Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Continuing Education
Dallas College
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Job summary
Dallas College is seeking an accomplished Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Continuing Education to lead strategic development and execution of workforce education programs, professional training, adult education, and accelerated career pathways.
This executive role partners with academic, industry, and government stakeholders to expand credentials, expand access, and align education with labor market needs.
Qualifications
- Doctorate degree in a related field.
- Ten (10) years of executive leadership experience in contract negotiations, educational partnerships, higher education workforce development, continuing education, adult education, grant development and implementation, and corporate training.
- Strong background in industry partnerships, budgeting, and regulatory compliance.
- Current and valid Texas driver's license required
- Bilingual or multilingual preferred.
- Official transcripts required.
Responsibilities
- Provides strategic leadership for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Workforce Continuing Education programs and related education pathways.
- Leads long-range planning to expand workforce training, credential attainment, incumbent worker upskilling, reskilling, and career advancement opportunities.
- Cultivates and sustains strategic partnerships with employers, industry associations, workforce boards, governmental agencies, community organizations, and economic development entities.
- Oversees program portfolios, including curriculum development, evaluation, compliance, scheduling, and operational effectiveness.
- Manages budgets, resource allocation, revenue generation, enrollment growth, and performance metrics.
- Leads workforce funding strategies, including Pell initiatives, grants management, and state/federal funding opportunities.
- Provides leadership development and performance management for leaders, faculty, and staff.
Skills
Education
Job description
Weekly Work Hours40Compensation RangeA91Salary Minimum$201,272.00 AnnuallyFLSAUnited States of America (Exempt)
Work Location
- All positions are considered on-site roles.
- After six months of employment, some positions may be eligibleto apply for a hybrid work arrangement based on jobresponsibilities, operational needs, supervisor approval, andDallas College policy.
- Academic (Faculty) positions require an on-campus presence,even when teaching online courses, in accordance with statelaw.
Dallas College is seeking an accomplished, forward-thinkingworkforce education leader to serve as Senior Associate ViceChancellor, Workforce Continuing Education. This executiveleadership opportunity will help shape the future of workforcedevelopment, continuing education, professional training, adulteducation, and accelerated career pathways across DallasCollege.
The Senior Associate Vice Chancellor will provide strategicleadership for a comprehensive portfolio of workforce educationinitiatives designed to respond to evolving industry demands,strengthen economic mobility, and expand access to high-valuecredentials, certifications, and lifelong learning opportunities.The role combines strategy with execution, leading efforts acrossworkforce programming, industry engagement, operationalperformance, resource stewardship, credential attainment, andworkforce outcomes.
Working collaboratively with academic, workforce, industry,community, and governmental partners, the Senior Associate ViceChancellor will help translate labor market needs into innovativeeducation and training solutions. The leader will play an importantrole in creating stronger connections among education, employers,career advancement, and regional economic growth.
Why This Role Matters
Workforce needs continue to evolve, creating new opportunitiesfor Dallas College to connect individuals with the education,skills, credentials, and training needed to advance their careerswhile helping employers develop the talent required for a changingeconomy.
In this role, the Senior Associate Vice Chancellor will have theopportunity to:
- Shape workforce education strategy by aligning programswith labor market demand, economic development priorities,workforce trends, and institutional goals.
- Expand access to high-value career pathways throughcontinuing education, professional education, integrated adulteducation, fast-track programs, credentials, certifications,licenses, upskilling, and reskilling opportunities.
- Strengthen industry talent pipelines across sectorsincluding Aerospace, Automotive, Business and Finance, ConstructionTrades, Healthcare, Information Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Logistics, and other emerging workforce sectors.
- Build meaningful employer and community partnershipsthat support customized training, contract education,apprenticeships, workforce grants, and pathways to employment.
- Advance economic mobility by creating flexible,responsive educational pathways that accelerate workforce entry,career advancement, and lifelong learning.
- Drive sustainable growth and performance throughenrollment growth, revenue generation, resource stewardship,workforce funding strategies, and data-informeddecision-making.
Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvementof Workforce Continuing Education programs, professional education,integrated adult education, and accelerated career pathways. Drivelong-range workforce planning and identify opportunities to expandcredential attainment, incumbent-worker upskilling, reskilling, andcareer advancement.
Develop and sustain relationships with employers, industryassociations, workforce boards, governmental agencies, communityorganizations, and economic development entities. Translate currentand emerging employer talent needs into responsive education andtraining solutions.
Provide strategic oversight for a broad portfolio of WorkforceContinuing Education programs and help advance curriculum,work-based learning, apprenticeships, and training models thatconnect education with employment and career advancement.
