Degree and Transfer Specialist
SUNY Empire State University
Saratoga Springs, NY
Full-time
Administration / Clerical
Posted on May 1, 2024
About Empire State University:
Founded in 1971 as the innovative campus of the State University of New York (SUNY), Empire State University empowers learners from diverse backgrounds to achieve their educational goals. We have decades of experience providing educational access through online teaching and learning, individualized instruction, mentoring, and prior learning assessment. We build on our students' experiences to promote their growth and drive upward mobility and economic development in New York state and beyond. SUNY Empire's 97,000 alumni are teachers, nurses, entrepreneurs, and leaders in their communities and their fields. Visit www.sunyempire.edu and follow us on social media @SUNYEmpire.
SUNY Empire is committed to creating a multicultural, inclusive academic and work environment. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We believe that having diverse faculty and staff is critical to academic excellence and prepares students to live and work in an increasingly global world.
Job Description:
Empire State University is seeking a Degree and Transfer Specialist (State Title: Staff Assistant) in the Office of the Registrar. The chosen candidate will work as part of a team whose primary responsibilities include evaluating and applying advanced standing credit to student records, creating, and maintaining student degree audits and providing guidance regarding policy and procedures for the aforementioned to the university community.
The Office of the Registrar at Empire State University provides a wide range of services for students, alumni, faculty and staff, which include recording and reporting academic information, calculating, recording and reporting academic standing, graduation clearance, transcript services, transfer evaluation, enrollment verifications and certifications, collaboration on the academic calendar, enrollment reporting and forecasting, and publications including the term guide and the university catalog. The office maintains all official student, alumni, and curricular records for the university, and it ensures the accuracy and integrity of the curricular and student records.
Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:
- Evaluating transferability of prior learning from regionally accredited colleges, military experience; non- collegiate sponsored instruction evaluated by ACE and/or NCCRS, and other pre-evaluated professional learning.
- Working with the Assistant Registrar for Transfer to create course equivalencies with input from faculty, assisting in the maintenance of the articulation tables, and applying transfer credit to student records.
- Assisting in the maintenance and review of undergraduate student degree audits using Degree Works.
- Supporting academic review by researching answers and responding to questions regarding advanced standing credit and degree audit.
- Providing support within the office regarding technology for transfer and degree audit processes, including assisting with the transition to new technologies.
- Working as part of a team and assisting with specific projects as assigned.
Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- A minimum of 2 years work experience in higher education.
- Excellent computer skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as be a strong team player.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Clear and effective communication skills.
- Bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English.
- Experience utilizing student information software, particularly Banner and Degree Works.
- Experience working in a distributed environment.
- Experience with transfer credit and/or degree audit.
- Demonstrated system-level thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with an adult student population.
- Prior knowledge of and experience working with bilingual and emergent bilingual learners, particularly in online settings.
- Prior experience working effectively with faculty, staff, and students from diverse linguistic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- SUNY Empire provides employees with robust remote and flexible work options to meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff in a dispersed work environment. University locations that may be considered include Saratoga Springs, Rochester and Selden, NY.
Additional Information:
Rank/Salary: SL2 - $47,500-$49,500, dependent upon experience and qualifications.
Empire State University is an EOE employer.
We are pleased to offer our employees an excellent benefit package which includes NYS health insurance, free dental and vision, competitive retirement options, and generous vacation, sick and holiday accruals; and a strong emphasis on work-life balance. We also offer professional-development activities for professionals and support staff.
IF YOU NEED A DISABILITY-RELATED ACCOMMODATION, PLEASE CALL THE ADA COORDINATOR AT (518) 587-2100, ext. 2240. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TITLE II CRIME AWARENESS AND SECURITY ACT, A COPY OF OUR CRIME STATISTICS IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY CALLING (518) 587-2100, ext. 2800. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ON-LINE AT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WEBSITE AT www.sunyempire.edu/safety-security.
Application Instructions:
Applications Due By: Applications accepted until position has been filled.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit the following documents, which are required for consideration by clicking on the APPLY NOW button:
- Resume
- Cover letter
- Name and contact information of three references
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