Registrar's Office - Senior Associate Registrar

Primary Responsibilities

• Degree Audits: Lead the evaluation of student progress toward degree completion, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
• Graduation Processing: Manage the review and approval of graduation eligibility, resolve discrepancies, and enforce adherence to academic policies.
• Student Case Management: Act as the primary point of contact for academic advisors and departments on complex student cases and graduation requirements.
• Transcript Evaluation: Oversee transcript review and evaluation to ensure compliance with graduation and transfer credit requirements.
• Policy Development: Develop and maintain policies and procedures related to transfer credit evaluation, degree audits, and graduation processing.
• System Collaboration: Partner with IT and Systems Support to maintain and enhance degree audit software and reporting tools.
• Record Integrity: Ensure the accuracy and compliance of academic records in accordance with institutional, state, and federal regulations.
• Process Optimization: Continuously review and refine workflows to improve the efficiency of graduation and audit processes.
• Institutional Representation: Represent the Registrar's Office on committees and working groups related to student success and academic policies.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution (Master's degree preferred).
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in academic records, degree audits, and graduation processing in higher education.
• Knowledge: Strong understanding of academic policies, curriculum requirements, and degree structures.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Student Information Systems (SIS), degree audit software, and data reporting tools.
• Analytical Abilities: Excellent analytical skills with a focus on data integrity and attention to detail.
• Organizational Skills: Exceptional project management and organizational abilities.
• Communication: Strong interpersonal and communication skills for collaboration with academic advisors, faculty, and institutional stakeholders.
• Leadership: Experience in leading and mentoring staff.

Salary

$70,000 - $75,000

Benefits

Located in an increasingly diverse metropolitan area, Wagner College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Wagner College complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Key Competencies

• Analytical Expertise: Conduct detailed reviews of student records and offer data-driven insights.
• Collaboration: Build strong relationships with academic advisors and institutional stakeholders to resolve student issues and improve processes.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement best practices for degree audit and graduation workflows.
• Attention to Detail: Ensure the accuracy and compliance of academic records.

Skills

Located in an increasingly diverse metropolitan area, Wagner College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Wagner College complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.