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Job Description
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Benefits of Being a Lindenwood Employee:
- Upon hire employerpaid tuition benefits for bachelors (employee spouse and dependent) and masters degree programs (employee and spouse only).
- Tuition discounts for doctoral programs (employee only).
- Comprehensive benefits plan: medical dental vision life insurance disability insurance and retirement options.
- Paid holidays: MLK Jr. day Good Friday Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving break (Wednesday Friday) and winter break (Dec. 23 Jan. 1.
- Free lunch Fridays: LU employees are eligible for a free meal on Fridays at the Evans Commons Dining Hall or Spellman Dining Hall; ChickfilA and Qdoba included.
- Professional development opportunities through the Lindenwood Learning Academy.
JOB TITLE SUMMARY
Job Title: University Registrar
Division: Academic Affairs
Evaluation Group: Staff Administrator
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports To: Associate Vice President Advising and Retention Experience
Positions Supervised: Senior Associate Registrar Associate Registrar NCAA Coordinator
Job Summary
The university registrar will provide executive leadership for all functions and services of the academic services office by strategically aligning them with the studentcentered vision and mission of the University along with responsibility for the security integrity and accuracy of academic records and the coordination of institutional policies and procedures. This position will assist the academic affairs by certifying graduation requirements approving transfer credits from other institutions and auditing the graduation process. The person in this position provides leadership both within the academic services office and to the university at large to achieve institutional goals and to ensure a positive student experience through process improvement datadriven analysis and decisions and the development of functions that meet best practices.
Essential Job Functions and Performance Indicators
The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and level of responsibility that will be required of positions given this title. This job description shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform jobrelated tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Job Responsibilities and
- Serves as a subject matter expert in advising senior leadership within academic affairs and institutionally
- Coordinates and supervises all aspects of the Universitys academic services office including the student information system registration grading degree and enrollment verification academic records management transcripts compliance graduation auditing and the awarding of degrees.
- Collects records maintains and reports student records within FERPA guidelines e.g. grades registration data and transcripts
- Oversees the management of policies processes and operations of the academic services office and provides leadership innovation vision and accountability for the management of all records registration policies and services that support student success
- Updates leadership on unit affairs and shortterm/longterm initiatives
- Maintains uptodate course schedules catalogs and final examination schedules.
- Develops and maintains a rigorous degree audit process
- Completes National Student Clearing House reporting
- Facilitates data governance and data cleanup initiatives
- Develops and directs institutional record retention policy and practices
- Oversees the Universitys commencement process
- Oversees transfer evaluation and equivalency process
- Oversees class scheduling and room assignments
Leadership and Strategic Thinking
- Provides strategic leadership at the institutional level and develops appropriate recommendations for the enhanced services offered through Registration and Records
- Assists academic affairs with ongoing revision of business processes
- Establishes long and shortterm strategic goals based on data and ensures standards for the department and its field are met or exceeded
- Adapts and modifies leadership based on new information and/or data; works to set and unite people within the academic services office
- Utilizes effective strategies to build collaboration for maximum
- Aligns division/department purpose and actions with relevant University initiatives and higher education trends
Employee Management and Development
- Supports the mission of the University and serves as an ambassador of the Q2 culture of service excellence
- Models supports and holds others accountable to the Universitys values
- Recruits interviews recommends welcomes observes and monitors performance of department staff
- Sets clear performance expectations and holds employees accountable
- Conducts annual employee evaluations based on evidence observation and feedback
Job may require other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications An equivalent combination of education training and experience will be considered. Additional requirements may be designated by position.
- Masters degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- 5 years of experience in a university registration setting or related area experience with FERPA regulations and privacy laws governing higher education and experience in the management and utilization of computerized records.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities May be representative but not allinclusive of the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to perform this job competently.
- Experience leading in a datadriven educational environment
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures
- Success leading at a senior level and working alongside cabinetlevel colleagues in the role of subject matter expert
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office; Anthology Canvas Docuware experience preferred
- Strong written verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Must be highly organized and detailoriented
- Ability to use good judgment and think critically
Work Environment Environmental or atmospheric conditions commonly associated with the performance of this jobs functions. Please click here to view Lindenwood Universitys flexible work designation descriptions
- General office setting
- NonStandard Flex
Physical Abilities The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform this jobs essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Ability to work effectively at a computer for extended time daily
- Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function
- Ability to use repetitive wrist hand and finger movements to type regularly
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lindenwood University is an Equal Opportunity employer. The University complies with appropriate federal state and local laws and provides equal employment opportunities and access to educational programs without regard to race color religion gender age sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status disability or any other protected status to all qualified applicants and employees. Lindenwood University is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and dedicated to providing a positive discriminationfree educational work environment.
Employment Type
Full-Time
