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Oral Roberts University is a non-profit organization whose staff and faculty actually make a difference in the lives of its students. We pride ourselves on our culture and the values we uphold. Our team is passionate about what we do, and we want you to make us even better!
JOB DESCRIPTION
- FULL TIME
The Director for University Assessment System and Support for Faculty Training is responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring, and sustaining the university's comprehensive assessment system that connects assessment to instruction and facilitates the use of assessment results to target instruction and intervention. Additionally, the position is responsible for assisting with the operations and functions related to faculty training. This requires the director to be responsible for compiling, and documenting data from artifacts aligned with student learning outcomes and assist in carrying out responsibilities of the Academy.
The coordinator collects, aggregates, and analyzes data to prepare reports. The director will work collaboratively with chairs and faculty to assist in assessment processes for departments. The director oversees the maintenance of the university's Assessment System to prepare for national and state accreditation. The director is responsible to work with the Assistant to the Provost for Effective Teaching and Innovation, the Assistant to the Provost for Academic Excellence and Institutional Effectiveness, and the Provost to develop and maintain the university assessment system, including the development of new systems as needed. The position supports the faculty development activities sponsored by the Academy. The director will use knowledge of quantitative research methodology for multiple projects and will establish effective research procedures and standards that can help improve and enhance results and productivity.
Responsibilities
University Assessment System
- The Director assists with implementation of a comprehensive assessment system that includes the following elements:
- Framework and yearly calendar to efficiently guide assessment development
- Data and assessment cycle that comprises gathering, analyzing, planning, grading, and reporting
- Professional development for staff and administrators
- Use of technology to efficiently utilize assessment analysis, collection, development, and implementation
- Coordinates with the Assistant to the Provost for Academic Excellence and Institutional Effectiveness for requirements related to assessment and faculty training
- Commitment to ongoing knowledge of best practices and accreditation requirements for assessment. Collect, aggregate, and analyze data to prepare department reports.
- Maintains and updates the university assessment system as needed
- Monitors, maintains, and assists departments with improving rubrics as needed
- Assists in the creation of the assessment handbook
- Assists in the coordination of assessment day activities
- Communicates assessment progress, needs, and changes to all stakeholders as needed
- Coordinates the collection of departmental assessment meeting reports
- Assists with a continuous improvement plan that is sustained and evidence-based, and evaluates the effectiveness of the university outcomes
- Assists in coordinating meetings and liaise with chairs and faculty in understanding, interpreting, and evidencing how programs meet program and university outcomes
- Prepares assessment reports including statistical reports and presentations on findings inclusive of the use of tabular, graphical, and relevant descriptive and inferential statistical content, to aid department decision making, and program changes, development, and implementation.
- Oversee the current process of gathering needed documents from the current university assessment system
- Work with departments to ensure all rubrics are in the HLC2022As folder
- Work with departments to ensure all notes and concerns are addressed
- Work with departments to identify online courses that need assessment rubrics and to identify rubrics needed for selected online courses
- Work with departments to ensure online rubrics selected are aligned with online assignments and to adjust rubrics that are not aligned
- Help the departments complete the 2016-2020 assessment cycle needed for HLC
- Assists departments that are not externally accredited to set up a program review process
- Work with departments to set up a program review cycle
- Work with a task force to design the new University Assessment System
- Helps departments complete assessment rubrics using the new University Outcomes
- Maintains the Academy website to include all assessment portions of the site
Support for Faculty Training
- Helps organize faculty professional development events
- Assist with the revision and implementation of the SOS
- Assist with expanding faculty development events beyond ORU faculty
- Keep stats on the number of events provided, attendees, and evaluation results
- Work on grant-writing projects for the Innovation initiative for the Academy
- Work on publications highlighting the work of the Academy
Provost Office
- Assist with the coordination of accreditation events, including department internal and external accreditation reviews and the regional accreditation for the university.
- Keeps abreast of relevant literature and research regarding implementing and maintaining university assessment systems.
- Attends professional training needed to fulfill the requirement of the post.
- Completes other duties as assigned by the Provost or Assistant to the Provost for Effective Teaching and Innovation.
REQUIREMENTS
Education:
- Doctoral Degree preferred, master's degree required in Education, Educational Research, Social Science or related field.
Experience:
- Three (3) years of assessment experience in an academic setting required.
- Familiarity with accreditation as it relates to assessment required.
- Strong oral and written communications skills, including the ability to clearly communicate about assessment methods and results in non-technical language required.
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Word, Excel and database software programs required.
- Knowledge of and experience with assessment software programs and other learning systems, such as D2L.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities required.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills required.
