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University Articulation Officer (Administrative Analyst/Specialist Exempt II), Strategic Enrollment Management
Job no: 561427
Work type: Staff
Location: San Bernardino - San Bernardino Campus
Categories: Unit 9 - CSUEU - Technical Support Services, Administrative, Probationary, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)
Job Summary:
The University Articulation Officer serves as the University's subject matter expert on course and degree articulation, transfer credit evaluation, and Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC)/Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) compliance. The incumbent develops and maintains articulation agreements with California Community Colleges and other institutions, administers campus articulation systems to maintain, update, and publish articulation data, provides guidance to faculty, staff, and campus partners on articulation and transfer policies, and provides lead direction to Registrar's Office staff performing articulation-related functions to ensure accurate transfer credit evaluation and compliance with CSU and university requirements
Responsibilities:
Articulation Agreement Development & Administration

• Develop, negotiate, and maintain course and major articulation agreements with California Community Colleges and other partner institutions by working directly with CSUSB department chairs to evaluate curriculum equivalencies, creating and publishing agreements on the ASSIST platform.
• Maintain official campus articulation records and accurate course-level articulations in the uAchieve database, in order to ensure students receive appropriate transfer credit and that CSUSB's degree pathways remain accurate, current, and defensible under CSU and state transfer policy.
• Serve as the University's primary point of contact for articulation-related inquiries from faculty, counselors, feeder-college administrators, and the CSU Chancellor's Office.
• Analyze and resolve disputed course articulation decisions by collaborating with faculty and campus partners and evaluate the impact of proposed CSUSB curriculum changes on existing articulation agreements and current and prospective transfer students to ensure seamless transfer pathways

Transfer Credit Evaluation & TMC/ADT Program Administration

• Evaluate and optimize transfer credit pathways by analyzing new and revised Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC) patterns issued by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and working with faculty to determine equivalency to CSUSB majors, reviewing CSUSB curriculum changes for their effect on existing TMC agreements and recommending solutions.
• Develop workflows with the Office of the Registrar for awarding transfer credit for external exams (AP, IB, CLEP), military training, and prior learning assessments, in order to ensure transfer students can complete their CSUSB degree within the maximum allowable units and remain compliant with CSU system-wide transfer requirements.
• Collaborate with Admissions and Academic Advising to ensure that students entering with an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) are placed in the correct major, tracked and coded correctly, and advised appropriately.

Technology Systems Administration

• Under general direction of University Registrar, administer the campus articulation systems to publish articulation data by serving as the lead campus data manager for ASSIST and campus administrator for the Transfer Evaluation System (TES), training faculty and staff on the use of both platforms, creating and monitoring user accounts, to ensure articulation data is accurate, accessible, and correctly published to students and partner institutions.
• Serve as a campus spokesperson to the ASSIST management team to provide feedback and recommendations on system development and direction.

Policy Advisement, Consultation, & Institutional Representation

• Advise campus stakeholders on articulation and transfer policy by maintaining current knowledge of applicable laws, Chancellor's Office executive orders and coded memoranda, and legislative changes affecting articulation and transfer programs.
• Consult with administrators, department chairs, faculty, and staff on articulation issues and initiatives such as the ADT program, in order to keep the University informed of and compliant with evolving transfer requirements.
• Represent CSUSB at statewide and regional California Intersegmental Articulation Council (CIAC) meetings to maintain the University's standing in statewide articulation efforts.

Unit Lead & Work Direction

• Provide lead work direction to staff in Registrar office assigned to articulation-related functions by developing and coordinating workflows for staff who record course articulations in uAchieve and TES and who monitor students on ADT pathways.
• Provide input to the University Registrar on staff performance evaluations to ensure articulation and transfer credit processing is completed accurately, consistently, and in a timely manner.
• The incumbent is accountable for the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of the articulation work performed by assigned staff.

