Dean, Career Education

The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District•San Diego, CA

10h•Onsite

About The Position

The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District is seeking a Dean of Career Education for Cuyamaca College. This role provides visionary leadership in support of workforce development resources, supervises academic and classified personnel, and coordinates career educational programs, resources, and budgets. The Dean oversees ten major departments within the division, including Automotive Technology, Business and Professional Studies, Center for Water Studies, Computer and Information Science & Computer Science, Graphic Design, CADD and Advanced Manufacturing, Child Development, Environmental Health and Safety Management, Ornamental Horticulture, and Surveying. The position requires collaboration with other campus departments to coordinate these programs. Cuyamaca College is committed to student success, social justice, equity, and anti-racism, and seeks candidates with a high level of cultural competence who have successfully worked with diverse populations. The college is a Hispanic-Serving Institution recognized for its equity-minded and innovative approaches.

Requirements

Master's degree from an accredited institution plus five years of achievement in higher education management, supervision, or leadership, with emphasis in one or more of the areas to which the Dean position is assigned.
Demonstrates sensitivity to and an understanding of students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds; students who are differently abled, and students who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Ability to advance the College's vision, mission, and values in the CE Division’s programs and services and within the institution.
Ability to advance the College's strategic goals related to access, success, retention, eliminating equity gaps, and increasing equity in hiring in the CE Division’s programs and services and within the institution.
Demonstrated commitment to the collaborative decision-making process and the collegial process, including the ability to work effectively and cooperatively with students, faculty, and staff.
Experience administering, directing, planning and coordinating Career Education disciplines and departments in accordance with legal requirements, district policies, and effective instructional principles and practices.
Experience developing course schedules across multiple disciplines to meet strategic enrollment planning principles and goals.
Ability to interpret and use qualitative and quantitative data to support effective, people-centered decision-making, planning, and problem-solving to include equity-minded teaching strategies and practices in all modalities.
Ability to plan, prioritize, and manage multiple budgets, funding sources, and operational resources across diverse programs while balancing unrestricted, restricted, categorical, grant-funded, and partnership-supported initiatives, as well as Perkins and Strong Workforce funds in support of student access, workforce priorities, staffing and infrastructure needs, program sustainability, and fiscal accountability.
Ability to communicate orally, in writing and in a timely manner effectively, thoughtfully, transparently, and collaboratively.
Experience using technology to support effective, efficient, and human-centered operations and communication.
Experience facilitating respectful communication, collaboration, and constructive resolution of conflicts and challenges among diverse groups and perspectives.
Experience establishing and maintaining effective relationships with industry partners and industry advisory boards.

Nice To Haves

Ability to interpret, articulate, and implement pertinent state and federal laws and regulations concerning community colleges with emphasis in Career Education programs, including but not limited to Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Title 5 regulations, 10+1, California Education Code, and additional outside organizations.
Experience with previous successful management of college programs.
Experience writing successful grant applications and with resource management.
Demonstrated commitment to a comprehensive, student-centered environment that facilitates learning and student development.

Responsibilities

Provides visionary leadership in support of workforce development resources.
Supervises assigned academic and classified personnel.
Coordinates career educational programs, resources, and budgets.
Oversees ten major departments within the division.
Works collaboratively with other campus departments to coordinate these programs.
Demonstrates a commitment to and support of Cuyamaca College's vision, mission, and values in the CE Division’s programs and services and within the institution.
Demonstrates a commitment to and support of diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism, and accessibility in support of student success and retention.
Manages, plans, coordinates, and evaluates division programs in accordance with legal requirements, district policies, state guidelines, and sound instructional principles and practices.
Communicates statutes, college policies, procedures, and philosophies to assigned staff and to other college employees and students when appropriate.
Assists with hiring, evaluation, and retention of assigned faculty and staff according to statutes and Governing Board policy.
Plans and coordinates orientation and in-service education for professional development of program faculty and staff.
Assigns certificated and classified staff to work areas, hours, and duties.
Facilitates the resolution of student, instructor, and staff conflicts and problems.
Prepares budgets and submits through appropriate channels for approval.
Monitors and controls assigned program-operating budgets.
Initiates special fund requests.
Determines need and priority for capital equipment and materials.
Serves as a member of district, site or other local and regional committees and task forces.
Supports underperforming programs by analysis of student learning outcomes and program review, providing innovation and resources including timelines and goals.
Co-chairs the WorkForce Development Committee.
Coordinates program review and planning, curriculum development and outcomes assessment for the division.