JOB SUMMARY:
The Dean of Student Support Services is responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and evaluating student support programs and services to promote student success, retention, and graduation. The Dean provides leadership and supervision to assigned staff, ensures services meet student needs and institutional goals, and works collaboratively with faculty, administration, and community partners to support student academic achievement, personal development, and overall well-being. The Dean also ensures compliance with applicable college policies, procedures, and reporting requirements.
JOB DUTIES:
- Responsible for supervising all campus programs serving as a liaison between the college administration and student organizations.
- Plan, organize, and implement all student activities and student engagement events for the SCC campus.
- Oversee the student services programs that provide financial aid, career education, tutoring, and personal and academic counseling to students at SCC.
- Serve as Student Liaison with faculty and staff members for all students attending SCC.
- Handle the discipline-related processes and procedures for SCC students.
- Supervise all Student Services including Registrars Office, Financial Aid Office, Athletics Department, Counseling Services, SCC Child Care Center, SCC Learning Center, NACTEP Program, DEMO Projects, Higher Education Program, JOM Program, Director of Title III Construction Grant, Department of Educ Ace Grant, Tribal Education Program, Cares Act Student Aid, & NACTEP Grant.
- Administer the CCCSE surveys each fall and spring semester.
- Coordinate SCC Orientation each semester and graduation activities each academic year.
- Supervise the American Indian College Fund Scholarship Program (AICF).
- Prepare and update SCC Student Handbook each academic year.
- Supervise personnel in preparation of the ISC Report, IPEDS Report, and AIMS/AKIS Report.
- Complete all Financial and Statistical Reports for Student Services.
- Monitor all budgets for the Student Services Department.
- Attend monthly Board of Director meetings.
- Attend all staff, administration, assessment meetings and other SCC mandated committee meetings.
- Utilize data to annually update the Student Services Strategic Plan and ensure that data is used to improve services.
- Ensures SCC student support services programs comply and follow the NWCCU accreditation standards and writes the student support section for each report to NWCCU.
- Prepare annual reports for NPSAS, T-III Part F & BIE, as well as narratives for ATD, AICF, Project Success
- Maintain positive, cooperative, and mutually supportive relationships with the administration, faculty, students, students' families, and representatives of resource agencies within the community.
- Develop partnerships with other SSS programs at TCUs and higher education institutions, as directed.
- Other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to provide professional development for staff each year focusing on topics such as 504 Accommodations and the Law, Title IX, and student services for at risk students.
- Demonstrate the ability to work and communicate effectively with diverse individuals.
- Ability to create and implement programs that support families of post-secondary students.
- Experience using data to evaluate program effectiveness.
- Experience in reporting to NWCCU standards as they pertain to student support services.
- Experience in developing initiatives that increase student engagement, retention, and graduation.
- Experience in working with transferability programs with TCU or other higher education intuitions.
- Must have advanced computer skills to conduct internet reporting or surveys, access and analyze data, and create reports and plans.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters degree in education or related field
- Five (5) or more years working in higher education institution as a supervisor
- Five (5) or more years of experience in managing federally funded projects.
- Five (5) or more years of experience in a leadership position.
- Strong organizational and time management skills to handle multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Proven experience in administrative support and office management.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit a complete application consisting of the following documents, in either hard or electronic copies in Portable Document Format (PDF):
- SCC application
- Letter of interest
- Updated resume
- Official Transcripts
- Three (3) professional letters of reference with contact information
Via email to: Human Resources at [contact details available in the full listing] Only complete applications will be considered. All positions require pre-employment drug testing and criminal background check.