Other Classification related duties as assigned

• Perform additional duties related to articulation and transfer pathways as assigned by the University Registrar, in order to support departmental and divisional operations as needs arise.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and/or the equivalent training and administrative work experience involving study, analysis, and/or evaluation leading to the development or improvement of administrative policies, procedures, practices, or programs, and four years of related experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Thorough knowledge of and ability to apply extensive expertise to complex programs and/or administrative specialties, including pertinent laws and regulations
• Demonstrated expertise in and advanced knowledge of the principles, problems, and methods of public and business administration and operational and fiscal management
• Expertise in administrative survey techniques, operations and systems analysis, statistical and research methods, and the ability to interpret and evaluate results to develop sound conclusions and recommend new or revised policies.
• Ability to understand problems from a broad, interactive perspective and discern applicable underlying principles to conceive of and develop strategic solutions
• Ability to work with representatives from public and private entities and handle potentially sensitive situations. Demonstrated consultative skills in working with internal and external constituent groups.
• Ability to effectively present ideas and concepts in written or presentation format and use consultative and facilitation skills to gain consensus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Successful experience in articulation or college-level student services programs (such as advising) that include a working knowledge of articulation and the intricacies of curriculum.
  • Experience with the articulation and/or curriculum processes/policies at the California Community Colleges, the CSUs, or the UCs.
• Experience with degree audit tools, such as uAchieve, and with articulation tools, such as ASSIST and TES.
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• High comfort level with using Microsoft 365 (especially Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, Word, and Excel), Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, and Sites), and Zoom

Special Conditions:

• Provide training and lead work direction to SSP II

Compensation and Benefits:
The salary offered will take into account internal equity and experience among other factors.
Anticipated hiring range: Step 1 $5,797 per month for qualified candidates
Classification hiring range: $5,797 (Step 1) - $8,445 (Step 20)
The CSU system provides a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), sick and vacation time, and 15 paid holidays a year. Eligible employees are also able to participate in the fee waiver education program. A summary of benefit information can be found here.
Position Information:
Work status: Full-time/Exempt/Probationary
Academic year schedule: Monday through Friday (08:00 am - 5:00 pm), some evenings/weekends.
Summer schedule: Monday through Thursday (7:00 am - 5:30 pm), some evenings/weekends.
The application deadline is September 4, 2026 at 11:55 P.M
California State University, San Bernardino, as part of the CSU system, is a State of California Employer. As such, the University requires all employees upon date of hire to reside in the State of California. As of January 1, 2022 the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.
California State University, San Bernardino is not a sponsoring agency for staff or management positions (i.e. H1-B Visas).
CSUSB is not an E-Verify employer and cannot support visa holders with certain requirements (e.g., H1B, F1, STEM OPT).
Education Code 89521 Requirements: Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received a final administrative decision or final judicial decision determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the minimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer of employment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages of the application process must also sign a release form that authorizes the release of information by the applicant's current and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.
Conditions of Employment
Background Check
Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.
Mandated Reporter
The person holding this position is considered a limited mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083, revised July 21, 2017.
I-9
CSUSB hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. See Form I-9 Acceptable Documents at https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents.
Statement of Commitment to Diversity
In our commitment to the furthering of knowledge and fulfilling our educational mission, California State University, San Bernardino seeks a campus climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the entire variety of human experience. We welcome people from all backgrounds, and we seek to include knowledge and values from many cultures in the curriculum and extra-curricular life of the campus community. We will create, promote, and maintain activities and programs that further our understanding of individual and group diversity. We will also develop and communicate policies and promote values that discourage intolerance and discrimination.
California State University, San Bernardino is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, hire, train, and administer all personnel actions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, caste, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, protected military or veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. This position adheres to CSU policies against Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Violence, including Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking. This requires completion of Sexual Violence Prevention Training within 6 months of assuming employment and on a two-year basis thereafter. (Executive Order 1096) For more information about Diversity & Inclusion at CSUSB, please visit https://www.csusb.edu/human-resources/diversity-inclusion
Closing Statement:
Reasonable Accommodation
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact CSUSB Benefits at benefits@csusb.edu.
Smoking
CSUSB is a smoke and tobacco-free campus. See policy at https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/6591951/latest/.
Clery Act
In compliance with state and federal crime awareness and campus security legislation, including The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, California Education Code section 67380, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the Cal State San Bernardino Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available at: https://www.csusb.edu/clery-act
Advertised: Aug 21 2026 Pacific Daylight Time
Applications close: Sep 04 2026 Pacific Daylight Time
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