College President: Strategic Growth Leader

San Joaquin Valley College; Visalia (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

San Joaquin Valley College in Visalia, CA seeks a College President to provide strategic leadership in planning, budgeting, personnel development, and assessing institutional effectiveness. The role involves collaboration with the Board of Governors and Senior Leadership, with travel estimated at 30%.

The President will promote the college’s mission, oversee budgeting and controls, ensure regulatory compliance, and guide governance and community relations to support growth and student success.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a higher education institution.
• Strong budgeting and financial planning skills.
• Ability to work with boards and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and fulfills the College’s mission
• Provides leadership in setting and communicating expectations of educational excellence and integrity throughout the institution
• Serves as a member of the Senior Leadership and Executive Council
• May serve as a member of the Board of Governors
• Assures support for the effective operation of the institution
• Assures compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations
• Implements and administers board policies
• Acts as a liaison between the board and college administration
• Oversees and evaluates the institution’s administrative structures [i.e., Senior Leadership, Executive Council]
• Delegates authority to administrators and others consistent with their responsibilities, as appropriate
• Guides institutional improvement of the teaching and learning environment by the following: establishing a collegial process that sets values, goals, and priorities; ensuring that evaluation and planning rely on high quality research and analysis on external and internal conditions; ensuring that educational planning is integrated with resource planning and distribution to achieve student learning outcomes; establishing procedures to evaluate overall institutional planning and implementation efforts.
• Effectively controls budget and expenditures and assures fair distribution of resources to support the achievement of the mission
• Works and communicates effectively with the communities served by the College
• Regularly evaluates governance and decision-making structures and processes to assure their integrity and effectiveness in assisting the institution in meeting educational goals. Assures that the results are widely communicated and are used as the basis for improvement.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Budgeting and financial oversight

Governance and board liaison

Change management

Communication

Education

Master's degree in higher education administration or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Student information systems

Job description

San Joaquin Valley College in Visalia, CA seeks a College President to provide strategic leadership in planning, budgeting, personnel development, and assessing institutional effectiveness. The role involves collaboration with the Board of Governors and Senior Leadership, with travel estimated at 30%.

The President will promote the college’s mission, oversee budgeting and controls, ensure regulatory compliance, and guide governance and community relations to support growth and student success.