Vice Provost Academic Affairs
Academic Affairs Technology Administrator and Operations Specialist
Ball State University

Ball State University welcomes applications for an Academic Affairs Technology Administrator and Operations Specialist. We seek a dynamic and innovative individual to join our team as a Faculty Success Solutions Administrator and Operations Specialist. As a key member of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs team, the Operations Specialist plays a pivotal role in the implementation of Watermark’s Faculty Success solution within Ball State University.

This on-campus position will work closely with faculty members, administrators, and other stakeholders to understand needs, provide training and support, and ensure the effective utilization of our Faculty Success solution.

Salary and benefit packages for this position are competitive, with salaries for this opportunity beginning at $70,000 annually.

Destination 2040: Our Flight Path establishes Ball State University’s ambitious goals for our second century:

• We pledge to provide a premier educational experience for every student.

• We pledge to partner with the community to improve the lives of our neighbors.

• We are dedicated to having a lifelong presence in the lives of our alumni.

And when we complement these promises with our commitment to our enduring values, we define that which makes our University and its culture distinctive.

Our faculty are collegial, collaborative, innovative, inclusive, and adaptive, both within and beyond one’s home unit. These attributes include commitments to collaborative discourse, interdisciplinary inquiry, and enterprising learning practices.

Our faculty are expected to be innovative, adaptive, engaging teachers across modalities; producers of impactful creative and/or scholarly work; leaders in meaningful service activities to multiple communities. We seek faculty members who are strategic thinkers, engaging our dynamic communities. We are committed to student and faculty success, impact, and access, within an environment that prioritizes inclusive excellence. We inspire each other to be critical thinkers and responsible citizens, so that we can pursue fulfilling careers and meaningful lives.

Ball State University lives the values of Beneficence. We invite you to be part of our community.

At Ball State University, inclusiveness and freedom of expression are a part of our enduring values and inform all of our efforts. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Inclusive Excellence Plan to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts.

Duties and Responsibilities: We seek a dynamic and innovative individual to join our team as a Faculty Success Solutions Administrator and Operations Specialist. As a key member of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs team, the Operations Specialist plays a pivotal role in the implementation of Watermark’s Faculty Success solution within Ball State University. This position will work closely with faculty members, administrators, and other stakeholders to understand needs, provide training and support, and ensure the effective utilization of our Faculty Success solution.

Minimum Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Three years of experience working in academic technology or an IT environment, with multi-faceted projects providing technology solutions at a managerial or leadership level.     

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Strong customer service focus

• Excellent organizational skills

• Experience with data visualization tools (ie, Excel) to create reports

Preferred Qualifications: A degree in information technology, data science, applied computer science, information system and operation management, computer technology, or a related field. Continuing education or professional certifications as appropriate to the field.

• Five years of experience working in academic technology or an IT environment, OR five years of project management experience with large multi-faceted projects at a higher educational institution providing technology solutions at a managerial or leadership level

• Experience creating and conducting training sessions for groups with varied levels of skills and comfort with technology

• The ability to write complex SQL queries (joins, subqueries) to clean and analyze large datasets

• Demonstrated knowledge of Academic Technologies and Information Technology principles, practices, procedures, and systems thinking

• Ability to work effectively either autonomously or in a group

• Demonstrated experience in providing technical analysis of complex business processes

• Ability to identify and create efficiencies and improvements of those processes

• Experience creating dashboards

Candidates for searches must have current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 10/21/2024.

Apply online at: https://bsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/45136. Include the following documents with your application: Curriculum Vitae and in support of your application for this position, please prepare and submit a cover letter that describes how your qualifications and experiences align with the elements of the position description (or leadership profile). In your cover letter, please also describe how you have demonstrated a commitment to our University’s enduring values, including inclusiveness, which we define as a commitment ‘to respect and embrace equity, inclusion, and diversity in people, ideas, and opinions.’

The option to upload transcripts is available. Original, official transcripts showing the highest related degree earner is required at the time of hire (even if obtained at BSU). Degree verification will be conducted.

Ball State is a great place to work! In fact, Forbes has ranked Ball State University as the fourth-best midsized employer—and the only recognized education institution—in the State of Indiana.

Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana, on an attractive campus 45 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Approximately 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students enroll in one of eight academic colleges that offer 270+ undergraduate and graduate programs. Many of our master’s, doctoral, certificate, and specialist degrees rank among the best in the nation. We engage students in educational, research, and creative endeavors that empower our graduates to have fulfilling careers and meaningful lives enriched by lifelong learning and service, while we enhance the economic, environmental, and social vitality of our community, our state, and our world.

The Ball State way is rooted in the Beneficence Pledge – a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship, honesty and integrity, social responsibility, gratitude and valuing the intrinsic worth of each member of our community. Ball State students, faculty and staff are empowered in a culture that believes in them and demands they believe in themselves. They are partners in an innovative, immersive approach to education. They are supported by living and learning facilities that enable intellectual curiosity. We graduate scholars who are changing the world, and we’ve dedicated our University to do the same.

Ball State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.