"Associate Dean for Instructional Operations"

Associate Dean for Instructional Operations

Company: Arapahoe Community College

Job Location: Littleton, 80160

Category: Other Deans

Type: Full-Time

Salary: $89,232.00 - $101,400.00 Annually

Location: Littleton, CO

Job Type: Administrator/Professional-Technical (Full-Time)

Job Number: 00334

Division: Instruction

Department: Instructional Operations

FLSA: Exempt

Job Summary

The Associate Dean of Instructional Operations plays a key leadership role in advancing the mission, vision, and strategic direction of Instruction at Arapahoe Community College, ensuring alignment with the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) and its goals. This highly visible position represents the College to internal and external stakeholders and actively cultivates partnerships that support student success. The ideal candidate is an experienced, collaborative leader who is recognized by colleagues as an advocate for students and is known for integrity, empathy, humility, and a strong commitment to continuous improvement and lifelong learning. Working closely with faculty, staff, and students across divisions, the Associate Dean helps shape instructional priorities and contributes to the future direction of academic programs based on emerging needs.

The Associate Dean oversees key operational functions that drive instructional excellence, including strategic schedule production, program development and approval, catalog maintenance, academic plans, academic rooming, and Faculty Load and Compensation (FLAC). The role serves as liaison between the ACC Curriculum Committee and CCCS, tracking and submitting curriculum changes, and acts as the College's CTE Director to ensure all career and technical programs comply with state policies and guidelines. Additionally, the Associate Dean serves as Principal Investigator for the Perkins grant, ensuring strategic and compliant use of funds, and functions as the College's credentialing officer. This position supervises the Instructional Operations team-including project, support, scheduling, and administrative staff-and fosters best practices and efficiencies to support high-quality instructional operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support instructional programs to ensure quality, compliance, and alignment with college goals.
• Supervise and develop the Instructional Operations team, including hiring, training, and performance management.
• Oversee core academic operations, including scheduling, catalog updates, rooming, FLAC, and faculty credentialing.
• Manage CTE and Perkins grant compliance, ensuring strategic use of funds and adherence to state and federal requirements.
• Build partnerships and support continuous improvement, including accreditation activities, assessment practices, and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field or a bachelor's degree and two years' relevant experience may substitute but will not count towards the experience requirement below
• Three years' relevant experience
• supervisory experience including hiring, training, and evaluating staff
• Demonstrated experience in a teaching & learning environment
• Experience in budget preparation and management
• Familiarity with both General Education (GE) and Career Technical Education (CTE) programs
• Knowledge of trends impacting Career and Technical Education and/or compliance with Perkins legislation

Preferred

• Experience with the accreditation process
• Experience developing schedules and catalogs in education
• Demonstrated knowledge of issues and trends in higher education that affect budgets, policies, student services, tuition models, and instructional strategies
• Experience teaching in a postsecondary environment
• Experience integrating current technology to enhance productivity and facilitate learning
• Demonstrated success in curriculum and program development incorporating adult learning theory
• Extensive experience in developing, maintaining, and strengthening partnerships with external organizations and agencies especially other postsecondary institutions and accreditation/regulatory agencies
• Grant management experience

Application Instructions

All applicants must submit:

1. Resume
2. Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement. Please include any experiences you may have embedding equity and inclusion in your work, see below.

At ACC, we seek to hire candidates who are committed to fostering respectful, welcoming, and supportive environments for all individuals. In your cover letter, please describe how you have worked to create such environments in your current or previous roles, and share what this commitment means to you in your professional practice.

Reach out to us at HRrecruitment@arapahoe.edu if you have any questions.

ACC seeks applicants who understand and have first-hand experience working with diverse populations, which may include but are not limited to, historically marginalized populations such as people of color, LGBTQ+ community members, veterans, first generation graduates, and people with disabilities.