Associate for Strategic Planning and Policy Studies - Richmond, United States - State Council of Higher Educ

Description

Title:
Associate for Strategic Planning and Policy Studies


State Role Title:
SCHEV Associate Director


Hiring Range:
$75,000 to $80,000


Pay Band:

UG

Agency:
State Council of Higher Educ


Location:
State Council of Higher Educ


Recruitment Type:
General Public - G


Job Duties

• About the Organization

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) is the coordinating body for the nation's preeminent postsecondary education system.

SCHEV is responsible for developing and promoting an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive, and coordinated system of higher education; facilitating collaboration among postsecondary institutions that enhances academic quality and operational efficiency; developing and submitting recommendations to the executive and legislative branches on budgetary and policy matters; and providing advisory and/or regulatory guidance to the institutions.

In 2021, SCHEV developed, Pathways to Opportunity:

The Virginia Plan for Higher Education, which is a statewide strategic plan for addressing the Commonwealth's needs and enabling Virginians to prosper and succeed.

The plan provides a roadmap for Virginia to be the "Best State for Education" by 2030. To do so, the plan's goals of equitable, affordable and transformative higher education must be achieved.

While SCHEV is responsible for managing Pathways to Opportunity, the plan's execution relies on collaboration among institutions, K-12, the executive and legislative branches and other key stakeholders.

Ongoing communications, including progress on the measures, targets and initiatives are critical to meeting the needs of the Commonwealth and its citizens.

SCHEV aspires to be a great place to work.

It is an environment of public servants committed to developing an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive, and coordinated higher education system in Virginia.

We value honesty, quality, diversity, inclusion, growth-orientation, personal well-being, equity, transparency, and accountability. And we seek team players to advance these values through their work and engagement.
Position Overview

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) is charged through statute to develop at least every six years a statewide strategic plan that identifies a coordinated approach to state goals for postsecondary education in the Commonwealth, while emphasizing unique institutional missions and anticipating future needs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

In 2021, SCHEV developed, Pathways to Opportunity:

The Virginia Plan for Higher Education, a strategic plan for addressing the Commonwealth's needs and enabling Virginians to prosper and succeed.

The plan provides a roadmap for Virginia to be the "Best State for Education" by 2030. To do so, the plan's goals of equitable, affordable and transformative higher education must be achieved.

While the state agency known as SCHEV is responsible for managing Pathways to Opportunity, the plan's execution relies on collaboration among institutions, K-12, the executive and legislative branches and other key stakeholders.

Ongoing communications, including progress on the measures, targets and initiatives, are critical to meeting the needs of the Commonwealth and its citizens.

When new initiatives are identified, SCHEV staff lead the development and implementation.

The next Associate for Strategic Planning and Policy Studies will support SCHEV's planning activities and Council's priority initiatives through:
(i) coordinating with other staff on the execution, progress-tracking and assessment of Council's initiatives; (ii) grantmaking; and (iii) grantseeking.
About the Position

Duties

The position involves three sets of primary responsibilities:

• Support the Director of SP&PS and assist the Assistant Director of SP&PS with statewide strategic planning for higher education, including plan development and updating, as well as continual monitoring and annual reporting on progress toward goals, measures and initiatives. The incumbent will be responsible for supporting, if not leading, various initiatives that carry policy implications (for example, Executive Order 30 regarding artificial intelligence).
• Support the agency through grantmaking. SCHEV is responsible for multiple grant competitions, including the Fund for Excellence and Innovation; the Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP); the Mental Health Workforce Pilot program; and the Pell Initiative. Additionally, the legislature routinely tasks SCHEV with distributing funding for new programs/initiatives via a grantmaking process.
• Assume considerable responsibility for existing and future grant programs within the section and across the agency to include developing, maintaining and/or improving grant administration, management and reporting processes.
• Support the V-TOP initiative by: (i) identifying gaps in areas connected to in