand Canyon University is hiring a State Compliance Administrator - Education. This role oversees compliance with state educator preparation, teacher certification regulations, and accreditation standards by conducting regulatory research, managing licensing processes, and serving as a subject matter expert to state departments and university stakeholders.
Highlights
- Manage and assist with regulatory activities to ensure compliance with state education department requirements and accreditation standards.
- Serve as the primary contact and Subject Matter Expert for state departments of education and related agencies.
- Research, interpret, and guide federal and state regulations impacting educator licensure and certification.
- Collaborate with College Deans, program directors, and university staff to maintain institutional and programmatic accreditation.
- Execute licensing processes for teacher preparation programs outside of Arizona to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Prepare, audit, analyze, and submit data to meet compliance obligations.
- Maintain records of regulatory communications, approvals, and changes relevant to compliance.
- Support teams resolving student credentialing issues and ensure student-facing documents meet regulatory standards.
- Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree, proficiency in Adobe Acrobat Pro and Microsoft Office, strong communication skills, and experience working in cross-departmental teams.
- Preferred qualifications include a Master’s degree, 3-5 years of experience with teacher certification or educator preparation programs, and subject-matter expertise in state standards and accreditation standards such as CAEP or AAQEP.
State Compliance Administrator - Education Full Description
Grand Canyon University! One of Arizona's leading institutions of higher learning. Located in the Valley of Sun in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, GCU is a regionally accredited, private, nondenominational Christian University.
Grand Canyon University's department of State Compliance and Accreditation is seeking a full time State Compliance Administrator, Education. This position is responsible for ensuring the University's compliance with state educator preparation and teacher certification regulations, educator preparation program accreditation standards, and programmatic licensure requirements.
The State Compliance Administrator, Education reports to the State Compliance Manager and provides management and assistance for a broad range of regulatory activities related to ensuring ongoing compliance with state department of education requirements and educator preparation program accreditation standards. Through the completion of state applications, annual reports, accreditation self-studies, research of regulatory requirements, and other duties supporting the University's compliance with state department of education standards, the State Compliance Administrator, Education will serve as a point of contact to state departments of education and as a subject matter expert on selected, relevant state regulations and accreditation standards. In addition, the Administrator will assist the colleges and University in maintaining compliance with programmatic and regional accrediting standards.
Location: Main Campus, 33rd and Camelback
What you will do:
- Provides point-of-contact leadership and customer service to designated state departments of education and related state agencies
- Serves as Subject Matter Expert on the relevant teacher certification standards
- Researches, gathers, and helps interpret federal and state regulations, including but not limited to the regulations of state departments of education
- Establishes and maintains excellent communication and positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes concerning regulatory compliance obligations and strategic business objectives
- Assists College Deans, program directors, and University staff with activities related to maintaining institutional and programmatic accreditations
- Analyzes, interprets, and provides guidance related to regulations and policy related to educator licensure and certification requirements for ongoing organizational compliance and in response to specific inquiries posed by business partners
- Executes the licensing processes for teacher preparation programs in states outside of Arizona, which includes, but is not limited to: researching, documenting and updating licensing requirements for assigned states to ensure organizational compliance with regulatory obligations
- Prepares, analyzes, audits, and submits data required to meet regulatory obligations
- Collaborates with academic program managers and internal business partners to ensure compliance requirements are communicated and implemented across the organization
- Maintains record of relevant data related to the organization's regulatory compliance (ex. communications, approvals, renewal dates, regulatory changes, operational decisions, and regulatory interpretations)
- Provides support to teams responsible for resolving student issues related to credentialing
- Monitors and revises language for the University's student-facing documents to ensure compliance with state regulations
What you need:
- Bachelor degree
- Experience working in cross-departmental collaborative teams
- Demonstrable record of ethical behavior, integrity, initiative, and resilience
- Evidence of strong time management and organizational skills
- Evidence of being self-directed, ability to work under little supervision
- Evidence of good critical thinking, judgment, and problem solving
- Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills with the ability to clearly communicate complex information to regulators and staff
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient with Adobe Acrobat Pro and Microsoft Office applications
- Provide a positive example to students by supporting the University's Doctrinal Statement, Ethical Position Statement, and Mission of Grand Canyon University.
Bonus:
- Master degree
- 3 - 5 years working directly with teacher certification or educator preparation programs
- Subject-matter expertise in state standards for academic programs for teaching professions
- Subject-matter expertise in state licensure standards for teaching professions
- Subject-matter expertise in Subject-matter expertise in educator preparation program accreditation standards (i.e. CAEP, AAQEP)
Why work at GCU:
- Exceptional workplace benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, a 401K savings plan
- Generous time off plan and 11 paid holidays
- Paid time off to volunteer in the community or at GCU sponsored events
- Free covered parking
- We also offer full-time employees, their spouses, and dependent children an Education Tuition Discount Program
- Free on-site gyms on campus
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