Director of Global Campus and Continuing Educatio

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Global Campus & Continuing Educ Michigan Technological University is an R1 technological research university founded in 1885 in Houghton. Our rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's scenic Upper Peninsula and is home to nearly 7,500 students from more than 60 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan's flagship technological university offers more than 185 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Research focus areas include defense, health, energy, automotive, environment, and aerospace. The area's waters, forests, and snowfall support year-round recreation, including skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, and paddling. The University is an integral part of the region, supported by a friendly and welcoming community that takes pride in being a true college town. We embrace our size, climate, sense of adventure, and originality. Summary Michigan Technological University's Global Campus makes the possibility of earning an online graduate degree or certificate available to a broader range of students, including working professionals and career changers. MTU Global Campus is committed to enhancing opportunities for nontraditional students and industrial partners. The Director of Global Campus and Continuing Education is responsible for the operations of the global campus and reports to the Vice President for Global Campus. This role directly manages staff in admissions, marketing, and support services and is responsible for financial management (annual budgeting and planning). This role builds and maintains relationships with academic departments, faculty, and staff to oversee online degree and non-credit programs and serves as the primary contact for on-campus relationships. The Director ensures the quality of online courses and compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards. The role works with strategic external relationships, corporate partnerships, and marketing for academic departments. Responsibilities and Essential Duties

• Direct the operations of the Global Campus in developing operational goals and initiatives to achieve overall goals.
• Provide staff supervision, coaching, and evaluation of performance for admissions, marketing, and support services. Managing the hiring of staff.
• Provide strategic direction to develop and drive online and continuing education strategy to meet nontraditional and online education needs.
• Build new and maintain current programs, provide modality review in collaboration with departments and faculty.
• Review, analyze, and evaluate programs with the deans/chairs to ensure the effectiveness and instructional quality of courses/programs; identify and employ areas for improvement in courses/programs in conjunction with the Center for Teaching and Learning.
• Work with the Graduate School, Provost, and Registrar's Office to resolve complex student issues, ensure proper communication, and implement new programs.
• Build working relationships with internal and external stakeholders; evaluate recruitment success through marketing and recruitment efforts.
• Develop and implement plans and policies for online learning, perform annual program assessments, and financial management.
• Expand the infrastructure for online learning for degrees, certificates, and professional development programs, including workforce development.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to provide non-credit training, hiring of facilitators, development and delivery of programs, and payment structure.
• Enhance educational experiences for students relating to online programming.
• Conduct university business in a professional and ethical manner that includes the university core values of integrity, empowerment, service, learning, and collaboration.
• Communicate effectively in a professional, tactful, and courteous manner with students, employees, faculty, partners, and the general public.
• Ensure that all activities are conducted within the established university policies, FERPA guidelines, and other applicable laws pertaining to employment and education.
• Perform assigned responsibilities, other related duties, and tasks according to established practices, procedures, techniques, and standards in a safe manner and with minimal supervision.
• Commit to learning about continuous improvement strategies and applying them to everyday work. Actively engage in University continuous improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate HLC compliance standards for distance learning with academic programs.
• Travel up to 20% of the time.
• Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.
• All other duties as assigned. Required Education, Certifications, Licensures
• Master's degree in business, management, instructional design, or a related field or equivalent working experience Required Experience
• Previously served in a successful leadership role within a university system.
• Demonstrated experience in program, policy and operational development.
• Previous administrative experience including operational, budgetary and personnel management.
• Experience with program assessment and reporting in a university setting. Desirable Education and/or Experience
• Demonstrated experience in managing online/delivery programs in a Learning Management System (Canvas) or equivalent.
• Experience with collaborative leadership of an organization, including managing online initiatives, the planning and marketing of online educational programs.
• Ph.D. preferred. Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.

.. For full info follow application link. Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.