Registrar

Job Description:

Reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Strategy & Operations, the Registrar provides leadership across all functional areas in the Office of the Registrar servicing Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Berklee NYC, and Berklee Valencia. Managing a team of 10, this leader ensures the accuracy, security, and integrity of academic records while driving system optimization via Workday Student. At Berklee, your work directly supports the next generation of creative leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Academic Operations:

• Team Management: Recruit, select, and manage a team of 10 staff members, conducting performance evaluations and setting strategic priorities.
• Academic Execution: Oversee degree conferrals, degree audits, grading, academic standing, course registration, transfer evaluations, and academic calendars across all global campuses.
• Compliance & Audits: Meet local, state, and federal reporting mandates, lead key items for annual college audits, and enforce compliance guidelines.

Workday Student & Technological Innovation:

• System Ownership: Build, maintain, and audit academic rules in Workday Student, serving on the Workday Operations Committee for change control and cross-functional alignment.
• Process Modernization: Implement business process workflows, evaluate semi-annual Workday feature releases, and drive the sunsetting of legacy systems (Colleague, PowerCampus).
• Data & Analytics: Leverage Informer reporting and analytics to optimize decision-making, maintain data security, and streamline TES workflows.

Cross-Institutional Collaboration & Engagement:

• Departmental Alignment: Partner with One Stop, Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Success Advising, Academic Affairs, and IT to harmonize student services.
• Commencement & Community: Support commencement events, serve on campus committees, engage with professional organizations, and advance institutional diversity.

What You'll Bring

• Education & Experience: Master’s degree in education or related field required, with 8–10 years of experience in higher education records and registration services.
• Workday Student Mastery: Direct experience implementing, upgrading, and managing the Workday Student information system.
• Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with Workday Student, Colleague, PowerCampus, TES, Informer reporting, and business process redesign.
• Core Competencies: Highly developed organizational leadership, analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills, with a commitment to diversity.

Why Choose Berklee?

• Global Artistic Impact: Direct registrar operations spanning campuses in Boston, New York City, and Valencia, Spain.
• Cultural Access: Enjoy nightly, unrivaled access to world-class music, theater, and dance performances across campus venues.
• Total Rewards: Outstanding health/dental coverage, institutional 403(b) retirement match, tuition assistance, generous PTO, and a paid winter break.

Hiring Range: $145,000 to $170,000; salary dependent on experience and education.

Please visit the Berklee Total Rewards page for a complete listing of benefits.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Berklee: 

We support an inclusive workplace where everyone excels based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.  Berklee affirms that inequality is detrimental to our faculty, staff, students, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to make lasting change through our actions. Berklee is committed to providing fair and equitable consideration of all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or status as a member of the armed forces or veteran of the armed forces, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

As part of this commitment, Berklee will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Human Resources Team at [email protected] or call 617-747-2375.

*Currently enrolled Berklee students are not permitted to apply for staff or faculty positions.*

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