Academic Svcs. Administrator
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Job Summary
This position serves as the lead for designing developing and delivering a high-quality portfolio of educational and training offerings for lifelong learners aged 50 ensuring alignment with OLLIs mission and the expectations of a highly engaged intellectually curious community. This role exists to provide structure consistency and innovation in course and instructor development by leading the identification vetting and support of instructors; mentoring and guiding volunteers; establishing standardized processes for course creation evaluation and training; and collaborating with internal teams to ensure seamless program delivery and effective marketing. By leveraging data best practices and strong relationships across USF and the broader community this position drives program quality member satisfaction and sustainable enrollment growth.
Responsibilities
Salary: 55000 to 60000 annually
Responsibilities:
Program & Course Development
- Serve as Course/Program development leader for the USF OSHER Lifelong Learning Department which is a program for lifelong learners 50up.
- Must be comfortable working with a senior population of high achieving individuals who value lifelong learning and the OLLI community.
- Ability to write course syllabus and course description in a standardized format and template based on input from instructor pool on the courses they are developing.
- Ability to fill out and use standard template to import course information and description into registration system.
- Define and develop a course evaluation and instructor process.
Instructor & Volunteer Management
- Lead and mentor a team of OLLI volunteers in identifying potential courses and instructors for OLLI.
- Develop and lead a process for identifying and vetting these instructors and courses including utilizing criteria based on predefined subjects or areas including utilizing a fixed number of days and teaching slots as defined by a strategic course offering plan.
- Ability to source potential instructors from around USF the membership and the community through influencing and negotiating skills.
- Work with other OLLI team members to identify best in class instructors based on popularity and the ability to fill courses.
- Use that knowledge to develop a training course based on best practices derived by these best-in-class instructors.
- Hold and monitor training courses for new instructors before each term.
Operations & Program Delivery Support
- The ability to attend courses and sessions at the various places where OLLI holds courses.
- Work with the Operations Manager (OM) to ensure smooth class and session delivery and help inform OM for the marketing of our programs and courses.
- Various duties in support of the OLLI department and its mission as directed by the Office Manager or Director.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
This positions requires a Bachelors degree in Business Education Liberal Arts or a related field with a minimum of two years of experience or a Masters degree in education or a field of study related to the academic program.
Degree Equivalency Clause: Four years of direct experience for a bachelors degree.
Senate Bill 1310- The Florida Senate ( is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.
SB 1310: Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required not to exceed:
(a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
(b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelors degree;
(c) Six years of direct experience for a masters degree;
(d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
(e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure certification or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Business Education Liberal Arts or a related field. Recent graduate to mid-career professional. Strong relationship-building communication and business development skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office and Canvas Catalog (or similar tools). Reliable transportation and comfort working with adults 50 applying adult learning principles across multiple Tampa Bay course locations.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
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About Company
Working at USF With approximately 16,000 employees, the University of South Florida is one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay area. We are dedicated to cultivating a talented, engaged and driven workforce that strives to be bold. Employees excel in USF‘s rich academic environme ... View more
