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Working/Functional Title

Assistant Registrar

Position Summary

Michigan State University’s Office of the Registrar (RO) is seeking a champion for student service and success. The Assistant Registrar directs and manages the daily operations of the primary student-facing teams within the RO: Customer Service and VA School Certifying Officials. As a member of the RO management team, this individual is directly involved in developing office-wide goals, policies, and procedures that impact the entire MSU community.  

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES – RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervises, evaluates, and reviews the performance of six to eight full-time support staff
• Manages the MSU School Certifying Official (SCO) team and serves as an additional SCO
• Understands and interprets VA policies, rules, and regulations to ensure MSU’s compliance with multiple VA educational benefit programs and regulatory requirements
• Fulfills required VA and military federal and state reporting requests and requirements
• Liaison to various VA affiliated offices, such as the Veterans Benefit Administration Regional Office
• Oversees the ongoing training and development of the RO main customer service unit
• Assists the Enrollment and Academic Strategic Planning unit with the transition of RO student-facing customer service to the new MSU One-Stop.

Unit Specific Education/Experience/Skills

Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college program in Business, Personnel Administration or Management; three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in computer systems and procedure applications and/or records management; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desired Qualifications

An earned bachelor’s degree; five years of progressively more responsible or expansive professional work experience, including at least three years of supervisory experience in a higher education setting; demonstrated experience in higher education related information systems; knowledge of local, state, and federal veteran’s programs and education benefits; knowledge of VA Enrollment Manager; demonstrated ability to organize and manage work and meet deadlines; demonstrated ability to establish relationships and collaborate collegially and effectively with a diverse population of students, staff, faculty, administration, and the community; demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically; prior VA SCO experience

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Please submit your resume with cover letter addressing your extent of experience, and why you feel this position would be a positive career move for you. Please include the names, emails and phone number for three professional references. 

Special Instructions

Please submit your resume with cover letter addressing your extent of experience, and why you feel this position would be a positive career move for you. Please include the names, emails and phone number for three professional references. 

Work Hours

STANDARD 8-5

Remote Work Statement

MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment and this position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.

Bidding eligibility ends May 23, 2023 at 11:55 P.M.

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Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

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