Job Posting Title: Director, Curriculum and Academic Administration
Hiring Department: Office of Strategic Academic Initiatives
Position Open To: All Applicants
Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40
FLSA Status: Exempt
Earliest Start Date: Dec 15, 2025
Position Duration: Expected to Continue
Location: UT Main Campus
Job Details:
General Notes
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is one of the largest public universities in the United States and is the flagship of The University of Texas System. UT Austin enrolls more than 53,000 students studying in nearly 120 bachelor’s degree programs and more than 220 graduate programs across 19 colleges and schools.
The Office of Academic Affairs advances UT Austin’s academic mission by promoting academic success, accreditation, curriculum management, and academic policy development. Our work ensures compliance with accreditation standards, fosters continuous improvement, and empowers faculty and staff to enhance student learning and engagement.
Your skills will make a difference. You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for its academic programs and research. Your work will have a direct impact on student success, faculty support, and the university’s academic mission. If you want to work in a collaborative environment where your expertise supports meaningful change, you’ll thrive in our department and at UT Austin.
UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:
- Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
- Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
- Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
- Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with 7.75% employer matching funds
- Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
- Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
- Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
- Tuition assistance
- Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
- Free access to UT Austin’s libraries and museums with staff ID card
- Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card
Must be eligible to work in the US on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.
Purpose
Reporting to the Vice Provost for Academics & Curriculum, the Director of Curriculum and Academic Administration is responsible for directing the Curriculum and Academic Administration Unit and overseeing the administration of academic initiatives, including compliance with university, state, and accreditor requirements, in addition to establishing partnerships, tracking curriculum and program changes, and serving as a liaison between the university and external organizations. This position is responsible for ensuring adherence to university, state, and federal regulations for academic programming and coordinating efforts to address key academic and administrative issues.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate efforts to address crucial major, curriculum, and program administrative issues. Maintain a thorough knowledge of academic policies and procedures, serve as a resource for academic areas about academic policies and procedures, and interpret, explain, and enforce academic policies related to curriculum implementation and academic program planning. Manage, develop, and support operational procedures and practices related to the internal curricula approval process in collaboration with faculty advisory bodies and other related committees.
- Develop processes to track curriculum, program, and academic unit changes and report significant changes to appropriate external organizations. Facilitate the review and approval process for proposals to create or change academic units.
- Direct the Curriculum and Academic Administration Unit and oversee the administration of UT’s General Education courses in collaboration with the Vice Provost for Academics and Curriculum and the Core Curriculum Program Manager.
- Establish programmatic partnerships with faculty and staff to attract support for and participation in academic initiatives. Represent Academic Affairs more broadly and the responsibilities of the Curriculum and Academic Administration unit on campus-wide committees (both formal and informal) as needed.
- Serve as a liaison between the university and UT System and the THECB for major announcements and policy changes, as well as for alerting THECB of major changes to curriculum. This includes triaging a wide range of communications from the THECB and disseminating to the broader campus community, when appropriate.
- Manage and support special projects as assigned by the Vice Provost for Academics and Curriculum or Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. Ensure that miscellaneous assignments and projects related to academic affairs are completed in the best interest of the university, Provost’s office, and campus community.
- Supervise professional staff. Identify and solve operational and/or personnel challenges and clarify expectations by holding regularly scheduled meetings and completing staff appraisals and development plans.
Required Qualifications
- A master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., higher education, public policy, education leadership, or related discipline).
- At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in institutional research or academic administration in a complex organization.
- Proven ability to lead, inspire, and motivate teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Deep understanding of accreditation standards, institutional effectiveness, and academic policy development.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications
- Doctoral degree in a relevant field.
- Experience managing compliance with state and federal educational regulations.
- Professional experience in a supervisory role within a university setting.
- Experience working with cross-disciplinary programs.
- Experience working with students and faculty at UT Austin.
- General knowledge of UT course offerings and degree plans.
- Demonstrated ability to determine and manage priorities.
- Excellent research skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to undergraduate education and developing curriculum to support effective teaching of writing, quantitative reasoning, and/or independent inquiry across disciplines.
Salary Range
- $100,000 + depending on qualifications
Working Conditions
- Work performed in a standard office environment
- Repetitive use of keyboard at a workstation
Required Materials
- Resume/CV
- 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
- Letter of interest
Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.
Employment Eligibility:
Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.
Retirement Plan Eligibility:
The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
Background Checks:
A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
Pay Transparency:
The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
Employment Eligibility Verification:
If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.
E-Verify:
The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:
Compliance:
Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.
The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.
