Dean of Continuing Education and Professional Development
All applications must be submitted online at http://www.mdc.edu/jobs/
Job Opening ID: 998759
Job Description:
The Dean of Continuing Education and Professional Development provides administrative leadership to the College-wide School of Continuing Education and Professional Development and has a strong external focus, establishing primary connections with external entities. The Dean is responsible for creating partnerships among non-credit workforce training, adult basic education and the College’s credit programs. The position provides strong leadership for the School through: strategic planning, program development, review and revision, resource development, innovation and faculty and staff development.In addition, the Dean serves as the key liaison and College spokesperson for the School of Continuing Education and Professional Development and has overall responsibility for deciding which programs are offered and allocation of respective budgets for building and maintaining high quality self-supporting and grant-funded instructional programs.
Duties & Responsibilities:
•Collaborates with the Deans of the Academic Schools and Dean of General Education in creating pathways from non-credit programs in the areas of workforce training, adult basic education, GED and ESOL to the College’s credit programs
•Maintains the fiscal integrity of School operations including self-support and grant-funded budgets totaling approximately $18 million
•Leads the strategic advancement of the units internal and external reporting structures, including annual effectiveness reports, program action plans, grant reports and strategic enrollment management plans, in consultation with the members of the College’s executive leadership team to facilitate alignment with college-wide priorities
•Identifies and recognizes trends in community and workforce education that are in line with community and workforce needs and are directly tied to the School’s strategic enrollment management plan
Minimum Requirements:
•Doctorate degree in an appropriate field and six (6) years of demonstrated progressive administrative and management experience to include large complex budgets and federal grants in an instructional environment; or Master’s degree in an appropriate field and seven (7) years of demonstrated progressive administrative and management experience to include large complex budgets and federal grants in an instructional environment
•Working knowledge of managing large and complex budgets in an instructional environment
•Knowledge of budget preparation and managing federal grants