Academic Accreditation Specialist

Summary

Join Woolf, a growing higher education institution, as an Academic Administrator. You will work closely with the VP of Compliance and leading academics to manage accreditation compliance paperwork, ensuring our programs meet the highest standards. This role involves designing and filing regulatory paperwork, ensuring quality assurance in long-form filings, collaborating on instructional design, drafting policies and procedures, and managing stakeholder relationships. You will need a graduate-level education, 4+ years of academic administration experience or a PhD, and excellent communication skills. Woolf offers a competitive salary between USD 40,000 and 65,000 annually.

Requirements

• Graduate-level education
• 4+ years academic administration or a PhD
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A meticulous, systematic, goal focused team player, able to work with complex regulatory frameworks
• Patience and persistence in the face of bureaucratic inertia
• Readiness to work in a start-up environment - you'll be a self-starter, able to take initiative in breaking ambiguous projects into concrete, time-bound steps

Responsibilities

• Design and file regulatory paperwork related to the ongoing compliance requirements for accreditation
• Become self-sufficient in composing 50-150 page applications
• Get up to speed on the specialized QA requirements for filing long forms and paperwork
• Understand the wide-ranging, systematic impact of small details
• Collaboratively help both senior and junior academics reduce complexity in their new academic courses and degree designs
• Develop a keen understanding of how degree design will impact students and the future usability of the program
• Review compliance requirements and business needs to draft clear and concise policies and procedures related to accreditation, compliance, and education delivery
• Interact across cultural barriers with academic leaders, government officials, and others - remaining polite, patient, and cheerful despite challenges
• Persist and remain goal-focused, even when others might be exasperated

Benefits

Annual Compensation: USD 40,000 - 65,000 USD