Director of Educational Opportunity Center

Metropolitan Community College comprises five campuses on the Missouri side of the Greater Kansas City area 47 major buildings and about 550 acres in all: MCC-Blue River, located in Independence, Missouri; MCC-Longview located in Lee's Summit, Missouri, MCC-Maple Woods located in the Northland of Kansas City, Missouri; MCC-Online and MCC-Penn Valley, located in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri.

MCC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In addition, several programs have specific accreditations as well.

***MCC does not provide employer-paid sponsorships.

Job Summary

Incumbent works in an administrative management role for the TRIO Educational Opportunity Center, a federally funded grant designed to support adults, veterans, and low-income or first-generation students enter or re-enter secondary or postsecondary education.

PLEASE NOTE: Limited duration position to end no later than August 31, 2031, but may be extended based upon funding. The Program has been continuously funded since 1979.

Essential Functions

• Supervise staff to include prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, ensuring staff are trained, ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures, maintaining a healthy and safe working environment, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendation
• Ensure the program complies with the Department of Education regulations and policies for TRIO Educational Opportunity Programs
• Manage an assigned budget; work may involve monitoring and authorizing program expenditures and making and implementing recommendations related to budget processes and procedures; manages and monitors the grant budget to ensure compliance
• Manage the TRIO program's outreach efforts, consisting of marketing and recruitment
• Assist in developing strategy, processes, and procedures for assigned programs, departments, or functional areas
• Manage and participate in directing the implementation of internal operations for academic development programs, which includes planning, coordinating, administering and evaluating programs, projects, processes, procedures, systems, standards, and/or service offerings; ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and Local laws, regulations, codes, and/or standards; coordinating activities between multiple service areas and working to integrate and coordinate service areas
• Serve as a liaison and primary contact for an assigned area to facilitate program and departmental public relations, communications, and outreach efforts; represent the department and/or College at a variety of meetings, public events, training sessions, on committees, and/or other related events
• Seek and manage collaborative efforts with business and industry, community agencies, community organizations, educational institutions, internal departments, and/or other interested parties
• Prepare, review, interpret, and analyze a variety of complex and multi-faceted information, data, forms, schedules, calendars, surveys, reports, and other communications; make recommendations based on findings; conduct research, needs assessment, and academic program development activities
• Coordinate activities to facilitate the maximum effectiveness and utilization of academic development and/or program resource
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Physical Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field to the assigned area
• Three (3) years of academic, career, or technical management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field
• Experience with TRIO or similarly federally funded educational programs
• Experience with federal grant administration and grant writing
• Experience with community outreach and partnership development

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of management principles
• Knowledge of advanced principles and practices in the assigned area of responsibility
• Knowledge of public relations principles
• Knowledge of community agencies and resources
• Knowledge of academic development principles and practice
• Knowledge of instructional methods and techniques
• Knowledge of program development, planning, and administration principles and practices
• Knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, rules, regulations, and/or standards
• Knowledge of policy and procedure development practices
• Skilled in prioritizing and assigning work
• Skilled in making program decisions based on financial considerations
• Skilled in adapting to rapidly changing environments
• Skilled in interpreting and applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations
• Skilled in analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions, and making recommendations in support of goals
• Skilled in handling multiple tasks simultaneously
• Skilled in providing customer service
• Skilled in monitoring and evaluating programs
• Skilled in collaborating with internal departments and external agencies
• Skilled in utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others, sufficient to exchange or convey information

Physical Requirements

Positions in this class typically require feeling, grasping, hearing, keyboarding, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, talking, visual acuity, and walking. The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly.

Supplemental Information

EEO Statement: Metropolitan Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, birth, ancestry, national origin, or disability. EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled

Accommodations: MCC is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, MCC will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations in all aspects of employment, including the application process. To request an accommodation and/or a copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act applicant procedures, please contact the Office of Human Resources.