Assistant Director, Academic Programs - Health & Kinesiology

Duties & Responsibilities

Academic Program Leadership and Operational Coordination

• Serve as an operational lead for undergraduate and graduate academic programs.
• Assist the head and associate heads in visioning and leading new academic initiatives.
• Coordinate minors and certificates.
• Coordinate department focus areas.
• Coordinate marketing and communication efforts related to HK courses and faculty and communicate with College marcom in relation to department needs and requests.
• Ensure alignment with departmental and college priorities.

Scheduling, Instructional Planning, Enrollment and Program Analytics

• Analyze course enrollment trends and program data in relation to impact on class size and number of course sections needed.
• Provide data-informed recommendations to the Associate Heads.
• Determine instructional resource needs, including faculty and TAs.
• Coordinate course scheduling, instructional assignments and projections.
• Work closely with department course schedulers.
• Develop PowerPoint presentations and other visual materials to communicate data findings and outcomes with the faculty.

Student Success, Academic Affairs, and College Relations

• Collaborate with college central units to ensure close coordination between department and college-level functions.
• Serve as an escalation point for academic concerns and program-related issues.
• Coordinate with faculty and advisors to facilitate course assignments, timetable scheduling, and the timely resolution of student concerns.
• Serve as a liaison for Academic Affairs and program-related matters with the College.
• Serve as a liaison with the College''s Marketing and Communications team.
• Serve as an ad hoc member of the Health and Kinesiology Educational Policy Committees.

Other Duties

• Perform other duties as assigned in support of departmental academic operations and program coordination.