| The Associate Dean administers one or more key College
programs. He/she develops, implements, and assesses programs and services to
produce high-quality results and meet strategic goals. He/she also coordinates
activities among different units, and with areas outside the College, and may
oversee staff, budget, operations, and facilities. |
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Reporting to the Vice President for Adult & Continuing Education (ACE), the Associate Dean for Financial, Programmatic, and External Planning for Adult & Continuing Education provides results oriented leadership by providing oversight for managing the financial programmatic and external resources for the division of Adult and Continuing Education.
The primary responsibilities of the position are to: - Ensure the division manages financial resources in a prudent, sustainable, and timely manner and create a divisional standardized human resources system.
- Assist the Vice President of ACE to develop strategic plans for the Division that coordinates programmatic offerings (both continuing and new initiatives) to align with the overall College strategic plan. Maintain oversight and facilitate coordination of the divisional plan to ensure it is strategically responsive and proactive in developing partnerships in the community with business and industry, academic partners, and community organizations.
- Actively manage and oversee the grant office, and the identification and securing of external funds to achieve the goals of the strategic plan, including the development of the necessary relationships in the external public and private funding communities, to advance the entire college.
The Associate Dean will supervise the Director of Grants and Contracts and Senior Director of ACE Finance as well as assistants to the Vice President.
Additionally, the Associate Dean will be responsible for:
- Providing overall vision and supervision for the development and maintenance of processes, reports, and strategies that manage the external grants, contracts, and fee-based receipts in a prudent, sustainable, and timely manner.
- Developing and overseeing a standardized ACE staff management system that includes job descriptions, evaluations process, and succession planning.
- Overseeing the Division's Strategic Planning and Implementation process. Providing overall coordination and integration of multiple programmatic initiatives so that all ACE programs are strategically linked within the Division and across the college and provides senior level planning to guide strategic programmatic development.
- Providing close and direct supervision of the Office of Grants, including the development of efficient and effective processes to increase the number of grants, the amount of external funding secured, and the alignment of external funding with the college's strategic goals. Specifically, the Associate Dean will provide leadership for the Office of Grants in order to a) identify funding opportunities aligned with the College's strategic goals; b) develop an effective process to support development of college-wide grant applications and successful securing of funds from public and private sources; c) conduct effective post-award grant management; and d) develop and steward the necessary relationships with the funding community to facilitate continued success. Additionally, the Associate Dean will ensure that the Grants office provides the necessary structures to coordinate external funding with the Division of Institutional Advancement.
- Creating and overseeing systems to identify new trends in local, state, regional, national, and international realms where the Division could successfully provide educational services.
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| OTHER QUALIFICATIONS Broad knowledge of
financial management strategies including experience managing multiple sources
of funding and specialized reporting requirements of external funding; broad
knowledge of the field of continuing education including adult learning,
economic development, grant and contract development, financing, and program and
staff assessment; strong oral and written communication skills including
grantsmanship; and strong entrepreneurial and risk taking capacities. An
advanced degree and a minimum of 5 years managerial experience in higher
education, preferably with experience in managing externally funded programs in
a collegiate setting. Must exhibit strong leadership capabilities. |
| EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY We are committed to enhancing our diverse academic community by actively encouraging people with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women to apply. We take pride in our pluralistic community and continue to seek excellence through diversity and inclusion. EO/AA Employer. |