About Massasoit Community College:

We at Massasoit Community College pride ourselves in our tradition of excellence and in our historic mission of accepting all who desire to learn. We are dedicated to creating a challenging and supportive environment where the members of our community can attain their educational and personal goals. We encourage all to take responsibility for their learning, to discover their potential, and to achieve their ambitions. Massasoit Community College is solidly committed to diversity, equal opportunity, and affirmative action in the development of its policies, programs, procedures, and practices. Our mission, vision, and values emanate from the principles of diversity and opportunity for all.

In accordance with the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, it is our goal as educational leaders to demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainable practices through highly visible efforts. All staff must demonstrate a commitment to energy conservation and environmental stewardship and promote those values to co-workers and the wider campus community.

Job Description:

Massasoit Community College seeks an accomplished and talented individual dedicated to student success and to providing relevant and quality academic programming. The Dean will work collaboratively across the institution and support faculty and staff in order to strengthen student success and increase enrollment, retention and graduation rates. This individual will lead by valuing equity, transparency, collaboration, respect, and diversity and will enact those values on a daily basis.

The Dean provides vision and leadership to the division and leads discussion of national and state trends in pedagogy, advising, assessment, educational technology, and the use of software and social media to enhance learning, advising, and retention. The Dean provides management and supervision for the Division and is able to work efficiently in an environment of shifting priorities. Personnel oversight includes faculty, professional and support staff. Program and discipline oversight includes Communication, Dance, English, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Journalism, Media, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy, Speech, and Theater. The Theater, TV, and Radio facilities report to the dean.

The dean, who is housed in Brockton, oversees day, evening, and online classes at all college locations. Serving as a member of the Provost’s leadership team, the Dean helps create the vision, goals, and priorities for Academic and Student Affairs and works effectively with both individuals and groups within the College and with stakeholders from the communities we serve.

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Lead both long-term planning and annual goal setting for the division.
• Motivate faculty and staff to work toward common vision and goals.
• Encourage and expedite curriculum development and instructional development within the Division.
• Assist department chairs and/or faculty in the creation of new curricular offerings, encourage program revisions and updates as needed.
• Lead program accreditation, assessment, and student outcome initiatives. Ensure the timely completion of high quality program reviews. Ensure the quality of program advisory boards and timeliness of their meetings.
• Ensure all academic programs are gathering meaningful data that can inform continual improvement.
• Lead discussion of emerging national trends in pedagogy, advising, assessment, educational technology, and the use of software and social media to enhance learning, advising, and retention.
• Participate and lead faculty in response to statewide initiatives. Support faculty as they take on new responsibilities and projects.
• Seek out and/or cooperate in the writing or review of grant proposals that will strengthen the Division and the College.
• Serve as a member of the Academic and Student Affairs leadership team.
• Serve on external and college-wide strategic, operational, and academic committees.
• Supervise and evaluate full time faculty, non-unit Professionals, full and part time professional staff members, and adjunct faculty.
• Recruit, hire, and orient full time and adjunct faculty.
• Recommend promotions, tenure, reappointment/non-reappointment, sabbatical leaves, hiring and personnel actions.
• Adhere to administration guidelines/deadlines of collective bargaining agreements.
• Establish transfer agreements with four-year schools as well as comply with Mass Transfer programs.
• Assist the Early College Access Program in expanding dual enrollment programming.
• Serve as manager for the Division developing the operating budget for all departments (with input from department chairs), submit requests for IT equipment/software including new and upgrades.
• Supervise program budgets managed by direct reports, including those for various grants.
• Manage day-to-day activities of faculty and students in the Division, including attempting to solve all first level student, faculty, and staff grievances, disciplinary issues, grading issues, room changes, waivers and appeals for students.
• Schedule and staff all day, evening, weekend, and online credit classes.
• Other duties as assigned by the Provost of Academic and Student Affairs or the President.
• Duties include all instructional sites, evening and occasional weekend hours.

Professional Qualities:

• Leadership that is collaborative, inclusive, and able to help groups navigate disagreements. Leadership that is both respectful of process and results-oriented.
• Awareness of current trends in higher education and community colleges, especially those related to pedagogy, student success, and technology.
• Ability to lead and manage organizational change.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects from beginning to end.
• Ability to lead teams as well as serve as a team member.
• Demonstrated commitment to the community college mission, diversity, and inclusion.
• Excellent personal, communication, problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills.
• Knowledge of computer skills currently needed at the dean level, and an ability to learn new skills for the future.
• Self-reflection, integrity, emotional intelligence, fairness, flexibility, learns from others.