Assistant Vice Provost for Accreditation & Accreditation Liaison Officer

About This Opportunity

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai is representing a confidential higher education institution seeking an Assistant Vice Provost for Accreditation & Accreditation Liaison Officer. This is a critical leadership role overseeing all institutional and programmatic accreditation, state authorization, and licensure compliance activities across multiple states and campuses.

This position will direct a dedicated team and serve as the institution's official liaison to institutional and programmatic accrediting bodies, providing strategic guidance to executive leadership on regulatory compliance matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all institutional and programmatic accreditation efforts across multiple campuses and delivery modalities
• Serve as the official Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) to the institutional accreditor, managing the relationship including reaffirmation, annual reporting, and substantive change processes
• Direct a portfolio of 30+ concurrent programmatic accreditation relationships with bodies such as APA, CACREP, COAMFTE, CEPH, and others
• Oversee state authorization and reauthorization compliance across all states where the institution operates, including both NC-SARA and direct state-by-state processes
• Manage institutional licensure compliance activities, including audits and disclosures to state licensing boards
• Monitor U.S. Department of Education policy and regulatory changes to ensure ongoing compliance
• Coordinate all mock site visits and accreditor site visits across institutional and programmatic accreditation activities
• Advise executive leadership on changes affecting accrediting bodies and state/local approving entities
• Manage and develop a team of functional coordinators covering accreditation, licensure, and state authorizations
• Develop and deliver institution-wide training on accreditation standards and criteria
• Maintain comprehensive timelines and documentation for all accreditation, licensure, and state authorization activities

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree or professional terminal degree
• Five or more years of progressively responsible academic administrative experience in regulatory and compliance areas
• Direct experience with institutional accreditation (specifically WSCUC) and programmatic accreditation in higher education
• Direct experience and knowledge of state authorization requirements, including NC-SARA and non-NC-SARA processes
• Direct experience and knowledge of licensure regulations and state licensing boards
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance processes affecting higher education
• Excellent writing, verbal, research, organizational, and analytical skills
• Presentation experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience serving on institutional accreditor peer review teams
• Experience managing multiple concurrent programmatic accreditation relationships
• Experience with direct state-by-state authorization processes and the State Authorization Network (SAN)
• Experience providing written and oral reports on assessment plans, strategies, and results
• Experience conducting faculty and staff seminars on accreditation and assessment topics
• Proficiency with quantitative and qualitative research methods
• Higher education teaching experience

How We Work with You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, one of our experienced recruiters will review your credentials and conduct an initial screening. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. We ask that you do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all communication should flow through our recruiting team to ensure a professional and coordinated process.

Pay

Pay via Get A Job.ai has not been disclosed for this position at this time. Compensation will be discussed during the screening process.

Location: United States (remote considerations may be discussed)

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