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Executive Dean, Enrollment & Records - Registrar

Position Number: 6963064
Location: Austin, TX
Position Type: Registrars

Executive Dean, Enrollment & Records - Registrar

Austin Community College

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:
Executive Director, Admissions & Records

Job Description Summary:
Provides executive-level leadership for districtwide enrollment management and registrar operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, operational consistency, data integrity, and alignment with institutional goals related to access, persistence, and completion.

Job Description:
Supervision Received and Exercised

Administrators report to the Chancellor (or designee) and work under general supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. They are responsible for supervising a team of support staff and collaborating with other college administrators to ensure the effective implementation of student support programs. The Administrator exercises supervision over professional, technical, and clerical staff, ensuring that all tasks are performed efficiently and in alignment with the college's mission and goals. Regular performance evaluations and ongoing professional development are integral components of the supervisory role, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.

Competency Expectations

Provide leadership in strategic and operational planning and the formulation of goals, policies, and procedures for a program or office.
Evaluate the effectiveness of continuous improvement processes, collaborate with the college community to improve these processes.
Serve on collegewide committees and working groups that may involve academic assessment, general education, or related subjects.
Coach, direct, mentor, evaluate, and counsel assigned personnel while adhering to organizational human resource policies and procedures as well as related employment laws. Recommend personnel actions including hiring, progressive discipline, or termination for positions managed.
Oversee the approved budgets for assigned areas and functions.
Provide leadership in the development, implementation, and maintenance curriculum and programs that respond to community needs; prepares students for success; and meet the external requirements of applicable specialized accrediting organizations such as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).

Description of Duties and Tasks

Develops, directs, implements, and administers the district's, academic record keeping policies, programming, and operations.
Maintains responsibility for the strategic planning and operational management of the districtwide Enrollment/Records and Registrar's offices.
Maintains responsibility for the personnel management activities for the district's Enrollment and Records offices, Registrar's office, Compliance, and Graduation and Evaluation offices.
Oversees, delivers, and manages all aspects of credit student enrollment and registration program. Supervises, trains, coaches, directs, coordinates, and disciplines personnel while adhering to organizational human resource policies and procedures as well as related employment laws. Recommends hire and termination personnel actions for positions supervised.
Provides interpretation and oversight of federal, state, and internal regulations to ensure compliance with federal, state, and internal rules related to admissions, enrollment, state funding reporting, and immigration status determination for international students.
Serves as a resource for district guidance on entry and enrollment for all students.
Recommends and manages departmental budget for Enrollment and Records, Graduation, and Compliance.
Administers the preparation of all internal and external student enrollment reports for the district to meet internal and external reporting and audit requirements. Assures the integrity of the college's applicant, student, and graduation databases.
Analyzes the effectiveness and success of department policies, programs and outcomes, and makes recommendations for needed changes to support the college missions and goals.
Conducts and coordinates student data research efforts including data collection, analysis, and compilation; interprets and applies college policies and procedures regarding all data management activities.
Represents the institution as the subject matter expert on admissions, academic recordkeeping, and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) issues; participates in appropriate professional activities and organizations.
Oversees the delivery of direct services to prospective, current and former students, and to all district staff and faculty.
Ensures appropriate professional development and safety training is completed in compliance with all health and safety rules and processes.

Job Requirements

Knowledge:

Demonstrate expertise in project planning, development, and implementation.
Present information and summary reports internally and to the public.
Understand the community college philosophy and mission.
Handle the demands and requirements of senior-level management in higher education.
Apply effective leadership and ethics techniques, including Servant-Leadership.
Make difficult decisions in a timely, thoughtful, evidence-based manner.
Think strategically and prioritize effectively.
Exhibit strong communication and interpersonal skills, and a high level of professional integrity.

Skills:

Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
Maintain a customer-oriented and solutions-focused mindset.
Manage a complex set of projects with deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Work in a collaborative manner with constituencies.
Maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
Exhibit excellent communication, written and verbal, and interpersonal skills. Strong presentation skills.
Provide leadership at all levels of the college.
Plan, prioritize, and problem-solve effectively.
Exercise critical judgment and creativity.
Plan and manage budgets and human resource needs.
Maintain an established work schedule with some evenings and weekends required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Master's degree. Experience cannot be substituted for required, applicable educational level.

Experience:

Five years related work experience including three years of supervisory experience in a higher education academic environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience:

Experience with Texas Success Initiative (TSI) policies and testing platforms.
Experience in a community college or multi-campus public institution.
Experience managing compliance and high-volume service delivery.
Experience leading complex academic records functions, including transcript articulation, residency determinations, reverse transfer, prior learning assessment (PLA), alternative credit evaluation, and international transcript review.
Experience establishing districtwide Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and compliance protocols for registration, graduation certification, and records retention.
Experience implementing technology-enabled service improvements that reduce transcript processing times, improve degree clearance accuracy, and enhance the student enrollment-to-graduation journey.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Demands:

Standard office environment.

Work Environment:

This position falls under ACC's Remote/In-Person framework.

Salary commensurate with experience.

Number of Openings:
1

Job Posting Close Date:
March 9, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ( CleryComplianceOfficer@austincc.edu ). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.

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