Vice President of Online Education
Company: National Louis University
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 16, 2024
Job Description:
Vice President of Online Education
ID
2024-1466
Job Locations
US-IL-Chicago
Category
Executives/Provosts/Deans
Position Type
Administration
Overview
Who We Are: National Louis is a 135+ year old university that has
been grounded in the values of innovation, access, excellence, and
equity from its inception. As an institution, we believe in
providing access to educational opportunity and that education is
our greatest lever for social and economic mobility. We are a
student-focused community that is committed to continuous
improvement and superior student service. We believe that through
education we are able to empower change and build healthy
communities. Our hard-working community is based on collaboration
and respect for all team members and students. What We Offer: At
National Louis University, we offer our employees an innovative
environment to work together and inspire the ideas that will make
an impact. As our external environment changes, our employees are
provided the opportunities and tools needed to grow both personally
and professionally to remain successful. NLU employees and
dependents are offered a wide range of benefits, including but not
limited to, Health Insurance benefits, Retirement benefits, Paid
Time Off and Educational Benefits. What You Will Do: National Louis
University (NLU) is at an important stage in its journey to scale
its online offerings into a more robust program portfolio for both
undergraduate and graduate students. We seek a creative and
entrepreneurial thinker, experienced educational leader, and expert
in the utilization of state-of-the-art digital, and online
technologies to shape and implement a strategy to expand NLU's
external and internal educational reach.
Reporting to the President and as a core member of NLU's senior
leadership team, you will partner with the Provost and peers to
develop an integrated strategy that builds and expands NLU's
portfolio of online degree and certificate offerings, yields
significant new enrollment and improved retention, as well as
manage quality of programming, student and faculty engagement, and
overall outcomes. This role will play an integral part of ensuring
online is at the forefront of NLU's plans for the future serving
adult learners and expanding its mission of access and educational
opportunity. NLU has been offering online programming for over a
decade and currently approximately 4,000 of its 11,700 students are
fully online. NLU believes there is an opportunity to triple the
growth in fully online programming over the next five years with
diligent focus, as Chicago's hometown online university. Principal
Responsibility:
Lead, advance, and implement a results-centered, integrated
strategic plan for the online education programs at NLU that scales
existing and develops new online education programs. Collaborating
directly with and acting as a key strategic advisor, the Vice
President of Online Learning will partner with the President,
academic leadership, Marketing, Admissions, other administrative
offices, and faculty from across NLU to create a coherent ecosystem
of accessible, online educational opportunities that
comprehensively serves its students.
Essential Responsibilities
Strategy, Vision, and LeadershipWorking collaboratively with
stakeholders across the institution, design, develop and lead
efforts to achieve economies of scale in marketing and enrollment,
course design and production, delivery, and exemplary service
associated with undergraduate and graduate level online degree and
certificate offerings.
- Define and guide a strategic plan to improve current online
offerings and launch new programs that support increased annual
revenue.
- Collaborate with the Provost, academic departments chairs, and
the Director of Learning Design on program and course design,
production, and delivery.
- Work closely with marketing/enrollment regarding prospective
student needs/lead generation/enrollment, program alignment.
- Work with student advising to shape advising/coaching model to
ensure the success of programs and student retention.
- Effectively engage across the organization and its disciplines
to support online programs and students, including faculty,
academic administration, and senior leadership.
- Establish specific, measurable goals and other performance
expectations, implement a systematic review process to evaluate
objectives, progress, and outcomes.
- In an environment of increasing competition across higher
education organizations and alternatives, remain current on
state-of-the-art developments in online learning nationally and
worldwide to gain and sustain advantage in the market.
- Serve as a strategic leader and collaborator to tighten online
operations across academic and administrative units, including
Department Chairs, Information Technology, Marketing and
Communications, Enrollment and Advising, Registrar and Student
Affairs.
- Work with the University's Accreditation Team to ensure
compliance with regulatory entities and requirements that may
impact online learning programming and operations.Measurements of
Success
- Improve the quality of student experience at NLU through
increased student satisfaction, retention and graduation,
affordability, clarity of marketing and brand promise and diversity
of offerings.
- Increase positive results of quality assurance measures.
- Successfully launch fully online degree programs that meet all
quality assurance measures, high rates of retention in fully online
programs.
- Successfully integrate all pertinent departments and offices
supporting the delivery of fully online programs, including
academic departments, academic support departments, Career and
Internship Services, IT, Registrar and Student Affairs. About NLU
National Louis University (NLU) is looking to honor its past while
defining a bold new future as a contemporary, comprehensive
university that prepares diverse students for sustained
professional success with a deep commitment to Access, Excellence,
Innovation and Equity. We are a pioneering community that uses
innovation to improve outcomes. NLU questions the status quo and
strives to adapt and evolve with the changing needs of its
students. We are a community that cares about each other and our
students and we work collaboratively, tirelessly and quickly to
advance change in the service of students. We have a long venerable
history, but we are not typical. We seek to solve intractable
social issues through education; we believe we have not succeeded
until graduates achieve sustainable career related employment; and
we foster a culture that promotes failing fast so that we may
constantly improve our work. Founded in 1886, National Louis
University is a private not-for-profit university offering over 70
programs from short-term certificate through the doctoral level
across its five colleges. The University serves over 10,000
students per year and has experienced unprecedented growth over the
last several years. Most students are from Illinois, but the
University also attracts students from throughout the U.S. and from
around the world who take advantage of campus based, blended and
online programming. NLU is located in the center of Chicago's
downtown loop, across the street from the Art Institute, in an area
which has been recognized as America's largest campus with over 25
institutions and 50,000 students attending a college across the
city. In addition, the University has two suburban locations and a
Florida regional campus.
Qualifications
Professional and Personal Profile
- Master's degree, Doctoral degree preferred.
- Proven track record of demonstrated success and progressively
responsible positions in business line leadership/higher education.
Previous experience in higher education is preferred but not a
requirement; working in a complex, matrixed environment with
multiple internal and external audiences is a must.
- Demonstrated capabilities of a business line leader who
combines business savvy, change leadership, a deep understanding of
new offering development, and the ability to lead cross-functional
teams around business goals and objectives.
- Entrepreneurial leader with experience developing product
offerings, strategic road maps and/or new programs that drive
growth for the organization. A strategist and doer comfortable
working in a matrixed organization; adept at setting direction and
establishing process for his/her organization and ensuring flawless
delivery.
- Brings fresh ideas and new thinking to the management team and
is change oriented-views change opportunistically with the ability
to inspire action from those outside their direct sphere of
control; energized and passionate-can persuasively sell ideas and
concepts across an organization.
- An understanding of shared governance and collaborative
decision-making is essential. Familiarity and comfort in a highly
collaborative work environment, willing to contribute by building
internal partnerships with faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Inspires creative thinking and fosters problem solving.
- Ability to sustain comprehensive knowledge of the university,
its achievements, mission, vision, goals, policies, practices and
infrastructure, as well as current affairs, emerging issues in
higher education, and/or specialized subject matter.
- Mature individual who operates effectively at executive levels;
thinks broadly about overall business issues with both an
"inside-out" and "outside-in" perspective.
- Exceptional ability to build relationships with people from
diverse areas of the organization and external "key influencers"
and business partners.
- Shows confidence and perseverance in addressing challenges and
overcoming obstacles; demonstrates initiative, stamina and a strong
work ethic.
- Addresses issues with candor, speaks the truth, and has the
confidence to express a point of view and take a stand while having
the ability to see other points of view.
- A creative, innovative individual who can affect and manage
change in a dynamic environment and be a champion for NLU.
- Team player with extraordinary people and relationship building
skills, a highly visible and accessible management style, and a
genuine willingness to listen.
- Someone who has high energy/drive, a sense of humor, a
relentlessly positive attitude, and is results oriented.NLU
Inclusion Statement: National Louis University is deeply committed
to serving its community, advancing access and equity, and ensuring
that all individuals are welcomed and valued. We are dedicated to
fostering a culture where diversity, equity, and inclusion remain
at the core of who we are. These are more than just words to us:
they are truly a way of life for the NLU community. We recognize
that differences in abilities, age, ethnicity, gender (identity and
expression), race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic
status, and background bring richness to our work environment. We
affirm diverse perspectives, innovative contributions, and
authentic presentations of self from every member within the NLU
community. We believe inclusion is grounded in the actions we
intentionally take each day. Our goal is to inspire and empower NLU
employees and community members to cultivate an environment where
we collectively focus on uplifting and advancing our institutional
culture.
Special Instructions
Please Include the following along with your application:
- Resume (Required)
- Cover Letter (Required)
NLU Employees please also submit an Internal Posting Form
Keywords: National Louis University, Des Plaines , Vice President of Online Education, Education / Teaching , Chicago, Illinois
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