Description

• Collaborative online program development and management. Provide strategic management for a portfolio of ~50 online collaborative programs. Facilitate and advance opportunities for campus academic leadership and faculty to consider, design, and launch new collaborative programs. Oversee university wide teams of program managers and other staff to provide support for faculty directors, faculty program committees, and campus leadership in the management of collaborative degrees.
• Strategic support for single-campus online programs. Provide and facilitate strategic consultation services to academic programs delivered by an individual campus. Lead the provision of other academic services (e.g., program assessment, course sharing) for single-campus programs that wish to strategically partner more closely with IU Online.
• Allocation of IU Online resources for instructional design and technology. Work with UITS Learning Technologies to support faculty in course redesign with the eLearning Design and Services Team. Promote positive faculty experiences through the course design process. Advocate for efficient and student-centered course design.
• Appointment, management, and development of Faculty Directors and program committee faculty. Organize academic programs into "clusters" and recruit skilled and committed faculty leaders to serve as Faculty Directors. Define performance expectations for the faculty directors and committees to comply with university and campus goals. Establish opportunities to build community within and across the committees and promote professional development opportunities for faculty involved in collaborative online program management.
• Program review and course assessment support. Oversee a team of staff who support online program leadership and faculty (especially for collaborative programs) in designing outcomes, assessment rubrics, data collection, and report generation for the purposes of course and program assessment and reviews. Ensure that these processes meet or exceed expectations for accreditation and regulation. Share best practices within the university community for their adoption in other programs.
• Course quality support, including Quality Matters. Foster and lead faculty-led discussions to ensure programs included in IU Online meet high standards of quality and are highly valued by faculty, students, employers, peers, and other stakeholders. Support the university's efforts to expand the number of courses that meet national quality standards in online education, such as Quality Matters.
• Academic support. Provide leadership in the design, adoption, and delivery of academic support. Facilitate intercampus conversations to share best practices and seek consistent access to these services across all campuses.

• Emphasize the inter-campus nature of IU's approach to online education and provide leadership in developing partnerships between IU Online and the campuses.
• Advance the goals of the IU campuses and the consortium of the regional campuses.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and support for IU faculty regarding online education and those who are at administrative levels at the campuses.
• Participate in the development, review, approval, and implementation of academic policy with regard to its impact on online education.
• Serve as the chief point of contact for accreditation with regard to online education and actively support campuses and programs in maintaining accreditation.
• Serve as a resource for academic leadership in envisioning the role online education plays in higher education.

• A minimum of 5 years of increasing levels of leadership in faculty governance or academic administration;
• Hold tenure, or be eligible for tenure, at an IU Campus;
• A demonstrated commitment to fostering collaboration across academic units and campuses;
• Demonstrated understanding of the academic enterprise including the different ranks, roles, and responsibilities of faculty, staff, and students;
• A track record of recruiting, mentoring, and retaining outstanding faculty that aligns with IU's mission;
• Experience in articulating and advancing academic values, particularly academic freedom and shared governance;
• A record of fiscal and budgetary management;
• Demonstrated expertise in successful negotiation and arbitration in academic settings;
• A demonstrated commitment to delivering online education consistent with national best practices and public regional and research universities;
• And a deep appreciation for online education and how it can support campus missions.

• A demonstrated understanding and commitment to delivering excellent online education
• A demonstrated track record of working within a university system of individually accredited campuses

• Must have a strong understanding of academic governance, and how to successfully work within this structure
• Comfort with working in a team- and committee-based organization and ability to provide leadership and champion change within this structure

• Knowledge of working with new technologies in the classroom
• Knowledge of state and federal regulations surrounding higher education
• Knowledge of accrediting bodies and their requirements for online education
• IU Administrative or Academic Experience at Indiana University

• UPCEA - Professional, Continuing and Online (PCO) Education
• Individual Certification for Quality Matters