Academic Knowledge and Publications Specialist

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Grade: Professional 304

Pay Range: $51300.00 - $76900.00

Job Description

Responsible for the governance accuracy and continuous improvement of student-facing knowledge content including the Student Handbook and Knowledge Center. This role ensures content aligns with academic policies regulatory requirements and institutional standards while supporting scalable self-service and an improved student experience. Partners with cross-functional stakeholders to translate complex academic and administrative information into clear accessible and actionable content for students and staff.

• Owns and manages the lifecycle of student-facing knowledge content including creation review updates and archival. Ensures alignment between Student Handbook content Academic Policy Catalog and institutional standards. Maintains taxonomy tagging metadata and governance standards.
• Partners with Academic Policy and subject matter experts to translate complex policies into student-friendly content and supports consistent student-facing communications.
• Provides guidance to stakeholders on knowledge best practices and content standards.
• Monitors content performance metrics conducts content audits and uses analytics to drive continuous improvement.
• Conducts content audits to ensure accuracy consistency accreditation and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborates with Academic Policy communications and cross-functional stakeholders to improve self-service experiences.

• Knowledge management content governance content lifecycle management knowledge platforms/CMS taxonomy metadata content analytics stakeholder management higher education policy compliance and the ability to translate complex policies into clear accessible content.

• Bachelors Degree in Communications English Education Business Information Systems or related field.
• Experience working with knowledge management systems content management systems or similar platforms and experience creating editing or managing structured content.

• Experience with Khoros or similar knowledge platforms Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS) student-facing content analytics/reporting tools and self-service digital content ecosystems.
• Impact of the Role: This role enables scalable student support by ensuring accurate accessible and well-governed knowledge content reducing operational burden on support teams and improving the overall student experience.

Travel

This position requires occasional travel of up to 20% including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year). Additional travel may include conferences visits to company locations and other business-related events as needed. Additional travel may be assigned as needed to support business requirements

Position & Application Details

Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical dental vision telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual 11 paid holidays and other paid leaves including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

How to Apply: If interested an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

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