University Articulation Officer (Administrative Analyst/Specialist Exempt II), Strategic Enrollment Management

Serves as the University's subject matter expert on course and degree articulation, transfer credit evaluation, and Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC)/Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, negotiate, and maintain course and major articulation agreements with California Community Colleges and other partner institutions by working directly with CSUSB department chairs to evaluate curriculum equivalencies, creating and publishing agreements on the ASSIST platform.
• Maintain official campus articulation records and accurate course-level articulations in the uAchieve database to ensure students receive appropriate transfer credit and that CSUSB's degree pathways remain accurate, current, and defensible under CSU and state transfer policy.
• Serve as the University's primary point of contact for articulation-related inquiries from faculty, counselors, feeder-college administrators, and the CSU Chancellor's Office.
• Analyze and resolve disputed course articulation decisions by collaborating with faculty and campus partners and evaluate the impact of proposed CSUSB curriculum changes on existing articulation agreements and current and prospective transfer students to ensure seamless transfer pathways.
• Evaluate and optimize transfer credit pathways by analyzing new and revised Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC) patterns issued by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and working with faculty to determine equivalency to CSUSB majors, reviewing CSUSB curriculum changes for their effect on existing TMC agreements and recommending solutions.
• Develop workflows with the Office of the Registrar for awarding transfer credit for external exams (AP, IB, CLEP), military training, and prior learning assessments to ensure transfer students can complete their CSUSB degree within the maximum allowable units and remain compliant with CSU system-wide transfer requirements.
• Collaborate with Admissions and Academic Advising to ensure that students entering with an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) are placed in the correct major, tracked and coded correctly, and advised appropriately.
• Administer the campus articulation systems to publish articulation data by serving as the lead campus data manager for ASSIST and campus administrator for the Transfer Evaluation System (TES), training faculty and staff on the use of both platforms, creating and monitoring user accounts to ensure articulation data is accurate, accessible, and correctly published to students and partner institutions.
• Serve as a campus spokesperson to the ASSIST management team to provide feedback and recommendations on system development and direction.
• Advise campus stakeholders on articulation and transfer policy by maintaining current knowledge of applicable laws, Chancellor's Office executive orders and coded memoranda, and legislative changes affecting articulation and transfer programs.
• Consult with administrators, department chairs, faculty, and staff on articulation issues and initiatives such as the ADT program to keep the University informed of and compliant with evolving transfer requirements.
• Represent CSUSB at statewide and regional California Intersegmental Articulation Council (CIAC) meetings to maintain the University's standing in statewide articulation efforts.
• Provide lead work direction to staff in the Registrar office assigned to articulation-related functions by developing and coordinating workflows for staff who record course articulations in uAchieve and TES and who monitor students on ADT pathways.
• Provide input to the University Registrar on staff performance evaluations to ensure articulation and transfer credit processing is completed accurately, consistently, and in a timely manner.
• Perform additional duties related to articulation and transfer pathways as assigned by the University Registrar to support departmental and divisional operations as needs arise.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and/or the equivalent training and administrative work experience involving study, analysis, and/or evaluation leading to the development or improvement of administrative policies, procedures, practices, or programs, and four years of related experience.
• Thorough knowledge of and ability to apply extensive expertise to complex programs and/or administrative specialties, including pertinent laws and regulations.
• Demonstrated expertise in and advanced knowledge of the principles, problems, and methods of public and business administration and operational and fiscal management.
• Expertise in administrative survey techniques, operations and systems analysis, statistical and research methods, and the ability to interpret and evaluate results to develop sound conclusions and recommend new or revised policies.
• Ability to understand problems from a broad, interactive perspective and discern applicable underlying principles to conceive of and develop strategic solutions.
• Ability to work with representatives from public and private entities and handle potentially sensitive situations.
• Demonstrated consultative skills in working with internal and external constituent groups.
• Ability to effectively present ideas and concepts in written or presentation format and use consultative and facilitation skills to gain consensus.

Qualifications

• Successful experience in articulation or college-level student services programs (such as advising) that include a working knowledge of articulation and the intricacies of curriculum.
• Experience with the articulation and/or curriculum processes/policies at the California Community Colleges, the CSUs, or the UCs.
• Experience with degree audit tools, such as uAchieve, and with articulation tools, such as ASSIST and TES.
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• High comfort level with using Microsoft 365 (especially Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, Word, and Excel), Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, and Sites), and Zoom.

Special Conditions

• Provide training and lead work direction to SSP II.

Pay

Anticipated hiring range: $5,797 per month for qualified candidates. Classification hiring range: $5,797 (Step 1) - $8,445 (Step 20).

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).
• Sick and vacation time, and 15 paid holidays a year.
• Eligibility to participate in the fee waiver education program.

A summary of benefit information can be found here.

Schedule

• Academic year schedule: Monday through Friday (08:00 am – 5:00 pm), some evenings/weekends.
• Summer schedule: Monday through Thursday (7:00 am - 5:30 pm), some evenings/weekends.