About LCCC

Job Title: Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs

Work Schedule: Full-time

Annual Salary: $102,848 and $111,988

FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary

The Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs provides dynamic and strategic leadership to assist the college in achieving its vision for excellence: "national prominence and academic excellence as a comprehensive community college." The leader in this position is focused on the quality and integrity of all of the College's academic degree programs, assessing student learning outcomes, developing high quality faculty and providing high quality academic and student support services. Collaborating with the four college Deans, the Vice President's specific areas of leadership include the following: academic services, admissions, enrollment services, advising and counseling services, articulation and transfer services, career services, prior learning assessment services, student life and leadership, intercollegiate athletics, child care services, judicial affairs, developmental and educational services, library services, information technology, instructional technology, institutional research and planning, and distance learning. The Vice President ensures that all areas of responsibility are successfully serving students' educational goals and are consistent with the college mission. The Vice President serves as the liaison with secondary and other post-secondary educational institutions. The Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs is directly responsible to the President of the College.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as member of the President's Cabinet to advance the college mission and goals.
• Acts as a liaison to and participates in the Trustee meetings of the Board and its committees as assigned.
• Provides creative and energetic leadership in strategic planning by developing new initiatives that promote achievement of the College mission and goals.
• Supervises and evaluates the Dean of Students, Dean of Academic Services, Dean of Library and Information Technology, and Dean of Professional Accreditation and Curriculum.
• Assesses and recommends facilities needs for academic programs, support services, and student activities.
• Provides the coordination and leadership required for the committee decision-making processes to ensure shared governance across the college community.
• Ensures compliance with all contractual arrangements and the policies and procedures manual, including the faculty collective bargaining agreement.
• Coordinates budget planning, monitors budget implementation, and ensures fiscal management across academic and student affairs operations.
• Recommends all faculty to the College President for appointment.
• Remains current with educational trends, issues and challenges for comprehensive community colleges.
• Represents the college through public appearances and presentations, both internal and external, including attendance at regional and national professional education organizations.
• Actively participates in Pennsylvania Community College Commission and other state and national higher educational organizations and associations.
• Develops and maintains an operational manual.
• Carries out special projects as may be assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

• A doctorate
• Significant progressive administrative responsibility at a community college
• A proven record of academic and student affairs leadership, creativity, and innovation at the level of Vice President or Chief Academic Officer

Preferred Experience/Characteristics:

• Doctorate from a research extensive/intensive university
• Full time teaching experience at a community college
• Comprehensive knowledge, appreciation for, and understanding of student support service information and instructional technology and academic program development and implementation
• History of actively modeling a collaborative and collegial work environment
• Success in working effectively with professional teams
• Knowledge of and experience with budget planning, budget preparation, and fiscal management
• Demonstrated understanding of trends, issues and challenges of a comprehensive community college
• Commitment to the mission and philosophy of the comprehensive community college
• Experience in a collective bargaining setting
• The following work skills and behaviors: teambuilding/collaboration, initiative, analytical problem-solving, written and oral communication skills, customer service, and a commitment to continuous professional growth

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee may regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

If interested, submit a cover letter, resume, references, and unofficial transcripts to Donna Williams, Director of Human Resources, by 5 p.m. on Monday, September 22, 2008.

7/2008