- Ability to identify and access supporting resources required.
- Ability to work well independently and collaboratively required.
- Skill, knowledge, and ability to communicate with a broad constituency required.
- Experience in an analytical or research role preferred.
- Possess strong knowledge of types and purposes of assessment and how to effectively analyze and use assessment data required.
- Experience and understanding of best practices in assessment of learning and assessment for learning preferred.
INSTRUCTIONS
-
Complete the ORU staff application
-
Please provide transcripts from all colleges and universities listed on your C.V. and application
-
Please provide names and e-mail addresses for three references
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Oral Roberts University promotes equal employment opportunities for all individuals regardless of differences in race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
About us
Oral Roberts University is a non-profit organization whose staff and faculty actually make a difference in the lives of its students. We pride ourselves on our culture and the values we uphold. Our team is passionate about what we do, and we want you to make us even better!
JOB DESCRIPTION
- FULL TIME
The Director for University Assessment System and Support for Faculty Training is responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring, and sustaining the university's comprehensive assessment system that connects assessment to instruction and facilitates the use of assessment results to target instruction and intervention. Additionally, the position is responsible for assisting with the operations and functions related to faculty training. This requires the director to be responsible for compiling, and documenting data from artifacts aligned with student learning outcomes and assist in carrying out responsibilities of the Academy.
The coordinator collects, aggregates, and analyzes data to prepare reports. The director will work collaboratively with chairs and faculty to assist in assessment processes for departments. The director oversees the maintenance of the university's Assessment System to prepare for national and state accreditation. The director is responsible to work with the Assistant to the Provost for Effective Teaching and Innovation, the Assistant to the Provost for Academic Excellence and Institutional Effectiveness, and the Provost to develop and maintain the university assessment system, including the development of new systems as needed. The position supports the faculty development activities sponsored by the Academy. The director will use knowledge of quantitative research methodology for multiple projects and will establish effective research procedures and standards that can help improve and enhance results and productivity.
Responsibilities
University Assessment System
- The Director assists with implementation of a comprehensive assessment system that includes the following elements:
- Framework and yearly calendar to efficiently guide assessment development
- Data and assessment cycle that comprises gathering, analyzing, planning, grading, and reporting
- Professional development for staff and administrators
- Use of technology to efficiently utilize assessment analysis, collection, development, and implementation
- Coordinates with the Assistant to the Provost for Academic Excellence and Institutional Effectiveness for requirements related to assessment and faculty training
- Commitment to ongoing knowledge of best practices and accreditation requirements for assessment. Collect, aggregate, and analyze data to prepare department reports.
- Maintains and updates the university assessment system as needed
- Monitors, maintains, and assists departments with improving rubrics as needed
- Assists in the creation of the assessment handbook
- Assists in the coordination of assessment day activities
- Communicates assessment progress, needs, and changes to all stakeholders as needed
- Coordinates the collection of departmental assessment meeting reports
- Assists with a continuous improvement plan that is sustained and evidence-based, and evaluates the effectiveness of the university outcomes
- Assists in coordinating meetings and liaise with chairs and faculty in understanding, interpreting, and evidencing how programs meet program and university outcomes
- Prepares assessment reports including statistical reports and presentations on findings inclusive of the use of tabular, graphical, and relevant descriptive and inferential statistical content, to aid department decision making, and program changes, development, and implementation.
- Oversee the current process of gathering needed documents from the current university assessment system
- Work with departments to ensure all rubrics are in the HLC2022As folder
- Work with departments to ensure all notes and concerns are addressed
- Work with departments to identify online courses that need assessment rubrics and to identify rubrics needed for selected online courses
- Work with departments to ensure online rubrics selected are aligned with online assignments and to adjust rubrics that are not aligned
- Help the departments complete the 2016-2020 assessment cycle needed for HLC
- Assists departments that are not externally accredited to set up a program review process
- Work with departments to set up a program review cycle
- Work with a task force to design the new University Assessment System
- Helps departments complete assessment rubrics using the new University Outcomes
- Maintains the Academy website to include all assessment portions of the site
Support for Faculty Training
- Helps organize faculty professional development events
- Assist with the revision and implementation of the SOS
- Assist with expanding faculty development events beyond ORU faculty
- Keep stats on the number of events provided, attendees, and evaluation results
- Work on grant-writing projects for the Innovation initiative for the Academy
- Work on publications highlighting the work of the Academy
Provost Office
- Assist with the coordination of accreditation events, including department internal and external accreditation reviews and the regional accreditation for the university.