Provide executive oversight for budgets, resource allocation,financial performance, revenue generation, enrollment growth,expense management, and established workforce education performancemetrics. Lead funding strategies involving Workforce Pellinitiatives, grants, and state and federal fundingopportunities.
Lead and develop teams while establishing clear performanceexpectations and accountability. Build leadership capacity andfoster a culture centered on trust, engagement, collaboration,innovation, service excellence, professional development, andcontinuous improvement.
The successful candidate will be an experienced workforceeducation executive who understands the intersection ofeducation, industry, workforce development, and economicopportunity.
This leader will bring the ability to:
- Anticipate emerging workforce and labor market needs andtranslate those needs into scalable education and careerpathways.
- Develop and execute complex workforce strategies whilebalancing long-term priorities with operational demands.
- Build strong partnerships across employers, government,workforce boards, communities, and educational institutions.
- Use labor market intelligence, enrollment, financial,workforce, and performance data to inform strategy and measureresults.
- Lead organizational change and continuous improvement across acomplex, multi-functional workforce education environment.
- Communicate, negotiate, influence, and build consensus withexecutive leaders, boards, elected officials, employers, communitystakeholders, faculty, staff, and students.
Dallas College is one of the largest community college systemsin Texas, committed to transforming lives and communities throughhigher education. The College provides accessible, affordable, andhigh-quality education designed to empower students to achievetheir academic and career goals. Dallas College's core valuesinclude integrity, respect, opportunity, collaboration,accountability, engagement, and support.
Position / Job Summary
The Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce ContinuingEducation provides executive leadership for the planning,development, implementation, and continuous improvement ofworkforce education, professional training, adult education, andaccelerated career pathway programs. Reporting to the ViceChancellor, Workforce Education, this position supports thedivision's strategic direction and leads a comprehensive portfolioof workforce development initiatives designed to address evolvingindustry demands, strengthen economic mobility, and expand accessto high-value credentials, certifications, and lifelong learningopportunities.
This role collaborates closely with academic, workforce,industry, community, and governmental stakeholders to developinnovative training solutions, workforce partnerships, and talentdevelopment strategies that align education with labor marketneeds. The Senior Associate Vice Chancellor
oversees program effectiveness, operational performance,workforce outcomes, and resource stewardship while advancing theCollege's mission to deliver responsive, industry-driven educationthat prepares individuals for in-demand careers and supportsregional economic growth.
- Provides leadership for the development, implementation, andcontinuous improvement of Workforce Continuing Education programs,professional education, integrated adult education, and fast-trackcareer pathways.
- Establishes and executes a comprehensive workforce educationstrategy aligned with labor market demand, economic developmentpriorities, workforce trends, and institutional goals.
- Leads long-range planning to expand workforce training,credential attainment, incumbent worker upskilling, reskilling, andcareer advancement opportunities throughout the region.
- Drives innovation and growth in workforce programming tosupport industry talent pipelines and enhance economic mobility forstudents and communities.
- Provides strategic oversight of Workforce Continuing Educationprogram portfolios, including Community Lifelong Learning and openenrollment continuing education programs in Aerospace, Automotive,Business and Finance, Construction Trades, Healthcare, InformationTechnology, Advanced Manufacturing, Logistics, and other emergingworkforce sectors.
- Directs workforce curriculum development, program evaluation,compliance, class scheduling, operational effectiveness, andcontinuous improvement activities to ensure quality, scalability,and student success.
- Oversees integrated work-based learning initiatives,apprenticeships, and workforce training models that acceleratetransitions from education to employment.
- Ensures workforce programs meet accreditation, regulatory,state, federal, and institutional requirements.
- Cultivates and sustains strategic partnerships with employers,industry associations, workforce boards, governmental agencies,community organizations, and economic development entities.
- Leads industry engagement strategies that align workforceeducation offerings with current and emerging talent needs acrosskey sectors.
- Expands employer partnerships that support customized training,contract education, apprenticeships, workforce grants, andemployment pathways.
- Represents the College in regional, state, and nationalworkforce development initiatives and forums.
- Partners with Campus Presidents, Academic Schools, StudentServices, the Global Ascend Institute, and other institutionalleaders to develop coordinated workforce solutions that meetcommunity, student, and employer needs.
- Collaborates across the institution to align workforceeducation initiatives with strategic priorities, student successgoals, and workforce development objectives.
- Facilitates district-wide workforce education initiatives thatstrengthen collaboration across campuses, centers, and workforcetraining locations
- Provides executive oversight of divisional budgets, resourceallocation, and financial performance to ensure fiscalsustainability and operational excellence.
