Vice Provost, School of Manufacturing & Industrial Technology

Position Summary

Dallas College is seeking an experienced, highly collaborative leader with a proven track record of enhancing academic quality, faculty excellence, and student success in a dynamic higher education environment. The Vice Provost of the School of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology serves under the Provost and provides leadership for the planning, implementation and evaluation of credit hour programs in their respective fields, in addition to serving as an advocate for students, faculty, instructors, local business and industry. Additional responsibilities include assisting and advising the Provost in matters pertaining to professional and technical education, and actively engaging with community and employer partners for the purpose of creating new partnerships, responsive programs, and revenue opportunities.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of the purpose of community colleges and the vision of Dallas College.
• A history of progressively responsible experience as an academic administrator involving graduate or undergraduate programs, including responsibility for budget, personnel recruitment and evaluation.
• Experience in strategic planning, assessment of program(s) effectiveness, and development of guidelines to enhance academic units within the institution and with accrediting bodies.
• Knowledge of curriculum design and its application to sound academic management.
• Ability and skill in the design and application of methods for the evaluation of faculty and academic staff.
• Demonstrated success working with diverse communities.
• An understanding of emerging technologies and the effective application of instructional technologies to enhance student learning.
• Highly collaborative leader with experience in a comparably complex college/university with a proven track record of enhancing academic quality, faculty excellence, and student success.
• An understanding of contemporary issues in higher education is required through professional development activities.
• An appreciation of shared governance and evidence of strong ability to work effectively and collaboratively with administration, faculty, students, staff, and other constituent groups and partners, both within and outside a college or university.
• Able to work collaboratively across institution to align course offerings and scheduling in order to promote greater student success and increased effectiveness and efficiencies.
• Excellent time management, organizational and problem-solving skills and the ability to respond appropriately to issues in a dynamic rapidly changing educational/economic environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, complex ideas and information to a variety of stakeholders/constituents within the Dallas College community network related to career and academic requirements.
• Experience providing support for students (i.e., library, tutoring, and computing services).
• Ability to identify, address, and collaborate with other academic leaders on solutions to barriers preventing a significant portion of our population from having a job that pays a living wage.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee Faculty and Academic managers, with direct responsibility for academic excellence initiatives: Curriculum, SLO / Assessment, Tutoring and supplemental academic support, Instruction, Faculty professional development
• Develop and maintain student pathways and degree maps within your ‘School of’, ensuring students have the ability to take the courses and programs they need to reach economic security and success.
• Oversee each school-specific program and Faculty, Administrator, or Staff member across geographic location, ensuring consistency of offerings to create a seamless student experience.
• Work with Workforce & Advancement team to ensure student opportunities with community and workforce partners during their time in the program and after completion.
• Coordinate with Academic Services team to provide academic support for students through access to tailored resources (e.g., library, tutoring).
• Ensure excellence of curriculum and offerings through benchmarking and assessment of school and community needs.
• Completes required Dallas College Professional Development training hours per academic year.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree required (earned doctorate preferred) as confirmed by official transcripts
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible teaching, administrative and/or educational leadership experience
• Three (3) years upper level administrative/supervisory experience in a community college/higher education environment
• Demonstrated successful experience in strategic planning, fiscal management, resource allocation and personnel supervision
• Demonstrated distinguished record of teaching, scholarly publications, and/or creative accomplishments that exhibit commitment to academic excellence.
• Official transcript will be required.
• Bilingual or multilingual preferred.