Dean of Academic Affairs: Career & Technical - Northland Community and Technical College : Job Details

The Dean of Academic Affairs is a college-wide academic and campus leader who assumes primary responsibility for the supervision and assessment of all academic programs, instructional programming, personnel, and other areas designated by the Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs (VPASA). The Dean of Academic Affairs is responsible to the VPASA and has broad accountability, within the shared governance framework, for ensuring quality instructional and academic programming. The Dean of Academic Affairs fosters, supports, and enhances a mission-driven academic environment that centers the student at the forefront of decision-making and is expected to engage as a collaborative member of the Academic & Student Affairs (ASA) team to maintain a positive, collegial, and productive environment.

This position is charged with enhancing and increasing access, engagement, retention, and learner satisfaction consistent with the College's strategic planning and best practices as well as promoting fiscal responsibility and accountability through transparent and collaborative programmatic budget development and assessments. This deanship's primary areas of responsibility will be in career and technical education programs at Northland and is charged with identifying, building, fostering, supporting, and enhancing Academic & Student Affairs' relationship with local and regional industry partners. Although based out of Northland's Aerospace location in Thief River Falls, the dean is accountable for ensuring the quality and integrity of assigned academic/career technical programming and supervising assigned faculty college-wide including the College's facilities in Roseau and Warroad. The chosen candidate would get to choose which campus is their home location. This position directs applicable academic operations at the Aerospace location with authority to make decisions on issues of an acute nature.

• Provide innovative instructional leadership for the College in collaboration with Deans Council

• Supervise and evaluate instructional programs and courses in collaboration with Deans Council and the Assessment & Program Review Committee.

• Provide fiscal oversight in assigned areas.

• Provide necessary services in areas of assigned responsibility.

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with all stakeholders (e.g. students, faculty, staff, peers, community agencies, advisory committees, business and industry partners as well as secondary and higher education partners).

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Salary Range:

$93,713.00 - $149,940.00

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree from a regionally (institutionally) accredited college or university; AND at least three years (6 semesters) of experience in educational leadership positions with progressive levels of responsibility as faculty or administrator; AND at least three years (6 semesters) of teaching experience at the post-secondary level.
• Credential in a career & technical field.
• Ability to travel weekly to be physically present at Northland locations in Thief River Falls and East Grand Forks a minimum of two (2) days per week each. This position is NOT eligible for telework.
• Demonstrated success in building partnerships with industry.

Preferred Qualification

• Deep understanding of using data-informed assessment for continuous improvement.
• Experience working in a union environment.
• Previous experience working in a technical, community and/or comprehensive community & technical college.
• Leadership maturity and ability to apply appropriate perspective to situations that allow for creative solutions to the multitude of daily situations that arise.
• Knowledge of Higher Learning Commission policies and procedures including assessment for continuous improvement.
• Evidence of incorporating a growth mindset into previous work.

Other Requirements

Must submit: Resume & cover letter

Knowledge of:

• Dual/Concurrent enrollment
• Minnesota State College & Universities' Guided Learning Pathways and Minnesota Career Clusters.

Skillsets:

• Skilled and effective use of written, verbal, and non-verbal communication.
• Problem solving to manage diverse and complex situations.
• Evidence of consistent use of data to inform decision-making.
• Effectively supervise, evaluate, motivate, and develop faculty and staff.

Ability to:

• Manage conflict, change, and transformation effectively.
• Consistently follow through.
• Frequently travel between Northland locations (mainly East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls with occasional travel to Roseau and Warroad).
• Occasionally travel overnight and work non-standard hours.

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