Academic Affairs Coordinator

Who we are:

NHU-Riyadh is the Saudi branch campus of the University of New Haven, a private, nonprofit university founded in 1920 in Connecticut, USA. Launching in Fall 2026, NHU-Riyadh will bring an American university experience to Riyadh through the same accreditation, faculty standards, and career-focused educational approach that define the University of New Haven. The University’s academic programs are grounded in a long-standing commitment to collaborative, interdisciplinary, project-based learning.

The University of New Haven is recognized by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report for academic excellence and is known for experiential, professionally oriented learning. NHU-Riyadh is being established to deliver academically rigorous, industry-aligned education that supports Saudi Arabia’s evolving workforce needs.

The Academic Affairs Coordinator is responsible for managing the academic calendar, faculty timetabling, assessment scheduling, committee administration, and the Dean’s office workflow.

You will:

• Administer the distribution of student evaluations for faculty each semester by distributing surveys, collecting responses, compiling results, and preparing summary reports for the Dean’s use in faculty performance reviews.
• Compile student progression and retention data each semester, flagging at-risk students to the Dean and supporting the preparation of outcomes reports for NECHE and NCAAA.

Academic committee support

• Support the Dean on academic governance: preparing agendas, distributing papers, taking minutes, and tracking action items.
• Maintain a register of academic governance decisions and ensures they are communicated to relevant staff.

Accreditation and compliance support

• Support the Campus Dean on NECHE substantive changes and NCAAA accreditation administration: organizing documentation, tracking submission deadlines, and coordinating input from faculty.
• Maintain the program license application tracker, flagging upcoming deadlines to the Dean.
• Coordinate site visit logistics for NECHE, NCAAA, and MOE visits.
• Support curricular alignment with main campus departments: tracks documentation of course and program assessments, chases input from faculty, and maintains records of alignment decisions and student learning outcomes data for accreditation reporting.

Dean’s office administration

• Perform administrative duties required to support the Vice Provost including scheduling, routine responses to stakeholders, and coordinating travel arrangements when necessary.
• Draft routine academic communication on behalf of the Dean for review and signature.
• Maintain filing systems for academic records, faculty contracts, and regulatory correspondence.

You need:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; or 12 years of equivalent experience
• Experience working in Higher Education preferred
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills in English and Arabic.
• Attention to detail and ability to coordinate statuses of multiple projects and ensure timely follow-up
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to work effectively with colleagues and students
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to learn software platforms commonly used in Higher Education (e.g Canvas, Banner)

Compensation, which includes salary and any potential allowances, will be established in accordance with Saudi Arabian compensation framework in conjunction with the successful candidate’s qualifications, experience, education and position.

Any successful candidate for these roles will be processed, onboarded, and deployed to Riyadh through an outsourcing human resources company contracted by the University of New Haven specifically for this process. All duties will be supervised by New Haven University's administrative staff. Successful candidates will be required to obtain, and appropriately maintain, a Saudi Arabia Visa and related Work Authorizations through the contracted human resources outsourcing company.