Executive Director

Rutgers University is hiring an Executive Director for its Student Success & Retention department at the Newark campus. The role involves leading strategic initiatives to improve student retention and graduation rates, focusing on low-income, first-generation, and under-represented minority populations, while coordinating efforts across academic leadership and external consultants.

Highlights

• Lead comprehensive review and analysis of student outcomes, retention, and graduation rates.
• Focus on improving success rates for low-income, first-generation, and historically under-represented minority students.
• Recommend operational improvements in registration, packaging, and billing practices to academic leadership.
• Advise faculty and department chairs on pedagogical and curricular revisions based on best practices.
• Collaborate with senior university leadership and external consultants to set strategic directions for student success initiatives.
• Master's degree required with at least 3 years of administrative experience in higher education or related government/non-profit organizations.
• Preferred candidates hold a doctoral degree and have institutional effectiveness and academic advisement experience.
• Salary range from $124,967 to $191,383, with final offers based on qualifications and available funding.
• Position classified as exempt, full-time, and eligible for hybrid work arrangements under Rutgers policy.
• Benefits include medical, dental, retirement plans, paid leave, life insurance, and educational benefits.