Qualifications
Qualifications, Leadership, and Characteristics
Minimum qualifications
- Masters required, Doctorate preferred, from an accredited university or college
- Minimum three years of experience in a senior management-level position required
- Demonstrated experience in working with diverse communities
Preferred qualifications and characteristics
- Community College or University leadership experience
- Higher Education teaching experience
- A fiscally responsible leader with significant budget management experience
- A strategic, innovative, and visionary planner who can set priorities, align planning and budget processes and make difficult decisions
- Ability to work collaboratively with community stakeholders to align college strategic work plan with workforce and community needs
- An effective communicator who is accessible, responsive, supportive and candid with the internal and external communities
- A leader who focuses on and connects with students
- A leader with the ability to effectively work with faculty, staff, and an elected Board of Education
- A leader who will implement professional development
Provide strong leadership to:
- Expand the college’s workforce development programs and partnerships while also strengthening the college’s curriculum program mix
- Outreach to diverse populations, particularly the Latinx community; expanding and increasing enrollment and success of students
- Evaluate and improve organizational performance
- Proactively establish additional engagement activities with community leaders, elected officials, and potential donors
- Foster a strong participatory shared-governance culture to create a culture of cohesiveness within the college
- Proactively strengthen fundraising to increase external resources, including working with College’s Foundation
