Associate Registrar

at  Dickinson College

POSTING DETAILS

Dickinson College is a premier four-year residential liberal arts institution chartered in 1783 and widely recognized as a leader in global and sustainability education. Dickinson College is located in Carlisle, named a “most livable city” by Forbes and minutes from the state capital of Harrisburg. The campus is connected to a vibrant downtown that offers eclectic dining, shopping and entertainment options. Within a two-hour drive are Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; New York City is three hours away.
Dickinson College offers full time employees a broad range of Benefits including a comprehensive medical insurance plan, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, generous time off, parental leave, homebuyer assistance, and tuition benefits for eligible employees and dependent children under the age of 24. Upon eligibility, the College contributes 8% of an employee’s base salary to a retirement account with an additional .5% matching contribution; all money paid by the college into the employee’s retirement plan is immediately and fully vested in the employee.
In our ongoing efforts to support the health of our community, Dickinson College strongly encourages all members of the campus community to be up to date on CDC-recommended vaccines.
Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening.
Position Information

JOB SUMMARY/BASIC FUNCTION

Managerial oversight and responsibility for all Registrar’s Office operations and functions; provides administrative support to Registrar’s Staff in completion of their duties, as well as to faculty, students and administrators in key areas such as transfer credit, degree clearance, continuing education, registration, summer school, and classroom design & scheduling; and serves as contributing participant on important college committees.

Essential Functions:

• Monitor progress toward degree completion of all students. Respond to questions and meet with students regarding their progress. Monitor course offerings available for students in 7th and 8th semesters. Provide lists of potential graduates to faculty for vote and to others on campus who need this information. Provide backup support for maintaining degree requirements in Degree Works.
• Manage transfer credit for incoming matriculated students, current students, and students seeking readmission. Review and approve credit for these students. Prepare Transfer Credit Evaluation for students and prepare reports.
• Oversee continuing education applications/exchanges. Serve as campus coordinator for the Central Pennsylvania Consortium exchange program and the Britton Scholars Program. Meet with first-time continuing education students to determine eligibility and explain procedures and processes. Serve as advisor to all continuing education students. Oversee the creation of records and registration of these students.
• Serve on relevant committees, such as, Learning Space Review Committee (coordinate), Orientation, Commencement Planning, New Student Planning, and Community College Partnership Initiative Committees. Provide guidance and training in the interpretation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
• Coordinate registration activities including appropriate technical set-up and correspondence. Manage the processing of Roll Call and final grading, including senior grades night procedures. Provide backup support for Student Information System semester functions.
• Work with departments and Associate Provost for Curriculum on coordinating the schedule of classes each semester and summer school. Organize Third Party Testing for Foreign Language Requirement. Approve Independent Studies/Research, Student/Faculty Research, and Tutorials for summer.
• Oversee changes in classrooms and classroom assignments. Work with appropriate offices through the Learning Space Review Committee to plan for, implement and keep up-to-date technology in instructional spaces and renovate space as needed to assist faculty with their teaching pedagogy.
• Supervises work of others, including planning, assigning, and scheduling work, reviewing work, and ensuring quality standards, training staff and overseeing their productivity. May offer recommendations for hiring, termination and pay adjustments, but does not have responsibility for making these decisions.

• Monitor progress toward degree completion of all students. Respond to questions and meet with students regarding their progress. Monitor course offerings available for students in 7th and 8th semesters. Provide lists of potential graduates to faculty for vote and to others on campus who need this information. Provide backup support for maintaining degree requirements in Degree Works.
• Manage transfer credit for incoming matriculated students, current students, and students seeking readmission. Review and approve credit for these students. Prepare Transfer Credit Evaluation for students and prepare reports.
• Oversee continuing education applications/exchanges. Serve as campus coordinator for the Central Pennsylvania Consortium exchange program and the Britton Scholars Program. Meet with first-time continuing education students to determine eligibility and explain procedures and processes. Serve as advisor to all continuing education students. Oversee the creation of records and registration of these students.
• Serve on relevant committees, such as, Learning Space Review Committee (coordinate), Orientation, Commencement Planning, New Student Planning, and Community College Partnership Initiative Committees. Provide guidance and training in the interpretation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
• Coordinate registration activities including appropriate technical set-up and correspondence. Manage the processing of Roll Call and final grading, including senior grades night procedures. Provide backup support for Student Information System semester functions.
• Work with departments and Associate Provost for Curriculum on coordinating the schedule of classes each semester and summer school. Organize Third Party Testing for Foreign Language Requirement. Approve Independent Studies/Research, Student/Faculty Research, and Tutorials for summer.
• Oversee changes in classrooms and classroom assignments. Work with appropriate offices through the Learning Space Review Committee to plan for, implement and keep up-to-date technology in instructional spaces and renovate space as needed to assist faculty with their teaching pedagogy.
• Supervises work of others, including planning, assigning, and scheduling work, reviewing work, and ensuring quality standards, training staff and overseeing their productivity. May offer recommendations for hiring, termination and pay adjustments, but does not have responsibility for making these decisions