COORDINATOR / LICENSURE & REGULATORY SERVICES

This position provides support for state authorization, licensure compliance, and regulatory compliance functions related to the delivery of university courses (credit and non-credit), programs, and other academic-related activities, primarily those delivered off-campus and online. This frequently involves gathering relevant information, understanding it, and compiling information to provide to the executive director, or to others as directed. This position also provides support to the executive director through the coordination and preparation of agreements and related processes, including MOAs/MOUs, site agreements, and other academic agreements as identified. This position also maintains departmental websites and coordinates reconciliation of departmental budgets. If requested, this position may work with senior leadership, managers, staff, and academic partners among others in support of these activities. This position is expected to perform with a high level of accuracy, thoroughness, and critical thinking.

Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and experience that equates to four years.
Two (2) years of relevant professional/administrative work experience.
Ability to prepare information/compile data in formats suitable for submission and/or providing to others.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Strong self-starter, with an attention to detail, highly organized, with an ability to function in ambiguous environments.
Ability to understand complex issues, ask appropriate questions, and apply information to the working environment.
Ability to follow-through and meet deadlines.
Ability to work successfully in a team environment, project a positive image, and foster positive collegiality.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Prior work experience in a legal, regulatory, or higher education environment.
Demonstrated familiarity and work experience with contractual or related documents, state authorization, and/or regulations.
Ability to effectively conduct internet research.
Experience with budget reconciliation responsibilities.
Ability to compile, organize, and use research data to prepare reports and required authorization submission support documents.
Knowledge of email and Microsoft products including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and online systems, and an awareness of how to leverage technology in the performance of duties and responsibilities.

Assists the executive director by providing robust support related to the coordination of civilian domestic and international MOAs/MOUs, site agreements, and other academic agreements as needed.
Assists with state authorization compliance efforts for all off-campus, online, and distance education activities, including compliance with all related regulations, laws, and policies.
Assists with the compliance activities related to programs leading to professional licensure, including conducting research of relevant regulations, maintaining general program disclosures and providing timely, accurate, and direct disclosures to students as required by federal law.
Maintains departmental websites, state authorization resources, and professional licensure/certification disclosures in an accurate, current, and thorough manner.
Coordinates the reconciliation of departmental budgets and identifies any areas of concern.
Assists with the research and understands the requirements of state authorization and other related regulatory laws, statutes, and regulations that help inform the executive director on pending and/or anticipated regulatory requirements, and on submission and compliance requirements that relate to the delivery of university courses (credit and non-credit), programs, and/or other covered academic-related activities.
Contributes to the completion of other responsibilities within the department as requested or needed.

None.

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.

We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.

Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering an environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who will advance and promote CMU’s mission, vision, and leadership standards.


You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.

Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.

This position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials by March 5, 2026.

CMU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and institution. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, marital status, national origin, political persuasion, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, sex-based stereotypes, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or weight.

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CMU’s Title IX Coordinator can be reached at:

Phone: 989-774-3253
Office: 103 E. Preston St.
Bovee University Center, suite 306
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
Email: titleix@cmich.edu