"Executive Director, Educational Opportunity Center (EOC)"

Responsibilities

Reporting to the President of the College, the Executive Director, EOC is responsible for overseeing all operations of the Center including academic affairs, student affairs, business affairs and information technology.

Responsibilities include:

• Establishing long and short-term fiscal and programmatic goals in accordance with the priorities and guidelines promulgated by the college and the State University of New York;
• Directing activities to ensure the achievement of performance targets;
• Exercising supervision over a substantial number of educational, professional, and clerical personnel;
• Participating in the recruitment, selection and evaluation of faculty and staff;
• Developing and monitoring operating procedures and qualitative standards;
• Maintaining extensive external relationships with civic and business organizations, government agencies, and corporate and community-based organizations to promote and advance the Center;
• Directing the preparation and administration of the WEOC budget and participating in the formulation of budgetary policy;
• Facilitating marketing to increase the Center's visibility;
• All other duties, as assigned by the President.

Required Qualifications

The successful candidate must possess a Master's degree and have a minimum of seven years of administrative experience, three years of which must have been in an administrative or supervisory position.

The successful candidate must have in-depth knowledge of the labor market, a solid track record of administering academic and/or workforce development programs for underserved populations, preferably in a funded environment, and significant experience managing complex organizations with sizable budgets and multiple departments. Significant knowledge of and experience in data analysis and review, managing performance-based funding initiatives, and the use of technology for administrative and instructional purposes, is necessary. The incumbent must also possess strong leadership qualities; have top notch administrative skills, the ability to build a strong team, and high integrity. The successful candidate is expected to possess strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills and must be able to work independently. Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is required.

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of non-traditional adult students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice.

Preferred Qualifications

A Doctoral degree and experience working with unionized faculty and staff is preferred. Entrepreneurial experience and knowledge of Banner is also preferred.

About SUNY Westchester Community College

Westchester Community College provides accessible, high quality and affordable education to meet the needs of our diverse community. We are committed to student success, academic excellence, workforce development, economic development and lifelong learning. There are approximately 12,000 full- and part-time college credit students. Continuing education students bring the total number served by the college each semester to more than 24,000.