Dean, Human & Public Service

Tarrant County College; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 91,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Dean of Human & Public Service at the Northwest Campus to lead faculty and sustain a student-centered culture that promotes collaboration, innovation, excellence, and integrity in teaching. The role includes program development, budget management, and collaboration with VPAA on faculty appointments and student support services.

Responsibilities cover scheduling, accreditation, faculty mentoring, and cross-campus coordination to ensure high-quality

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• Three (3) years' full-time teaching in a post-secondary credit curriculum.
• Three (3) years' leadership in curriculum and instruction.
• Three (3) years' experience supervising staff.

Responsibilities

• Assists VPAA on students, personnel or resource management in a timely manner.
• Directs and manages course schedules and teaching assignments per policy.
• Ensures fiscal responsibility in schedule and budget management.
• Collaborates with secondary school and university partners on initiatives.
• Leads accreditation efforts and ensures program assessment.
• Oversees faculty development, retention, promotion decisions.
• Monitors student performance and resource allocation for programs.

Skills

Educational leadership

Curriculum & instruction oversight

Budget management

Personnel supervision

Data-driven decision making

Education

Master's degree

Doctoral degree (preferred)

Job description

Title: Dean, Human & Public Service

Department: NW Human & Public Svc Admin

Campus Location: Northwest Campus

Employee Classification: APT - Administrative

Position Type: FT - Regular

Grant Funded: No

Pay Frequency: Monthly

Compensation Details: Starting Pay - $115,500; Commensuratewith education and experience

Work Hours: Flexibility is required as the schedule issubject to change based on department needs

Remote Eligible: This position is not eligible for remotework

Special Instructions to Applicant:

Job Summary

Reporting to the Vice President, Academic Affairs (VPAA), the Dean is responsible for leading faculty and sustaining astudent-centered academic culture that promotes collaboration,innovation, excellence, and integrity in teaching. This leadershipposition serves as the first level of academic administration forcredit and non-credit programming for the campus, including programdevelopment and assessment. This position is also responsible formanaging the division budget, teaching and learning assessment, andworks in concert with VPAA to recommend faculty appointments,professional development, academic student support (i.e. library,learning centers), and evaluation in adherence to college policyand procedures.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Performance Requirements*

• Assists and advises the Vice President, Academic Affairsregarding students, personnel, or resource management concerns in atimely manner
• Establishes and follows through on a course of action for self orothers to assure accomplishment of assigned objectives at the levelexpected for the position
• Ensures fiscal responsibility in the development and managementof the schedule of classes and resource management in assignedbudgets; monitors spending and approves expenditures according toestablished policies and procedures
• Collaborates with secondary school partners to coordinate courseofferings and other partnership initiatives
• Collaborates with university partners in support of initiativessuch as articulation agreements
• Directs and manages course schedules and teaching assignmentsfollowing the College's policies and procedures
• Supports faculty excellence in instruction to ensure studentsuccess
• Collaborates with instructional leaders throughout the College oninitiatives and operations
• Tracks and analyzes student performance, enrollments, andlearning outcomes to make informed decisions regarding the statusof academic programs and resource management (e.g., personnel andclassroom resources)
• Follows the College's policies and procedures to coordinateprogram compliance and assessment efforts
• Leads in addressing Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsCommission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requirements foraccreditation
• Authorizes or denies student petitions, including coursesubstitutions, prerequisite overrides, and grade changes

General Supervision and Management

• Supervises, orients, mentors, assigns, and monitors duties andresponsibilities of all faculty, instructional leaders, andstaff
• Recruits and recommends qualified faculty and staff
• Ensures evaluation and support of faculty, instructional leadersand staff to promote student success; develops and managesperformance improvement plans in collaboration with supervisors andHuman Resources
• Recommends faculty for promotion in rank, tenure, re-employment,and faculty development leave

Service Excellence

• Participates on behalf of the College in external communityorganizations and associations as assigned to support the essentialperformance requirements
• Attends the workplace regularly, reports to work punctually, andfollows a work schedule to keep up with the demands of theworksite
• Completes all required training and professional developmentsessions sponsored through Tarrant County College (TCC)
• Supports the mission, values, goals, and principles of theCollege

Supervision

• Works under the general supervision of the Vice President,Academic Affairs

*Performs Other Related Tasks as Required

The duties listed are intended only as illustrations of thevarious types of work that may be performed. The omission ofspecific statements of duties does not exclude them from theposition if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment tothe position. The job description does not constitute an employmentagreement between the employer and employee and is subject tochange by the employer as the needs of the employer andrequirements of the job change.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Three (3) years' full-time teaching experience in a creditcurriculum at the post- secondary level
• Three (3) years' working experience in leadership of curriculumand instruction
• Three (3) years' experience supervising (e.g., managing,evaluating the performance of others)

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctoral degree
• At least three (3) years of progressively responsible leadershipexperience in higher education, such as a department chair,associate dean, or dean
• At least two (2) years’ working experience in strategic planning,including developing, implementing, and evaluating new or revisedacademic, workforce, or career and technical educationprograms
• At least one (1) year’s working experience developing andsustaining partnerships with employers, industry organizations, andworkforce and economic development entities to strengthen programrelevance and respond to regional workforce needs

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment
• Ability to think critically to effectively solve and communicateproblems in a fast-paced environment where the demands for work arevaried and unpredictable in scope and volume
• Ability to analyze data and provide sound recommendations basedon policy, procedure, practice and existing regulations
• Ability to delegate work appropriately to faculty and staff tomeet College and campus deliverables
• Ability to use computer applications and enterprise systems,including proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, andpresentation software
• Skilled in excellent customer service and interpersonalskills
• Ability to work independently and take initiative

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of thosethat must be met by an employee to successfully perform theessential functions of this job. While performing the duties ofthis job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands tofinger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach withhands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionallyrequired to stand, walk, and climb or balance. The employee mustoccasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific visionabilities required by this job include close vision, distancevision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and theability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here arerepresentative of those an employee encounters while performing theessential functions of this job. While performing the duties ofthis job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanicalparts and is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. Thenoise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Accommodation/EEO Statement

Tarrant County College is committed to providing equal access toits employment process. Reasonable accommodations are available toqualified applicants who need an accommodation to participate inthe application, interview, assessment, or selection process. Torequest an accommodation, contact The Office of Human Resources viaemail at [e-mail].