Join a mission-driven organization with a team that is passionate about excellence in college education. Below are current career opportunities available at ACUE and submission guidelines to apply.
About ACUE:
The Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) mission is to ensure student success and equity through quality instruction. In partnership with institutions of higher education, ACUE prepares, credentials, and provides ongoing support to faculty in the use of evidence-based teaching practices that promote student engagement, persistence to graduation, career readiness, and deeper levels of learning.
Position Summary:
Working on the Analytics Team under the Chief Data Officer, the Research Associate will primarily work to measure impact of ACUE’s courses in effective teaching. ACUE outlined a framework for evaluation in Connecting the Dots: A Proposed Accountability Method for Evaluating the Efficacy of Faculty Development and Its Impact on Student Outcomes, and uses this framework to measure and report outcomes of its courses on faculty and students. This position is responsible for leading activities in this area, including statistical analyses and report generation. In addition, the Research Associate will support internal analytics focused on continuous improvement. The work is fast-paced, multi-faceted, and detail-oriented. An effective Research Associate will also build strong relationships with colleagues and customers in the joint mission of promoting student success through teaching excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Consistently produce high-quality analyses, with emphasis on statistical analysis, in alignment with established program evaluation methods.
- Communicate results of work, through writing and presentations, in a clear and concise fashion that is most appropriate to the target audience.
- Generate compelling visualizations of quantitative and qualitative data or process diagrams.
- Check and clean data in preparation for analysis.
- Develop business rules for data cleaning and analysis.
- Document work efficiently and accurately.
- Make significant contributions to analyses and research publications and other related activities such as literature reviews and proposals (e.g., for conferences and grants).
- Work with minimal or no guidance on focused, well-structured projects as well as more complex, less-structured tasks.
- Exhibit a positive attitude in interactions with colleagues and partner institutions. Take responsibility for own actions and outcomes.
- Maintain strong relationships with partners through effective and timely communication and high-quality work.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills and Experience:
- Education: PhD preferred; master’s plus experience considered.
- Knowledge of quantitative research and analytic techniques.
- Preferred research skills: Multi-level modeling, time-series analysis, qualitative and/or mixed-methods research
- Background in statistical computing and proficiency with a statistical package (SPSS or Stata preferred).
- Strong analytic curiosity/creativity.
- Experience collaborating with others to determine what data is needed, what data exists, and how best to extract the data in a useful format.
- Strong critical thinking skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Ability to operate independently in the execution of assignments.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Excellent computer skills with the ability to optimize the use of available software.
- Preferred technical skills: Tableau, SQL
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment.
- Ability to maintain a service orientation with colleagues and partner institutions.
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, dynamic environment where change is constant.
- Other considerations: Connection with/affinity for education and ACUE’s mission
Position Details:
A competitive compensation package will be provided commensurate with experience and responsibilities. This full-time position includes salary, a meaningful bonus opportunity, and a generous benefits program.
This position is remote, with occasional travel for conferences and team or company meetings. We follow CDC guidance and require staff whose roles require travel to be fully vaccinated.
ACUE is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We believe that having a staff with diverse personal and professional backgrounds and lived experience enhances our ability to meet our mission and creates an environment where all members of our community can thrive. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, women, first-generation college graduates, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, people with lived experience of poverty and/or racism, and people from underrepresented and historically marginalized groups.
Anticipated Salary Range : $60, 000 -$80,000; commensurate with education and experience.
How to Apply:
A resume/CV and cover letter should be emailed to [email protected] Please include “Research Associate” in your subject line. Only emailed expressions of interest will be considered.
This position has been reposted. Previous applicants are still under consideration and need not apply.
About ACUE
The Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) mission is to ensure student success and equity through quality instruction. In partnership with institutions of higher education, ACUE prepares, credentials, and provides on-going support to faculty in the use of evidence-based teaching practices that promote student engagement, persistence to graduation, career readiness, and deeper levels of learning.
Position Summary
Join a mission-driven organization with a team that is passionate about excellence in college education. You’ll have a diverse leading role within the product and technology group, working on building and improving various components of our platform.
The work involves a broad range of responsibilities, so be prepared to be hands while simultaneously have a big picture approach towards systems design, devops, deployment strategies and more.
Reporting to the CPO, you’ll be working directly alongside our product technology team. This is a great chance to be part of a rapidly growing organization that is passionate about making a difference in higher education as well as continually providing opportunities for professional growth.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and contribute to full-stack software design and development with a focus on maintainability, usability, scalability, and performance
- Work closely with the product, operations, sales, marketing, and content teams to understand strategic goals, with the intent of architecting the platform optimally for feature delivery
- Build out a basic CI/CD processes and tools
- Maintain a high awareness of industry issues and trends, in particular relation to web technologies, cloud computing, and machine learning (ML)
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills
Skills and Experience
- 4+ years of full-stack software development experience on a customer-facing application
- Extensive knowledge and experience with Python and JavaScript
- Experience with PHP a plus
- Experience with Vue.js and/or MVC frameworks a plus
- Hands-on experience working with RESTful web services and APIs
- Hands-on experience with SQL databases (MySQL is a plus)
- Linux admin and sysops experience
Position Details:
This position is remote; however, you must be able to work effectively and within a few hours of the Eastern (GMT-5) time zone. Occasional travel for conferences and team or company meetings may be required. We follow CDC guidance and require staff whose roles require travel to be fully vaccinated.
