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Associate Dean, Mathematics

Associate Dean, Mathematics

Tri-CCleveland, OH, US
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Associate Dean, Mathematics

Department : School of Arts & Science

Location : College-Wide

Reports To : Dean, Liberal Arts & Sciences

Recruitment Type : External / Internal

Employment Type : Administration and Professionals

Union Position : Non-Union

Work Schedule : M-F (8 : 30 - 5 : 00)

Number of Openings : 1

Job Description : Provides leadership and administrative management to Mathematics at the assigned campus(es). Supports collegewide and campus strategic initiatives related to Mathematic disciplines. Manages the academic schedule in collaboration with the School Dean and Dean of Academic Success. Responsible for campus and School of Liberal Arts and Sciences communication related to faculty expectations, plans, and activities in Mathematics.

Essential Functions

  • Provides leadership and management for Mathematic disciplines at the assigned campus to fully implement the academic and student success vision of the School Dean and Dean of Academic Success
  • Coordinates with the School Dean, collegewide counterparts and the Dean of Academic Success to ensure students' access to a variety of courses as well as to provide campus support for faculty
  • Develops, reviews, and evaluates the academic strategic plans, curriculum, programs, course schedules and budgets
  • Recruits, selects, supervises and evaluates full-time faculty and departmental staff. Manages adjunct faculty hiring and evaluation in collaboration with faculty coordinators.
  • Recruits, selects, supervises and evaluates Program Directors and staff
  • Strengthens the pipeline from secondary to post-secondary education and experiential opportunities that increase students' workforce readiness, degree and certificate completion
  • Coordinates with Enrollment Management and other departments to manage student recruitment, retention and completion, and monitor leading and lagging progress indicators for students
  • Monitors faculty evaluations, course completions, student feedback, withdrawal surveys and other relevant data to promote continuous improvement
  • Collaborates with Student Affairs team to address student concerns
  • Works with Dean of Academic Success to coordinate academic services and co-curricular activities
  • Collaborates with the Curriculum Office to ensure that the appropriate standards, principles, and rules of the Higher Learning Commission including curricular / program development, revisions, updates and all levels of student learning outcomes are addressed
  • Identifies grant opportunities geared toward increasing students' experiential, research and co-op experiences in a variety of fields
  • Collaborates with other academic area team members as part of the campus-based academic leadership team in order to keep programs relevant and current
  • Ensures the communication of plans, activities and expectations for faculty and staff at various levels department / division / center and within the division
  • Collaborates with counterparts and the School Dean to ensure all program reviews, curricula and assessment plans and any appropriate accreditation processes and requirements are met in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Participates in Deans Council and other campus and collegewide committees.
  • Serves on the campus leadership team and assists with campus-based projects and initiatives
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Education and Experience / Training

  • Master's degree in a related field
  • Significant related experience may substitute for education
  • Minimum of six years of successful and progressive full-time experience related to the field within a college or industry setting
  • Demonstrated teaching experience at the college level
  • Demonstrated related general experience including :
  • Demonstrated experience planning, assigning, scheduling, supervising and ensuring the quality of the work of others
  • Demonstrated experience forecasting, planning, maintaining, preparing, and monitoring a business area's budget
  • Demonstrated experience effectively making decisions that have significant, broad implications on the management and operations of a division (or equivalent business area)
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in a role requiring dynamic and abstract problem solving methods in adaptive situations

    • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Possess comprehensive knowledge of Higher Education leadership theories, concepts and practices with the ability to use in complex, difficult and / or unprecedented situations as it pertains to the departmental focus
  • Possess broad based knowledge of existing and emerging pedagogies and academic delivery systems
  • Possess broad based knowledge of supporting student success
  • Ability to manage and supervise a diverse staff
  • Possess strong management skills
  • Possess a commitment to working with cross-functional teams
  • Possess a commitment to professional development and continuous learning and improvement
  • Possess excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
  • Possess strong organizational and time-management skills
  • Demonstrated creative thinker and a problem solver
  • Ability to work accurately with great attention to detail
  • Possess advanced-level project management skills
  • Possess basic-level Blackboard skills (or equivalent program)
  • Possess intermediate-level Banner skills (or equivalent program)
  • Possess intermediate-level skills with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Ability to independently set goals and determine best course of action to achieve desired results
  • Ability to confidentially and discreetly handle subject matters requiring privacy and sensitivity
  • Ability to facilitate top-level collaboration while managing sensitive issues
  • Ability to develop and maintain relationships with key contacts to enhance workflow and quality
  • Possess sensitivity to respond appropriately to the needs of the community

    • Competencies

    Critical Competencies

  • Collaboration
  • Adaptability
  • Quality of Work

    • Very Important Competencies

  • Service Focus
  • Communications

    • Important Competencies

  • Time Utilization
  • Continuous Improvement

    • Preferred Qualifications

    Education and Experience / Training

  • Doctorate degree in a related field

    • Physical Demands / Working Conditions

    (The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

  • The work is performed in a normal, professional office environment.
  • The work area is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated.
  • Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform the duties of the job and will perform repetitive motions with hands / fingers using a computer mouse and keyboard to type. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying light items such as papers, files, pamphlets, books, etc.
  • Work may also require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the worksite

    • Target Starting Salary Range : $95,000 to $105,000 The final offer for the successful candidate is targeted to fall within this range, but will be based upon an assessment of internal equity, the unit's available budget, and the candidate's qualifications in relation to the minimum and / or preferred job requirement(s).

    Special Note : If hired, you must reside in the state of Ohio and be within commuting distance of this work location / campus to respond to onsite work demands upon the employment start date and throughout the duration of your employment with the College, as outlined in 3354 : 1-40-01.1 Recruitment and Selection Procedure .

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