- Accountable for revenue generation, enrollment growth, expensemanagement, and achievement of established workforce educationperformance metrics.
- Leads workforce funding strategies, including Workforce Pellinitiatives, state and federal funding opportunities, grantsmanagement, and performance-based funding programs.
- Utilizes workforce analytics, labor market intelligence, andperformance data to inform decision-making and measureorganizational effectiveness.
- Leads strategies that increase participation, completion, andattainment of workforce credentials, certifications, licenses, andindustry-recognized certifications.
- Advances integrated workforce and adult education models thatimprove student success, career readiness, and employmentoutcomes.
- Oversees initiatives designed to accelerate workforce entry,career advancement, and lifelong learning through flexible andinnovative education pathways.
- Provide leadership and direction by establishing clearperformance expectations, accountability measures, conductperformance management activities and ensures alignment ofindividual and team goals with divisional and institutionalpriorities.
- Develops leadership bench strength and talent developmentstrategies to support organizational sustainability andgrowth.
- Leads, coaches, develops, and evaluates leadership teams andemployees to foster a culture of trust & engagement,collaboration, innovation, service excellence, continuousimprovement, and professional development.
- Required Dallas College Professional Development Hours perAcademic Year.
- All employees are required to complete a minimum of 19hours.
- Employees in people leader positions or positions that includesupervisory duties must complete an additional 16 hours ofleadership development.
- Support the Vice Chancellor, Workforce Continuing Educationwith WCE adjacent projects to ensure the success of initiativescritical to the Office of the Vice Chancellor.
- Encourage stakeholder investment and involvement in Best Placeto Work initiatives, and other institutional activities that driveappropriate transformational changes to achieve the College'smission.
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Doctorate degree in a related field.
- Ten (10) years of executive leadership experience in contractnegotiations, educational partnerships, higher education workforcedevelopment, continuing education, adult education, grantdevelopment and implementation, and corporate training.
- Strong and proven positive track record background in industrypartnerships, budgeting, and regulatory compliance
- Current and valid Texas driver's license required
- Bilingual or multilingual preferred.
- Official transcripts required.
*** Will be subject to a criminal background check. Somepositions may be subject to a fingerprint check. ***
- Knowledge of workforce development trends, labor marketintelligence, and regional economic development strategies.
- Knowledge of workforce education, continuing education, adulteducation, professional development, credentialing, and industrycertification programs.
- Knowledge of state and federal workforce funding programs,grants management, and compliance requirements.
- Knowledge of higher education administration, programdevelopment, and student success principles.
- Knowledge of budget development, financial management, andrevenue-generating business models.
- Skill in developing and executing complex strategic plans thatalign workforce education with institutional priorities andworkforce demands.
Skill in building and sustaining partnerships with industry,governmental agencies, workforce boards, community organizations,and educational institutions
- Skill in analyzing workforce, labor market, enrollment,financial, and performance data to support strategicdecision-making.
- Skill in leading large-scale organizational change, continuousimprovement, and operational transformation initiatives.
- Skill in communicating effectively with executive leaders,boards, elected officials, employers, community stakeholders,faculty, staff, and students.
- Skill in negotiating, influencing, and building consensusacross diverse stakeholder groups.
- Ability to provide visionary leadership for a complex,multi-functional workforce education division while balancingstrategic priorities and operational demands.
- Ability to lead, develop, and performance manage leaders,faculty, and staff through coaching, accountability, successionplanning, and professional development.
- Ability to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration,inclusion, and continuous improvement across geographicallydispersed teams.
- Ability to identify emerging workforce needs and translate theminto scalable, market-responsive educational programs and careerpathways.
- Ability to manage multiple high-profile initiativessimultaneously while ensuring quality, compliance, fiscalresponsibility, and achievement of organizational goals.
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Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferred
Dallas College seeks to identify coreand professional competencies for each role and level which helpsdefine the level of expertise needed and desired to demonstratesuccess in the role.
Normal physical job functions performedwithin a standard office environment. Reasonable accommodation(s)may be made to individuals with physical challenges to perform theessential duties and responsibilities.
This position requires regular on-site presence to fulfillessential duties that cannot be performed remotely. Duties must beexecuted in-person to ensure effective collaboration, supervision,and service delivery, in accordance with Texas SB 2615. If physicalpresence is not essential: this position may be eligible for remotework only under conditions permitted by Texas SB 2615, includingtemporary illness, disability accommodations, or assignment toapproved remote instruction programs.
Applications DeadlineNovember 5, 2026
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