Please see the job announcement below:
University of California, Berkeley
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Director,
UC Berkeley Extension Online
Job Code: CE-Online
Continuing Educator III
Salary Range: $69,696-$76,224
(Salary placement within range will be dependent on education and experience)
Closing Date: 7/7/07


UC Berkeley Extension, the self supporting outreach and lifelong learning arm of the University of California, Berkeley is seeking a highly motivated Director for Online Programs to provide leadership for a nationally-regarded distance education unit. The new Director of Online Programs will pioneer UC Berkeley Extension’s transition to a new learning management system and provide project management in its expansion of its online capabilities to achieve Extension’s strategic goals, which are to develop more fully online courses, develop hybrid courses, and provide web-enhancement to all of UC Berkeley Extension courses.

Currently, this unit supports more than 120 fully online and independent study courses and serves over 3500 students annually. Self-paced courses account for two-thirds of the courses and one-third of the courses are in fixed date format. The goal is to expand the online component to approximately 1500 of Extensions courses and 23 thousand enrollments within the next three years. In collaboration with the academic departments, the Director will set department directions and oversee the development of online course component production. S/he will supervise and manage a staff of approximately 8-9 employees in the design, production, implementation and support, and licensing of the online components for fully online, hybrid and web-enhanced courses.

Online Operations:
Provide project management, supervise and manage online operations and personnel to achieve the strategic goals of the online department and of UC Berkeley Extension. Work with academic departments to set priorities for course production for online, hybrid and web-enhanced course components. Schedule and monitor online component production goals. Collaborate with other departments including enrollment services, information systems, and financial services as needed to achieve strategic goals.

Online Technical Direction:
Research and evaluate open-source or commercial solutions for course enhancement. Serve as liaison to LMS vendor, representing the instructional needs of the academic departments. Coordinate the migration and implementation of LMS system working with appropriate internal departments to facilitate change management and development of new procedures. Provide training and documentation to department representatives on the LMS tools available to achieve strategic goals. Troubleshoot recurring technical and process problems and suggest solutions. Work to help identify areas for technical improvements in online, hybrid and web-enhanced component standards. Make appropriate recommendations regarding LMS tools and information architecture. Serve on cross-functional workgroups to identify and implement solutions that meet the needs of the academic departments for online, hybrid and web-enhanced courses. Work with staff to create an archive of learning objects designed in-house and apply appropriate metadata for retrieval.

Reporting/Data Analysis:
Work with information systems to enhance LMS reporting tools. Identify and maintain critical data. In consultation with appropriate academic department staff, provide enrollment analysis and recommendations regarding course development, revisions, scheduling, and course closure.

Technical Resource and Outreach:
Serve as key organizational resource on cutting edge distance learning trends and advances in LMS software. Create and maintain a library of "best practices in online education" resources for the use of academic programmers and instructors. Responsible for ensuring a close and productive relationship with the appropriate departments on the UC Berkeley campus and for developing external alliances outside of the UC system. Participate in organizational strategic planning and policy-making committees as appropriate.

Qualifications:
The candidate must possess a masters degree (doctorate preferred); strong evidence of vision and leadership in distance education; 5-10 years of progressively responsible management in an academic setting, preferably in distance education; a demonstrated understanding of the major academic, pedagogic, and technology concepts that impact technology-mediated and distributed learning; an ability to work collaboratively with academic and administrative leadership; change management skills; excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to represent the organization internally and externally; experience in a self-supporting environment, including experience developing and managing budgets; and experience in strategic project planning.

The position is a non-Senate, annually renewable academic position. Hiring salary is dependent upon qualifications. Send applications, including a cover letter and resume to Job: CE-Online, Human Resources, University Extension, 1995 University Avenue, Suite 110, Berkeley, CA 94704-7000, jobs@unex.berkeley.edu, or fax to 510-643-6995. For further information visit UC Berkeley Extension’s website www.unex.berkeley.edu or UC Berkeley’s Extension’s Online Department website at http://learn.berkeley.edu/index.html or call 510-642-0169.

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