Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

About the role

Responsible for class scheduling, classroom evaluation, responding to student academic concerns, and direct supervision of designated disciplines. Coordinates activities consistent with the campus’ and college’s mission, strategic goals and objectives. Promotes and fosters an innovative teaching and learning environment conducive to academic excellence. Supports and encourages the infusion of academic initiatives, including instructional technology, into the teaching and learning process. Manages budget and collaborates and supervises faculty and staff.

What a day of an Associate Dean, Academic Affairs looks like:

• Develops, maintains, interprets, and executes administrative procedures and practices.
• Provides direction in the design, development and administration of campus programs and operations to achieve established College mission, goals and objectives.
• Determines and recommends the retention or deletion of courses.
• Maintains calendar as necessary to track these schedules and makes adjustments as required.
• Assists faculty in the development of course and program curriculum, program and course reviews and articulation activities.
• Guides, leads, reviews, verifies, observes, and manages the work of people reporting directly and indirectly to you.
• Develops and trains staff.
• Performs needs analysis, arranges, coordinates, delivers, evaluates, and monitors staff development.
• Develops long-range and short-term goals, objectives, priorities, and recommendations.
• Acknowledges, researches, and responds to complaints received regarding College programs, and College employees.
• Attends community meetings of professional associations, business groups, and civic clubs.
• Promotes College programs.
• Chairs college-wide committee and coordinates committee events.
• Conducts all tasks related to the preparation of the annual and other periodic budgets for the department.

Education and Experience

• Master’s degree with 18 graduate semester hours in one of the designated disciplines
• Four years of related experience, to include experience supervising faculty, teaching experience, curriculum development experience, and two years department chair or similar experience

Knowledge

• Knowledge Of Microsoft Office Professional or similar applications
• Best practices in higher education pedagogy

Skills

• Skilled In Thinking strategically, effectively analyzing data, and implementing data-informed decisions
• Managing and resolving conflict in a positive manner
• Fact finding, analysis, and problem solving
• Motivating subordinates to exert the effort necessary to attain organizational and departmental goals
• Attention to detail while maintaining effective time and task management
• Establishing ownership of areas of responsibility with an aptitude to anticipate and pro-actively execute tasks while identifying areas of enhancement, efficiencies, and solutions
• Interacting in a positive manner with diverse populations and varying education levels of students, faculty, staff, and the public
• Effectively communicating verbally and in writing on a regular basis with internal and external customers, building relationships, managing customer expectations and taking responsibility for a high level of service
• Accurately managing a budget

Preferred, but not a must

• Doctorate’s degree
• Secondary or postsecondary work experience

Culture

Be part of an inclusive, Panther First environment where every role has a purpose, and employees have a sense of belonging.

Education Benefits

• Tuition fee waiver at PBSC
• Tuition reimbursement
• degree recognition award
• educational leave
• more

Public Service Loan Forgiveness institution

Health and Wellness

• Medical
• dental
• vision
• disability
• life insurance
• parental leave
• and more

Generous Time Off

• Vacation
• sick leave
• holidays
• spring and winter breaks offering additional paid time off

Panther Perks

• Potential remote or hybrid opportunities
• wellness programs
• apps related to stress management, nutrition, meditation, and more

Professional Development

• Leadership programs
• professional learning workshops
• and more

Retirement Investments

• State retirement plan options
• voluntary 403(b) and 457 plans