Campus Vice President

Tulsa Welding School, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Houston is seeking a Campus Vice President of Operations to assist in providing strategic direction and leadership. The position requires a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of management experience in Career Education. Key responsibilities include overseeing talent management, ensuring student satisfaction, and maintaining financial performance. This role is ideal for candidates passionate about education and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years management experience in Career Education or related field.
• Demonstrated leadership and operational experience with budget responsibility.
• Experience in a highly regulated environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist Campus President with oversight of talent management.
• Ensure student satisfaction and educational standards.
• Monitor campus financial performance and budget.

Skills

Talent Management

Functional Leadership

Student Focus

Change Management

External Outreach and Relations

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or related field

Master’s Degree preferred

Job description

Tulsa Welding Sch Houston
243A Greens Rd
Houston, TX 77060, USA

The Campus Vice President of Operations assists the Campus President of the campus. The position is responsible for assisting the Campus President with providing strategic direction and leadership to employees to successfully achieve academic and operational goals. Moreover, the Campus President in Training assists the Campus President in building a campus community culture characterized by ICARE values.

Responsibilities

• Talent Management. Assist Campus President with the oversight and support of all aspects of talent management for the entire campus. Hire, develop, empower, motivate, driving and retain strong talent. Ensure team members have the resources they need to do their jobs.
• Functional Leadership. Assist Campus President with providing overall leadership to the campus, its staff and programs in order to meet and/or exceed growth expectations set forth by the institution.
• Student Focus. Assist Campus President in ensuring students are provided with strong faculty, programs and services for an exceptional education and campus experience. Commitment and focus on overseeing and ensuring high educational standards, strong student outcomes, student inclusion and high levels of student satisfaction.
• Work closely with finance department and the campus leadership operations. Ensure that the campus is on track financially with goals and, when not, proactively inform others of current or anticipated financial issues. Actively monitor and reduce expenses. Oversee the campus P&L.
• Campus Growth and Sustainment. Participate in local campus strategic planning processes and define aligned campus strategies. Work with team to assess the market, employment and market data and conduct market research to understand local needs, interests and employment activity. Develop local campus goals and associated action plans to achieve them.
• Oversee Student Life Cycle. Assist Campus President with monitoring and working with others to optimize student enrollments, start rates, show rates, re-enters, retention levels, graduation and key employment data.
• Change Management. Serve as a champion of change and motivate others to participate. Bring faculty and staff together with a focus on shared goals and team building. Establish a clear and visible presence throughout the campus and stay in touch with “the pulse” of activity. Consistently look for opportunities to determine what can be improved and what should be discontinued.
• External Outreach and Relations. Assist the Campus President with staying abreast of national and local news, legislation and events. Establish strong, positive networks, executive presence, and connections with local community members, accreditation agencies, employers, politicians and legislators. Serve on advisory boards, local councils and connect with local charities.
• Oversee Compliance. Assist Campus President with developing a high-level understanding of regulatory and accreditation requirements. Stay abreast of key regulatory, accreditation, legal and legislative developments and assure compliance at all times. Establish a culture of compliance with very clear expectations and consequences for deviating. Oversee institutional assessments and internal audits and compliance within all areas and functions. Ensure reports are completed in a timely and accurate manner. Ensure that all activities within the school are conducted in an ethical and fully professional.
• Maintain Policies and Standards. Assist Campus President with establishing, reviewing, maintaining and implementing campus standards. Drive alignment and improvement in academic and operational effectiveness for the campus through standardization in processes and academic programs. Ensure that policies and procedures from all levels of the institution are followed.
• Culture Ambassador. Assist the Campus President with cultivating a student-centric and employee-centric campus culture distinguished by the ICARE values. Drive the expected culture and lead by example reflecting optimism, a strong work ethic and unwavering, positive values and ethics.
• Mandatory attendance at semi-annual graduation.

Education and Experience

Required: Bachelor’s Degree from four-year college or university in Business Management, Education or related field and minimum five years professional management experience in Career Education or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated and sustained, successful leadership and operational experience with budget responsibility and a passion for Education.

Preferred: Master’s Degree and experience in a highly regulated environment. Experience managing a P&L. Breadth of high-level knowledge in different functional areas (e.g., Admissions, Academics, Career Services, Finance, Financial Aid, Compliance). Experience working with Community Leaders and politicians.

People Responsibilities

Assist the Campus President with oversight of campus operations and carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

Physical Environment

• Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment
• Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal
• Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone and other office equipment
• Stooping, bending twisting, and reaching may be required
• Some work may be completed in classroom or shop environment

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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