ACUE is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We believe that having a staff with diverse personal and professional backgrounds and lived experience enhances our ability to meet our mission and creates an environment where all members of our community can thrive. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, women, first generation college graduates, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, people with lived experience of poverty and/or racism, and people from underrepresented and historically marginalized groups.
Compensation:
A competitive compensation package will be provided commensurate with experience and responsibilities. This full-time position includes a salary, a meaningful bonus opportunity, and a generous benefits program inclusive of PTO.
Anticipated Salary Range: $100,000 – $130,000
ACUE is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We believe that having a staff with diverse personal and professional backgrounds and lived experience enhances our ability to meet our mission and creates an environment where all members of our community can thrive. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, women, first-generation college graduates, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, people with lived experience of poverty and/or racism, and people from underrepresented and historically marginalized groups.
How to Apply:
A resume/CV and cover letter that expresses your specific interest and qualifications for this position should be emailed to [email protected] Please include “Full Stack Developer” in your subject line. Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered. Only emailed expressions of interest will be considered.
This position has been reposted. Previous applicants are still under consideration and need not apply.
About ACUE
The Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) mission is to ensure student success and equity through quality instruction. In partnership with colleges, universities, higher education systems and associations, ACUE prepares and credentials faculty in the evidence-based teaching practices that improve student achievement and close equity gaps. Numerous and independently validated studies confirm that students are more engaged, learn more, and complete courses in greater numbers—more equitably with their peers—when taught by ACUE-credentialed faculty. ACUE’s online, cohort-based credentialing programs are delivered through institutional partnerships and open enrollment courses endorsed by the American Council on Education.
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Director of Brand and Communications, ACUE’s Partnership Marketing Manager is responsible for communicating the impact exceptional teaching has on student outcomes to new and existing institutional partners, while also working with these same partners to identify, organize, and amplify success stories from ACUE’s rapidly growing network in higher ed.
The Partnership Marketing Manager will work closely with ACUE’s sales and partnership success teams to:
Attract new higher ed institutional partners
- Develop B2B content to be used on web, in emails, presentations, and throughout social media
- Assist in developing B2B communications strategy
- Work with strategic partners to build credibility, awareness, and demand from within their communities
Increase total contract value
- Produce & coordinate marketing materials to support ACUE’s sales team that articulate the correlation between investments in effective teaching and student success
- Effectively articulate the benefits and return on investment for ACUE’s partners
Improve the lifetime value of ACUE’s partnerships
- Produce marketing strategies and collateral to support growth efforts at institutional partners
- Work directly with institutional marketing teams to generate on campus awareness and demand among faculty and administrators by supporting their communications campaigns with templatized assets and recommended messaging
- Partner with institutional marketing teams to broadcast faculty engagement and student success stories throughout their campuses and among prospective students
Strengthen ACUE’s reputation through storytelling
- Work with marketing team to develop a content calendar to map out all external communications activities
- Capture and package campus success stories, then amplify across ACUE’s marketing channels
- Work with strategic and media partners to develop campaigns to elevate institutions committed to improving student outcomes via investments in effective teaching
- Work with strategic partners to promote their collaborations and/or investment in ACUE, and associated available benefits to participating institutions and students
- Collaborate with the marketing team to leverage conferences and virtual events with mission-aligned organizations to strengthen the brand reputation
Skills and experience:
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Experience with marketing high quality, but intangible learning experiences
- Be capable of creative, out-of-the-box thinking
- Self-motivated and reliable, with an independent work ethic and entrepreneurial mindset
- Direct experience developing and managing content marketing and media plans
- Excellent time management and organizational skills to meet critical deadlines
- Have demonstrated ability to gain consensus among multiple stakeholders in a matrix organization
- Comfort working with virtual projects teams
Technical skills required:
- Proficiency in using Social Media Platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and HootSuite
- Experience with WordPress, and website maintenance and design (HTML, SEO, etc.)
- Experience with Vimeo and basic video editing (for social media posts)
- Experience using Google Analytics
- Proficiency with Microsoft and Adobe Creative Suites
Experience and Education:
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in brand communications
- Experience developing B2B assets and campaigns
- Experience in higher education and/or agency environments preferred
- History of working collaboratively with sales, marketing, and operational teams to achieve ambitious outcomes
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
Position Details:
ACUE is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We believe that having a staff with diverse personal and professional backgrounds and lived experience enhances our ability to meet our mission and creates an environment where all members of our community can thrive. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, women, first generation college graduates, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, people with lived experience of poverty and/or racism, and people from underrepresented and historically marginalized groups.
Compensation:
A competitive compensation package will be provided commensurate with experience and responsibilities. This full-time position includes salary and benefits. This position is flexible location, but the ability to occasionally travel (10%) is required. We follow CDC guidance and require staff whose roles require travel be fully vaccinated due to the requirements of many of ACUE’s partners.
Anticipated Salary Range: $60,000 – $100,000
How to Apply:
Resumes/CVs and a cover letter which expresses your specific interest in and qualifications for this position should be emailed to [email protected] Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered. Please include “Partnership Marketing Manager” in your subject line. Only emailed expressions of interest will be considered.
