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Departmental Overview

UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business offers a unique opportunity to champion new ideas, collaborate across boundaries, and continually learn in a workplace committed to increasing diversity and creating a welcoming environment for all. Our distinctive culture is captured within our four Defining Leadership Principles: Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself. These principles distinguish Berkeley Haas as a unique environment, conducive to teamwork, collaboration, and career growth.

For more information about the Haas School of Business visit: https://haas.berkeley.edu/about/

The Evening & Weekend Berkeley MBA Program, ranked as the nation's top part-time MBA program for six consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report, provides a robust MBA experience within a part-time schedule. Students engage with leading faculty and become part of the dynamic Berkeley Haas community. The Evening & Weekend MBA program collaborates closely with the Full-Time MBA program, sharing selected classes and co-curricular activities across their respective student populations. Our commitment extends to partnering with working professionals in their MBA journey, offering empathetic engagement, clear guidance, and exceptional experiences to nurture diverse Berkeley leaders for the global stage.

The Haas School of Business embraces flexible working arrangements for its employees. Exact arrangements are determined in partnership with your supervisor to meet role responsibilities and department needs, and are subject to change.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: 05/02/2024.

Responsibilities

The Evening & Weekend MBA Program Director of Academics holds a pivotal role at the Haas School of Business, overseeing a diverse array of responsibilities aimed at facilitating students' academic journey. Central to this role is strategic curricular planning, personalized academic advising, and fostering partnerships with both on-campus and off-campus stakeholders. Leading the EW Academics Team, they ensure MBA students receive unparalleled support in navigating course selection, monitoring degree progress, and accessing resources within UC Berkeley and Haas.

Curricular Planning:

• Strategically support all academic activities for the EWMBA Program, including course scheduling, faculty engagement, and student advisement.
• Analyze enrollment data to determine student scheduling needs for progression to graduation, while also monitoring class and student interest to optimize resource allocation.
• Collaborate with the Executive Director in the curricular planning process to ensure that semester schedules match needed student degree progress, avoid scheduling conflicts, and comply with campus-wide policies, including assisting in faculty recommendation for courses.

Enrollment Management:

• Manage course enrollment via Haas Online Registration (OLR) and Campus Solutions, overseeing Bidding and Add/Drop processes for all semesters.
• Coordinate course enrollment for Haas Full-Time MBA, Executive MBA, UC Berkeley partner programs, exchange students, and international opportunities (GNAM, MOU agreements, etc.)
• Collect and analyze enrollment data to inform recommendations to the Executive Director.

Academic Advising Management:

• Oversee the EW Academics Team of Associate Directors, providing guidance on student advising and course selection from orientation to graduation. Support Associate Directors with complex cases, consulting the Executive Director as necessary.
• Partner with the Haas Registrar to maintain accurate student records in CalCentral, Haas Online Registration System, and Student Data Management System. Conduct regular unit audits to ensure policy compliance and progress towards graduation requirements.
• Identify students on Academic Probation and assist Associate Directors in providing necessary resources for them to regain good academic standing and fulfill degree requirements.

Policy Management:

• Maintain comprehensive understanding of University and School policies, advising on formulation and implementation.
• Advise Executive Director on EWMBA program policy formulation, identifying areas needing clarification and recommending adaptations or new policies.
• Provide guidance to faculty, staff, and students on new or changed policies, facilitating implementation.
• Manage the student "Exception Request" process for the academics team, seeking support from the Executive Director when necessary.

Communication and Engagement:

• Utilizes exceptional written communication and interpersonal skills to serve as the primary contact for MBA program inquiries, including updates, events, scheduling, and other important matters.
• Maintains relationships with the University's graduate division and other central campus units to address program requirements and provide assistance.
• Liaises with various school and campus departments and service providers, facilitating effective communication and collaboration, including the Haas Registrar, Career Management Group, Admissions, Alumni Relations, Facilities, Media Services, and Library.
• Advises and mentors EW student academic committees, including Academic Cohort Representatives and EWMBA VPs of Academics.

Employee & Budget Management:

• Supervises and supports employee performance, including hiring, training, and evaluation, while recommending necessary actions such as corrective measures, promotions, hiring, or separations.
• Facilitates professional development opportunities for team members.
• Manages departmental budget, conducting regular financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting to the Executive Director for annual budget cycle requests.
• Oversees key operational aspects of the EW program's academic experience.

Other duties as assigned.

Professional Learning and Growth

• Embraces the principle of being a "student always" by engaging in opportunities for training, workshops, seminars, continuing education pertinent to the position, or at the suggestion of the supervisor.
• Actively contributes to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) within the unit and at Haas.
• Engages in ongoing education to promote diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging by completing University sponsored certifications & training sessions (Ie: MEP Workshop, Implicit Bias Certification, LinkedIn Learning workshops, and other workshops & seminars offered by the University or Haas, as they are made available) or by engaging in external seminars & resources related to DEIB.
• Exemplifies Haas' four Defining Leadership Principles: (1) Question the status quo; (2) Confidence without attitude; (3) Students always; and (4) Beyond yourself.

Required Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrates cross-cultural communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and project management skills.
• Demonstrates objectivity, confidentiality and discretion in relating to students, faculty and staff.
• Multicultural competencies; ability to manage and work with diverse populations.
• Skills in problem identification and reasoning to identify areas of improvement, procedural efficiency, to develop original ideas and work to solve problems.
• Skills in judgment and decision-making, problem solving, identifying measures of system performance and the actions to improve performance.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating a desire to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging to establish and maintain positive & professional working relationships with colleagues, students and team members.
• Exemplifies Haas' four Defining Leadership Principles: (1) Question the status quo; (2) Confidence without attitude; (3) Students always; and (4) Beyond yourself.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in a business, organization or public university setting.

Education/Training:

• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of University-specific computer application programs.
• Knowledge of University and departmental principles and procedures involved in risk assessment and evaluating risks as to likelihood and consequences.
• Demonstrated skills in supervising others, including performance management.
• Master's degree in education, counseling, or business and/or equivalent experience/training.

Salary & Benefits

This is a 100% full-time (40 hrs a week) exempt career position, which is paid monthly and eligible for UC Benefits.

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $110,000.00 - $120,000.00.

How to Apply

• To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.

Diversity Statement

Please include, as part of your application a brief (1-2 paragraph) statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in your professional experience.

Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our UC Berkeley Principles of Community, which states that "every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring, and humane environment in which these values can thrive."

Other Information

• This is not a visa opportunity.

Conviction History Background

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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