- Keeps abreast of relevant literature and research regarding implementing and maintaining university assessment systems.
- Attends professional training needed to fulfill the requirement of the post.
- Completes other duties as assigned by the Provost or Assistant to the Provost for Effective Teaching and Innovation.
REQUIREMENTS
Education:
- Doctoral Degree preferred, master's degree required in Education, Educational Research, Social Science or related field.
Experience:
- Three (3) years of assessment experience in an academic setting required.
- Familiarity with accreditation as it relates to assessment required.
- Strong oral and written communications skills, including the ability to clearly communicate about assessment methods and results in non-technical language required.
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Word, Excel and database software programs required.
- Knowledge of and experience with assessment software programs and other learning systems, such as D2L.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities required.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills required.
- Ability to identify and access supporting resources required.
- Ability to work well independently and collaboratively required.
- Skill, knowledge, and ability to communicate with a broad constituency required.
- Experience in an analytical or research role preferred.
- Possess strong knowledge of types and purposes of assessment and how to effectively analyze and use assessment data required.
- Experience and understanding of best practices in assessment of learning and assessment for learning preferred.
INSTRUCTIONS
-
Complete the ORU staff application
-
Please provide transcripts from all colleges and universities listed on your C.V. and application
-
Please provide names and e-mail addresses for three references
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Oral Roberts University promotes equal employment opportunities for all individuals regardless of differences in race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
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Verify your degree aligns with the role
USCIS scrutinizes System Support Specialist petitions when the applicant's degree field doesn't directly match the job. A computer science or IT degree strengthens your case; a general business degree paired with unrelated experience often triggers a Request for Evidence.
Check prevailing wages before negotiating salary
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the prevailing rate for your work location and role level. Run the OFLC Wage Search with SOC code 15-1232 to see what Level I through IV wages apply to System Support Specialists in your metro area.
Target employers with E-Verify enrollment first
H-1B sponsors must be authorized to employ workers, and STEM OPT employers are already E-Verify enrolled. Filtering your search to E-Verify enrolled companies cuts out employers who haven't sponsored before and reduces delays in the offer-to-filing timeline.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified H-1B sponsors
Searching broadly for System Support Specialist roles wastes time on employers who won't file. Use Migrate Mate to filter by employers with active H-1B LCA filing history for IT support roles, so every application goes to a company that has sponsored this job type before.
Confirm the role's O*NET classification early
Before accepting an offer, verify that your job duties align with the O*NET profile for your occupation code. If your day-to-day responsibilities drift toward general helpdesk work rather than specialized systems support, USCIS may challenge the specialty occupation designation at filing.
Negotiate premium processing into your offer timeline
USCIS standard H-1B processing can run several months, leaving your start date uncertain. Ask your prospective employer to commit to premium processing in writing during the offer stage, not after signing, so filing delays don't push your start date into a new fiscal year.
H-1B Visa System Support Specialist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a System Support Specialist role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
It depends on how the position is defined. USCIS requires that the role normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field like computer science or information systems. A System Support Specialist focused on enterprise infrastructure, network administration, or IT operations generally qualifies. A general helpdesk role where any degree is acceptable may not meet the specialty occupation standard without strong documentation from the employer.
How do I find System Support Specialist employers who sponsor H-1B visas?
Search Migrate Mate to browse System Support Specialist openings filtered by employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history. This ensures you're applying to companies that have sponsored this type of role before, not employers who list IT support jobs but have never navigated the H-1B petition process for a technical support position.
What happens to my H-1B status if my System Support Specialist role changes after I'm sponsored?
If your duties change materially, such as moving from infrastructure support into a project management or sales engineering function, your employer may need to file an amended H-1B petition. USCIS evaluates whether the amended role still qualifies as a specialty occupation. Minor changes within the same job description generally don't require an amendment, but a shift in core responsibilities does.
Can I work for multiple employers as an H-1B System Support Specialist?
Yes, through concurrent H-1B filing. Each employer files a separate H-1B petition for you, and both must submit their own LCA certifying the prevailing wage for your work location. This is common when a System Support Specialist contracts across clients, but each sponsoring employer must maintain a bona fide employer-employee relationship with you, including the right to control and direct your work.
What documentation does my employer need to support an H-1B petition for this role?
Your employer needs a certified LCA from DOL, a detailed support letter explaining how the System Support Specialist position requires a specialized degree, your academic credentials, and any relevant certifications like CompTIA, Microsoft, or Cisco that reinforce the specialty occupation argument. If your degree is from outside the U.S., a credential evaluation from a NACES-approved service showing equivalency to a U.S. bachelor's degree is also required.