Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (VCAA)

EICC Portal • Davenport, IA

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About The Position

The Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs ( VCAA ) serves as Eastern Iowa Community Colleges’ Chief Academic Officer, providing strategic leadership and oversight for all district educational programs, services, and personnel. This includes Arts and Sciences transfer programs, Career and Technical Education, and eLearning. The VCAA leads curriculum development and approval, program evaluation, assessment, instructional design, instructional strategies, and the integration of innovative instructional technologies to support high-quality teaching and learning. The VCAA ensures student success by developing and maintaining guided transfer pathways, aligning career and technical programs with industry standards, advancing developmental education reforms, and overseeing distance learning quality assurance and learning management systems. In collaboration with Divisional Deans and faculty leadership, the VCAA manages instructional spaces, maintains course schedule integrity, and cultivates faculty leadership to ensure meaningful faculty involvement in all areas of academic affairs. The VCAA oversees key academic programs, including the Center for Teaching and Learning, faculty onboarding, and continuous program improvement initiatives. Working closely with the Vice Chancellor for Student Services, the VCAA aligns guided pathways and student development initiatives to promote engagement, persistence, and completion. As a member of the Chancellor’s Senior Leadership Team, the VCAA contributes to strategic planning, represents EICC on state and regional committees, and fosters partnerships with K–12 schools, four-year institutions, state agencies, and regional businesses. The VCAA also administers the academic affairs division, including budgets, supervision, faculty searches, and collective bargaining participation, while ensuring the highest standards of service and advancing the mission of EICC . Physical Demands Position involves working in an office setting. Occasional standing, pushing, pulling and grasping. Frequent reaching and viewing a computer and other types of close visual work. Constant sitting, walking, repetitive motion, talking and hearing.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree required
• Experience as faculty preferably in a community college or higher learning setting.
• Three years of senior administrative experience at the dean level or equivalent, with demonstrated experience in the direct supervision of faculty, preferably in a community college or higher learning setting.
• Demonstrated expertise with development and implementation of instructional programs, preferably in a community college or higher learning setting.
• Demonstrated experience in the administration of career and technical education.
• Demonstrated experience in the administration of Liberal Arts, transfer degree programs.
• Demonstrated experience in supervising, planning, and budgeting academic instruction, preferably in a community college or higher learning setting.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to communicate effectively is required.
• Strong understanding and commitment to the philosophy and goals of a comprehensive community college, to a participatory management style, and to team leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Doctorate degree in Higher Education, Community College Leadership, or a related field
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible senior-level administrative experience in academic affairs as a dean, associate vice president or vice president including the supervision of faculty, community college experience strongly preferred, experience working in a community college district preferred.
• Knowledge of and experience working with relevant federal and state higher ed laws and regulations.
• Experience as a fulltime faculty member preferably in a community college or higher learning setting.
• Proven ability to analyze and interpret data to make data-informed decisions.
• Proven ability to lead large, diverse teams and manage complex, multi-campus operations.
• Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to student-centered practices.
• Ability to work collaboratively across organizational boundaries and manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic leadership and oversight for all district educational programs, services, and personnel
• Leading curriculum development and approval, program evaluation, assessment, instructional design, instructional strategies, and the integration of innovative instructional technologies to support high-quality teaching and learning
• Developing and maintaining guided transfer pathways, aligning career and technical programs with industry standards, advancing developmental education reforms, and overseeing distance learning quality assurance and learning management systems
• Managing instructional spaces, maintaining course schedule integrity, and cultivating faculty leadership to ensure meaningful faculty involvement in all areas of academic affairs
• Overseeing key academic programs, including the Center for Teaching and Learning, faculty onboarding, and continuous program improvement initiatives
• Aligning guided pathways and student development initiatives to promote engagement, persistence, and completion
• Contributing to strategic planning, represents EICC on state and regional committees, and fosters partnerships with K–12 schools, four-year institutions, state agencies, and regional businesses
• Administering the academic affairs division, including budgets, supervision, faculty searches, and collective bargaining participation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees