Dean of Business and Professional Studies

Dean of Business and Professional Studies

Reports to : Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

FLSA Status : Exempt

This position will be open until filled.

This position requires the candidate to obtain the PA Child Abuse, PA State Police, and FBI Fingerprinting clearances prior to their start date.

This position has been approved for a flexible work option arrangement. Flexible work options can be ended at any time by the College, Cabinet, and / or supervisors based on employee performance and / or as institutional needs change.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION :

The Dean of Business and Professional Studies provides leadership for a division that includes Accounting, Baking & Pastry Arts, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Culinary Arts, Education, Economics, Human Services, Management, Marketing, Municipal Police Academy, Office Management, Psychology, Public Safety Administration, and Tourism & Hospitality Management.

The Dean creates and maintains clear curricular paths to career and / or transfer, supporting program growth and the development of faculty and staff in meeting the College’s student success goals.

The Dean is an important liaison for the College with business and industry partners, transfer partners, K-12 educators, government officials, grant agencies, and private funders.

As a member of the VPAA and Provost’s leadership team, the dean acts to further the institution’s goals towards diversity, equity, and inclusion.

This position has college-wide responsibilities that require travel between campuses and to offsite locations.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Work collaboratively across the institution to engage in data-informed planning and strategic management to champion student success, foster productive external relationships, and ensure that programs and services are sustainably resourced.
• Manage all facets of the daily operations for the Business and Professional Studies division and align financial and staffing resources to support Division needs.
• Provide leadership to division faculty in the development and continuous improvement of curricular offerings. Guide and actively participate in program, General Education core, and course assessment.
• Participate in college-wide and programmatic accreditation activities such as self-studies, onsite visits, outcome plans, and other relevant functions.
• In collaboration with Division administrators, recruit, hire, supervise, evaluate, and support ongoing professional development of full-time and part-time faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Resolve student, faculty and staff concerns. Facilitate communication between and among concerned parties to resolve conflicts expeditiously.
• Partner with the Workforce and Economic Development division to build and expand workforce training programs that link credit and non-credit learning experiences.
• Collaborate on articulation and transfer agreements and K-12 partnerships.
• Ensure that courses are scheduled when and in the modality that students need to balance their work, family, personal, and academic demands.
• Provide executive leadership and direction to The Hospitality Institute team, which includes the director, administrators, faculty and staff of the various related academic programs.
• Work to connect regional employers to program advisory boards, to student experiential learning opportunities, and to other high-impact practices, such as authentic research, service learning, mentoring, and internships.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Master’s degree required in an area represented by the academic units in the division; doctorate preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years previous teaching experience at the collegiate level, preferably at a comprehensive community college.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressive administrative / management experience required, and preferably at a community college.
• Excellent management, administrative, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Data management and analysis abilities with demonstrated abilities to apply quantitative and qualitative reasoning to assessment, planning, management, and communications tasks.
• Technical proficiency in Microsoft Word applications and other productivity, communication, and presentation tools.
• Experience in curriculum or program development.
• Knowledge of and experience with a range of instructional delivery modalities.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Experience in programmatic or regional accreditation preferred.
• Experience in grant and philanthropic acquisition, management, and reporting preferred.

ATTRIBUTES

To be successful, the Dean of Business and Professional Studies will demonstrate clear excellence in AACC Leadership Capacities :

Organizational Culture : Embrace the College’s mission, vision, and acknowledge the significance of our past while charting a path for our future.

Governance, Institutional Policy, and Legislation : Have respect for, and adhere to, the governance framework of the College and the policies that guide its operation.

Promote effective and productive Board relations to further institutional transformation and sustainability. Advocate within and for the units supervised to advance the College’s goals in support of student success.

Student Success : Engage in continuous communication about the effectiveness of the College’s programs and services.

Institutional Leadership :

• Build positive interpersonal relationships and employ effective management skills to sustain a student-centered culture at the College.
• Set the example for trust and transparency across the College, and exhibit integrity and ethics in leadership and decision-making.
• Provide clear, constructive, and supportive feedback within the College’s performance management processes, and collaborate for continued improvement.
• Appreciate the value of the internal team and promote opportunities to form partnerships among groups in the College’s community.
• Demonstrate effective problem-solving by using data to determine the factors that contributed to the problem, using all resources available to develop alternate solutions, choosing and implementing a solution, and evaluating its effectiveness.
• Develop internal and external relationships that advocate for students, the College, and higher education in the community.

Institutional Infrastructure : Demonstrate fluency in management of the foundational aspects of the institution, including the establishment of a strategic plan, financial and facilities management, accreditation, and technology master planning.

Information and Analytics : Use data in ways that give a holistic representation of the institution’s performance and demonstrate open-mindedness and critical / analytical thinking should data reveal unexpected or previously unknown trends or issues.

Advocacy and Mobilizing / Motivating Others : Serve as a champion of community college ideals, and, with the communications resources available to connect with the college community, mobilize stakeholders to take action on behalf of the college.

Always seek ways through various marketing and social media channels to engage with current and potential students, as well as supporters to keep them updated on new and great things taking place at the college.

Fundraising and Relationship Cultivation : Cultivate relationships across sectors that support the institution

and advance the community college agenda and build relationships that support the college’s entrepreneurial efforts.

Communications : Demonstrate strong communication skills and fully embrace the role of community college spokesperson.

Collaboration : Develop and maintain cooperative, mutually beneficial, and ethical internal and external relationships that nurture diversity, promote the success of the college community, and sustain the community college mission.

Personal Traits and Abilities : Demonstrate and continue to develop abilities that promote the community college agenda : authenticity, emotional intelligence, courage, ethical standards, self-management and environmental scanning, time management and planning, familial impact and personal wellness, forward-looking philosophy, and adaptability / flexibility.