Associate Dean to School of Business and Industry

Working Title Associate Dean to the School of Business and Industry

Position Status

Position Status Full Time

Department

Department School of Business and Industry

General Summary

The Associate Dean of Business and Industry works directly with the college’s instructional leadership team to provide leadership for academic and operational matters for more than 45 full-time faculty and staff members across 23 degree programs, community education, and workforce training. Responsibilities include implementing and overseeing a system of division operations; coordinating, evaluating, and improving curricula and programs; recruiting new faculty;

initiating new programs; and promoting excellence in instruction. The programmatic scope includes both credit and noncredit programs.

Specific Position Duties

• Promotes a culture predicated on leadership development, student-success, data-driven decision making, programmatic excellence, and customer service;
• Acts as a liaison with local business and industry;
• Encourages and promotes the highest quality of instruction;
• Assists school deans with planning, implementation, promotion, and administration of technical, workforce, and continuing education courses and programs;
• Collaborates with Institutional Effectiveness division to evaluate technical/workforce programs based upon industry requirements, current market demands, and student outcomes;
• Assists school deans with the preparation and monitoring of budgets for all programs;
• Collaborates with school deans and department chairs to provide leadership in recruitment, retention, and development of high-quality faculty;
• Oversees a comprehensive system of continuous improvement in accordance with the College strategic planning process and programs’ compliance with industry standards;
• Works with the other members of the Instructional Leadership Team and other areas to promote and ensure student success among all instructional programs;
• Develops strategies for improved recruiting, marketing, and outreach for programs and works with appropriate college personnel to implement these strategies;
• Serves on various college committees as appointed;
• Actively participates in college functions and events, and engages in community service;
• Coordinates Advisory Board meetings in partnership with department chairs and directors;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution;
• Demonstrated passion for student-success;
• Proven record of leadership and improving operational efficiency, preferably in an educational setting;
• Demonstrated successful and effective leadership experience in higher education, and
• Demonstrated successful and effective teaching or training experience, preferably in higher education.

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Required Documents

Odessa College
201 W. University Blvd.
Odessa, Tx 79764