Unit Assessment Manager at The University of Texas at Austin in Main Campus, UT

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Job Posting Title: Unit Assessment Manager ---- Hiring Department: Academic Affairs ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA ---- Earliest Start Date: Nov 16, 2026 ---- Position Duration: Expected to Continue ---- Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS ---- Job Details: General Notes Must be eligible to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship. Purpose Reporting to the Director of Accreditation and Assessment, the Unit Assessment Manager manages the operational functions required for outcomes assessment, continuous improvement, and institutional-effectiveness documentation across service, support, and administrative units. The position supports the Director of Accreditation and Assessment in ensuring institutional readiness for SACSCOC expectations related to service, support, and administrative unit assessment and institutional effectiveness. It provides operational leadership, analytical expertise, and cross-university coordination for outcomes development, unit assessment, and continuous improvement across these units. The Unit Assessment Manager advances a data-informed culture of institutional effectiveness by supporting units in mission and outcomes alignment, measurable outcomes development, assessment planning, service improvement, and evidence-based decision-making. This role serves as the campus-wide operational lead for service, support, and administrative unit assessment workflows and strengthens UT Austin's readiness for applicable federal, state, and SACSCOC expectations related to unit assessment and institutional effectiveness. The position supports all relevant SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation in which unit outcomes and effectiveness are implicated; responsibilities are not restricted to any single section of the SACSCOC Principles. While the Director of Accreditation and Assessment defines institutional strategy, policy interpretation, and compliance direction, the Unit Assessment Manager manages the operational functions that implement those priorities. Responsibilities Unit Assessment Planning and Outcomes Alignment Coordinate institution-wide workflows for service, support, and administrative unit outcomes development, alignment, assessment, and revision. Lead unit assessment planning initiatives that support SACSCOC compliance, the multi-year unit assessment cycle, and other institutional-effectiveness priorities. Manage timelines, templates, process maps, and institutional repositories for unit assessment documentation. Conduct quality reviews of unit outcomes, assessment plans, and reports to ensure quality, continuous improvement, clarity, measurability, alignment, and compliance with applicable accreditation expectations and obligations. Support service, support, and administrative units in aligning outcomes and assessment methods with unit missions, institutional priorities, and service improvement goals. Assessment Operations and Continuous Improvement Coordinate and support the full cycle of outcomes assessment for service, support, and administrative units, including planning, data collection, analysis, and documentation. Oversee unit assessment workflows in the institutional assessment management system, including training, user support, data integrity, and reporting functionality, in coordination with other assessment managers and technology partners. Provide guidance on assessment methods, data collection strategies, rubric design, and evidence-based continuous improvement efforts for staff, unit leaders, and administrators. Produce summaries, dashboards, and analytic reports that distill assessment findings for internal and external stakeholders. Ensure that unit assessment documentation aligns with applicable federal, state, and SACSCOC expectations and standards related to service, support, and administrative unit outcomes and institutional effectiveness. Document the use of results for continuous