Vice President, Administrative Services

Rancho Santiago Community College District • Santa Ana, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The ideal candidate will demonstrate cultural competency in serving diverse community college populations, including faculty, classified staff, and students from varied ethnic, racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This includes those with differing abilities, AB 540 students, DACA recipients, Foreign Residents, VACA participants, and Continuing Education students. They will support RSCCD’s mission to promote self-awareness, knowledge, and communication skills, enabling all members of the college community to participate creatively and confidently in an ever-changing world. Candidates will foster an inclusive and collaborative institutional culture that engages and supports faculty, classified staff, and students in achieving the college’s mission and goals. The candidate should demonstrate the ability to lead and manage teams effectively while addressing the unique needs of diverse individuals within the organization. They should exhibit sensitivity, equity-mindedness, and a commitment to anti-racism in their decision-making and interactions. Through strategic leadership and inclusive practices, they will empower students to reach their educational and career aspirations while ensuring faculty and classified staff are supported in fostering a creative, confident, and thriving community college environment.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree and at least five years of experience reasonably related to this administrative assignment.
• Ability to prevent and resolve conflicts and problems, plan, measure and evaluate programs, services and activities, supervise staff, analyze and apply laws, rules and regulations, and build consensus.

Nice To Haves

• A Master's Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, or related field and experience in a public educational agency is desirable.
• Candidate must demonstrate clear evidence of sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff, and the community.

Responsibilities

• Serves as business manager of the college.
• Overall responsibility to the College President for the effective conduct of the business affairs of the college, including budget development and control, maintenance of facilities, custodial and grounds, auxiliary services, transportation and the preparation and maintenance of required records and reports; performs other duties as assigned.
• Serve as campus liaison to District business operations and fiscal services division.
• Serves as the primary liaison between the College President and all segments of the College regarding the requirements and procedures governing administrative services.
• Provides overall supervision of budget, maintenance of facilities, custodial and grounds, bookstore/food services, transportation, and community use of facilities; recommends policy and procedure, and monitors programs and services in assigned area for responsiveness to the needs of a culturally diverse community.
• Serves as the College’s direct liaison with the District’s Business Operations and Fiscal Services Division and provides dotted line coordination of centralized district services such as facilities planning and development, and campus safety and security.
• Responsible for and recommends the hire, transfer, suspension, lay-off, recall, promotion, assignment, discipline, and training/professional development of assigned personnel; also, responsible for administering collective bargaining agreements, adjustment of grievances, and compliance with District policies, rules and regulations regarding employment and selection procedures, evaluation of assigned staff, and providing direction and assistance in relation to all programs associated with this office.
• Responsible for timely and accurate preparation, submission and administration of the College budget, including substantial responsibility for reporting and accounting for specific programmatic funding.
• Plans all programs under supervision; responsible for the scheduling of work, events, facility use, maintenance, and the delivery of services.
• Must be a highly visible educational leader seeking a position of significant leadership in community institutions and activities, and on state boards and committees to articulate, enhance and improve District programs, offerings, and funding.
• Oversees community use of campus facilities.
• Significant responsibility for advising, chairing, and supervision of service area, college-wide committees, and District-wide committees and task forces.
• Supervises all aspects of the planning, funding, coordinating, staffing, delivery and evaluation of programs, activities and staff assigned in areas of responsibility; has substantial responsibility for procurement, expenditure and accounting for funding and programs in compliance with applicable law and policy, and for related reports.
• Resolves complaints, problems, and conflicts; analyzes, applies and explains laws, regulations and policies, regarding services provided and maintains related records and reports.

Benefits

• The selected candidate is required to complete the following before employment as part of the onboarding process: Present original documents for proof of eligibility to work in the United States. Provide a certificate of Tuberculosis Exam. Fingerprints (by a Live Scan Agency at the candidate's expense, and clearance must be received before the first day of employment) Submit official transcripts.

What This Job Offers

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