Austin Community College Hiring for Associate Director, Articulation and University Relations at Highland Business Center Full Time

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Reflects the diversity of our community

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college’s mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for under-represented populations

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body as an open-access and low-cost institution. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to our students’ diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC’s faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

Job Posting Title:

Associate Director, Articulation and University Relations

Job Description Summary:

The Associate Director of the Office of Articulation and University Relations will provide strategic leadership in researching, developing and maintaining high quality institutional relationships which will contribute to holistic faculty engagement, course and degree alignment, and successful university transfer. This includes the development of accurate and complete documentation which formalize and institutionalize the university partnerships. To appropriately reflect the value of faculty-facing work, the knowledge and leadership required, and the level of responsibility that is essential in meeting the College’s Strategic Plan goals.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1) Collaborates with academic stakeholders to design, develop, and implement direct district-wide initiatives and strategies designed to enhance successful transfer alignment and efficient transferability of ACC courses and degrees.

2) Fosters strong university relations deemed necessary for effective transfer outcomes and engagement with articulation and academic leadership (i.e. vice chancellors, deans, department chairs) of transfer partners.

3) Directs the development, implementation, and monitoring of all transfer articulation agreements to ensure they meet guidelines, discipline requirements and are current.

4) Develops and reviews strategies to support course and degree transferability for the university/upper-division degree alignment and oversees the development of 4-Year Program Maps.

5) Promotes the need for transfer alignment and facilitates engagement between the College and transfer partners by hosting professional development and articulation events.

6) Maintains the repository of transfer articulation agreements and generates periodic reports to key stakeholders showing agreement status.

7) Effectively communicates with college stakeholders about the work of the office, new transfer articulation agreements, changes, and opportunities for students through a variety of media platforms

9) Participates in continuous improvement through appropriate professional development activities, evaluation of processes, engaging stakeholders, and innovating change.

10) Represents the Office and Division by serving on College committees, project teams and in advisory roles to support the needs of academic areas in expanded and clear articulation alignment.

Knowledge

Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Concepts and principles related to curriculum development.

• Methods of establishing workplace belonging

• Understanding of higher education and the community college philosophy and mission.

• Understanding and managing the demands and requirements of senior-level management in higher education.

• Effective leadership and ethics principles and techniques, including Servant-Leadership and relevant principles and standards of higher education.

• Familiarity with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requirements.

Skills

Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Maintaining an established work schedule.

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a broad range of users that are both technical and non-technical.

• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.

• Communicating effectively through oral and written communications.

• Demonstrated experience in project planning, development, and implementation.

• Coaching and Development – Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.

• Communication, Oral – Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.

• Communication, Written – Ability to communicate effectively in writing clearly and concisely.

• Initiative – Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.

• Leadership – Ability to inspire and motivate others to take appropriate action that supports the organizational goals.

• Presentation Skills – Ability to effectively present information publicly.

• Problem Solving – Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.

• Resource Management – Ability to obtain and appropriate the proper usage of equipment, facilities, materials, and personnel.

• Tactful – Ability to show consideration for and maintain good relations with others.

• Team Builder – Ability to collaborate with a group of people to work toward a goal.

Technology Skills

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Required Work Experience

• Three years related work experience in higher education setting, including one-year supervisory experience.

• Completion of the ACC Supervisor Certificate Series Program will satisfy the supervisory experience required for this position.

Preferred Work Experience

• Five years related work experience in a community college setting.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, Education, or related field.

Preferred Education

• Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction, Education, or related field.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment.

• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.

• Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Salary Range

$62,249 – $77,811

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

August 21, 2023Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.