Assistant Vice Chancellor: Adult Basic Education for College and Career

Position Summary

Join Pima Community College as Assistant Vice Chancellor of Adult Basic Education for College and Career

Lead Opportunity. Transform Lives. Shape the Future of Adult Education.

Pima Community College is seeking an innovative, mission-driven leader to serve as Assistant Vice Chancellor of Adult Basic Education for College and Career (ABECC). Reporting to the Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor, this administrator leadership role offers a unique opportunity to advance student success, workforce readiness, and community impact through high-quality adult education and career pathways.

If you are passionate about educational access, operational excellence, workforce and community partnerships, federal and state policy, and empowering adult learners, we invite you to help lead one of the most impactful divisions of the College.

About the Role

The Assistant Vice Chancellor of ABECC provides strategic and operational leadership for instructional programming, student enrollment, engagement services, grants management, and division-wide initiatives across multiple campuses and off-site locations.

This role is critical to expanding educational opportunities for adult learners seeking a high school equivalency (HSE) diploma and for immigrants and refugees seeking English language skills -- while ensuring programs align with workforce demands, transfer pathways, accreditation expectations, and community needs.

Why Join Pima Community College?

At Pima Community College, you’ll join a mission-centered institution dedicated to transforming lives through education, equity, and economic mobility. This role offers the chance to make a measurable difference for students, employees, and the broader community.

Work Environment

This role operates primarily in a professional office setting with travel between campuses and community locations as needed.

The work schedule for this position is flexible and may include working evenings and weekends and local travel.

Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Leads the Adult Basic Education division with vision, accountability, and innovation
• Leads the development of data-informed and student-centered academic and career pathways that meet local needs and align with transfer, industry, accreditation, and appropriate governmental requirements.
• Monitors national and state trends impacting adult education and workforce development
• Utilizes data analytics to monitor institutional performance and identify opportunities for growth, translating findings into actionable strategy to meet local, industry, and learner needs
• Directs and analyzes studies of emerging business and educational trends and their impact on the College's and the Division’s policies and operations. Recognizes and creates opportunities in response to emerging business and educational trends.
• Champions adult education locally, statewide, and nationally, including informing policy

Operational Excellence

• Oversees and directs the functions and activities of the ABECC division’s instructional, student enrollment, and student engagement programming at multiple campuses and off-campus sites.
• Develops, monitors, and administers comprehensive general college, grant/contract, and instructional capital operating budgets while directing complex projects and ensuring fiscal sustainability across multiple funding streams.
• Identifies and assesses current and future organizational needs through process analysis and collaboration with senior management to meet College and funder objectives. Leads innovative and new projects and initiatives in service to learner, funders, and College goals.
• Leads the development, implementation, interpretation, and maintenance of policies and procedures for the ABECC division, ensuring compliance with funder and accreditation standards; federal, state, and local laws; and Higher Learning Commission policies.
• Develops mechanisms for a wide range of delivery systems and the use of new and emerging technology in support of campus operations.
• Collaborates with other College departments and outside agencies to increase student enrollment, retention, and completion

Community & Workforce Partnerships

• Represents the College with community organizations and external partners, including serving on the Workforce Investment Board representing Title II programs in Pima County.
• Secures and stewards external funding opportunities

People Leadership

• Supervises directors and build high-performing teams across multiple campuses and off-campus sites
• Hire, coach, mentor, and develop staff, including corrective action and performance management
• Fosters strong relationships and responsive service with internal and external stakeholders while collaborating across departments to advance college-wide goals, strategic initiatives, and student success outcomes.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and customer service excellence

Job Requirements/Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field and
• Ten years of progressively responsible related experience and
• Six plus years of supervisory/leadership experience

OR

• Equivalent combinations of education, certification, and experience may be considered

Preferred:

• Experience in adult education, higher education, workforce development, or public sector leadership
• Expertise in grants management and budget oversight
• Strong analytical, communication, and decision-making skills
• Experience leading systems and/or organizational change and inspiring cross-functional collaboration

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

1. Knowledge of regulatory compliance principles and practices.
2. Knowledge of administrative procedures and practices.
3. Skill in people leadership and supervision.
4. Skill in effective communication (both written and oral).
5. Skill in independent decision-making.
6. Skill in positive, productive, and flexible customer service.
7. Skill in budget/resource management.
8. Ability to develop and maintain effective and positive working relationships.
9. Ability to apply analytical and critical thinking skills as well as draw conclusions and prepare accurate reports of results.