
SCHEV is seeking a professional with prior experience and knowledge of academic issues in higher education, with an emphasis on academic program evaluation in terms of workforce alignment, to serve as Senior Associate for Academic Programs and Workforce Alignment. And we seek team players who will advance these values through their work and engagement. We value honesty, quality, diversity, inclusion, growth-orientation, personal well-being, equity, transparency and accountability. It is an environment of public servants committed to developing an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive and coordinated system of higher education in Virginia. SCHEV aspires to be a great place to work. Ongoing communications, including progress on the measures and targets, as well as initiatives are critical to meeting the needs of the Commonwealth and its citizens. While SCHEV is responsible for management of The Pathways plan, execution relies on collaboration among institutions, K-12, general assembly members and staff, Governor’s staff, and other key stakeholders.

In order to do so, it will fulfill its mission of advancing equitable, affordable and transformative higher education. The plan provides a roadmap for Virginia to be the “Best State for Education” by 2030. Updated and approved in January 2021, Pathways to Opportunity: The Virginia Plan for Higher Education is designed to identify trends that the Commonwealth must address if it is to continue to prosper and succeed. In 2014, SCHEV developed The Virginia Plan for Higher Education, a statewide strategic plan.


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. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) is the coordinating body for the nation’s preeminent system of postsecondary education. Title: SENIOR ASSOCIATE FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT
