Director of K12 Engagement and Dual Credit

Central New Mexico Community College • Albuquerque, NM

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About The Position

The Director of K–12 Engagement and Dual Credit reports to the Executive Director of P20 Strategic Partnerships. The role provides institutional leadership for CNM’s K–12 engagement strategy and serves as the operational leader of the CNM Dual Credit Office. The Director develops and manages strategic relationships with school districts, schools, and community partners while coordinating the college-wide dual credit program across academic, enrollment, learner success, and engagement functions.

The position is responsible for ensuring that K–12 partners and students experience CNM as a coordinated institution, even when services are delivered by different departments. The Director establishes program strategy, operating standards, partnership expectations, performance measures, and cross-functional processes, and serves as the primary institutional escalation point for complex K–12 and dual credit issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in education, public administration, business administration, workforce development, or a closely related field.
• Five years of experience in higher education, secondary education, dual credit programs, workforce programs, and/or community partnerships.
• Completed application must include a cover letter to be considered for review.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with K–12 and higher education systems and partnerships.
• Experience leading or administering a dual credit, early college, college access, or similar K–12/postsecondary program.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Lead CNM’s K–12 engagement strategy to advance college and career readiness, postsecondary access, and education-to-career pathways.
• Supervise staff by prioritizing work, conducting performance evaluations, coaching employees, and ensuring alignment with departmental priorities.
• Serve as the institutional leader of the CNM Dual Credit Office, providing strategic and operational leadership for program strategy, policy, standards, and performance.
• Coordinate the college-wide Dual Credit operating model, integrating Student Recruitment, Admissions and Registration, Advisement, Academic Affairs, and other functional areas while respecting decentralized functional ownership.
• Lead the K–12 partnership portfolio, including strategic relationship management, partnership planning, shared goals, agreements, and performance expectations.
• Advance Dual Credit learner success and matriculation by coordinating pathway development, readiness, intervention, and transition strategies.
• Establish and monitor K–12 and Dual Credit outcomes and KPIs, using data, stakeholder feedback, and continuous improvement practices to strengthen program effectiveness and impact.
• Provide institutional leadership and cross-functional problem-solving, serving as a senior liaison to K–12 partners and CNM leadership and leading assigned staff and collaborative teams.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director