Chancellor

General Purpose and Scope of Position

The Chancellor is the senior administrator for all campus services and is responsible for the management and oversight of the day-to-day campus operations while fostering a campus culture that is consistent with the College's core values. The Chancellor serves as a visible, trusted, and engaged community leader who actively represents the College through the service area, strengthening relationships with civic organizations, employers, K-12 partners, local government, and community stakeholders.

Major Responsibilities

• Serves as a visible, trusted, and engaged community leader who actively represents the College through the service area, strengthening relationships with civic organizations, employers, K-12 partners, local government, and community stakeholders.
• Cultivates an environment that supports and reflects the communities we serve and brings together individuals with a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences.
• Leads planning and vision for the campus staff to ensure that campus enrollment, completion, retention, and student success meet the campus- and system-level metrics that are established for the campus service area.
• Communicates and creates a culture of accountability and empowerment relative to established metrics for campus enrollment (total, completion, retention, and student success) to campus-level leaders.
• Intentionally develops and expedites requests for new academic programs and services aligned with the Workforce Alignment Quadrant Analysis and guidance from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
• Led organizational change management, continuous improvement, problem solving, and innovation at the campus level.
• Informs and executes strategic initiatives at the campus level.
• Ensures the assessment of campus facility/space needs and investigation of alternative space solutions in alignment with the overall campus vision, key areas of focus (enrollment, completion, retention, student success), and associated metrics.
• Employs campus-level faculty, administrative, and support staff necessary to successfully meet campus vision, key areas of focus (enrollment, completion, retention, student success), and associated campus- and system-level metrics, and to ensure efficient campus operations (financial and fundraising).
• Collaborates with Systems Office and campus-level functional area leaders to lead and guide each of the functional areas (i.e., academic affairs, enrollment management, student support, finance, facilities, marketing and communications, fundraising, human resources, and workforce alignment) in order to successfully meet the campus-and system-level metrics for enrollment, completion, retention, and student success.
• Ensures compliance with College policies and procedures in each campus-level, functional area.
• Ensures strong community representation on the campus board of trustees and conducts regular meetings reporting on significant developments of the campus, engaging the board in planning and fundraising processes for the campus, and seeking recommendations and approvals as required by statute, local charters, and/or by-laws.
• Cultivates and fosters the development of robust educational, business, and community leaders and partnerships within the service delivery area in order to successfully meet the postsecondary educational attainment and workforce needs.
• Leads campus/community-level fundraising efforts of the College to ensure fundraising metrics (visits, asks, grant submissions, dollars raised, etc.) are met as established by the campus and Ivy Tech Foundation.
• Develops, updates, and communicates short-and-long-term goals for the campus. At a minimum, this will include programming, facilities, financials, fundraising, enrollment, retention, completion, and placement goals tied to the strategic plan.
• Collaborates with other campus chancellors and Systems Office to set strategy, goals, and direction for the College.
• Aligns college strategy and goals to support system-wide understanding, respect, and support for diversity among students, faculty, and staff.
• Leads campus-level efforts to ensure state-of-the-art technology for students, faculty, and staff.
• Assists with the administration of academic programs and student success-related services in order to successfully meet the campus-level metrics for enrollment, completion, retention, and student success.
• Develops and manages the campus budget; ensures operational costs are in line with relevant budgetary controls; manages the effective operations of the campus to deliver services to students and businesses and to achieve the agreed key performance measures.
• Directs the assessment of facility/space needs, investigates alternative solutions, and guides the negotiations of leases and/or renovations or seeks approvals for construction, as appropriate.
• Develops working partnerships with the community, business, industry, and other educational organizations to promote the College and campus and successfully meet the campus-level metrics for enrollment, completion, retention, and student success; develops programs and services that respond to their changing needs.
• Provides support and assistance to Workforce & Career initiatives, including relationship building with companies and making sales calls with Workforce & Career staff.
• Provide leadership in fundraising efforts to meet College Capital Campaign and campus needs in partnership with campus/community-level development staff and the Ivy Tech Foundation.
• Leads outreach efforts to engage alumni, education, business, local foundations, and community leaders within the campus service delivery area, resulting in resources to meet needs.
• Leads outreach efforts to engage alumni, education, business, local foundations, and community leaders within the campus service delivery area, resulting in resources to meet needs.
• Leads outreach efforts to engage alumni, education, business, local foundations, and community leaders within the campus service delivery area, resulting in resources to meet needs.
• Represents Ivy Tech Community College by participating in state and local councils, committees, boards, organizations, and state and national conferences.
• Serves on functional and ad hoc committees as assigned.

Education, Experience, And Other Requirements

• A master’s degree is required; an earned doctorate is preferred.
• Three or more years of substantial and successful leadership and management experience at the executive level required, preferably in post-secondary education.
• Must possess excellent organizational, planning, evaluation, interpersonal, and communication skills and have the ability and willingness to travel.
• Evidence of working with adult students' success preferred.
• Must be adept at resolving individual and group conflicts, and must have excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proven ability to identify key issues and to carry forward an idea or project from conception to execution.
• Track record of thinking conceptually and mastering complex subject matter quickly.
• Good judgment, discretion, tact, and the ability to work easily with senior leaders within the education, charitable, government, and business sectors.
• Proven ability to partner well with colleagues both in and outside of the organization.
• Ability to promote an inclusive environment that reflects the broad diversity and backgrounds represented by our students and employees, and in which every individual feels respected and valued.

Compensation

$250,000 annually, with opportunities for annual incentive bonuses tied to institutional and individual performance goals.