VP of Student Services: Equity-Driven Leadership

Chabot Las Positas Community College District; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District seeks a Vice President, Student Services for Las Positas College in Livermore, California. This executive role leads a comprehensive Student Services division including admissions, records, counseling, financial aid, disability programs, veterans services, and more, with a strong emphasis on equity and student success.

The position reports to the College President and requires a Master’s degree and progressive administrative leadership in

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education. An earned doctorate is preferred.
• Progressively responsible administrative leadership experience in comprehensive student services or a closely related area in postsecondary education, including significant responsibility for personnel supervision and evaluation, budgets, planning, program administration, regulatory compliance, and student success initiatives.
• Experience demonstrating knowledge, leadership abilities, and skills necessary to successfully perform the responsibilities of the position. Community college administrative experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership, direction, supervision, and evaluation for assigned Student Services programs, personnel, operations, and activities, ensuring compliance with District policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations.
• Directly supervise, develop, and evaluate Student Services administrators; establish clear priorities, decision-making authority, accountability, and effective communication throughout the division.
• Provide leadership for the recruitment, selection, orientation, professional development, and retention of Student Services employees in accordance with District policies, collective bargaining agreements, equal employment opportunity principles, and applicable laws.
• Provide executive leadership for strategic enrollment management across the student lifecycle, including outreach, recruitment, application, onboarding, registration, persistence, retention, re-engagement, transfer, and completion.
• Establish and monitor measurable goals for access, enrollment, persistence, retention, transfer, completion, and student engagement; use data to identify barriers and improve outcomes.
• Provide leadership for integrated student support models, including Guided Pathways, Student Success Teams, proactive interventions, counseling, career and transfer support, and collaboration with Academic Services to help students achieve their educational goals.
• Advance equity, inclusion, belonging, accessibility, and culturally responsive practices throughout Student Services and lead efforts to eliminate institutional barriers and disparities.
• Provide leadership for holistic student support, including basic needs, health and wellness, disability access, financial wellness, student life, leadership, government, clubs, and activities.
• Lead the effective use of technology, digital services, automation, data systems, and emerging technologies to improve student access, service delivery, and the student experience.
• Lead continuous improvement of student-facing policies, processes, systems, and communications to reduce barriers and create student-centered experiences.
• Participate in College strategic and educational planning, enrollment planning, program review, accreditation, facilities planning, and institutional effectiveness activities with various units.
• Develop, administer, and monitor budgets for assigned Student Services programs; ensure responsible stewardship and compliance with funding requirements.
• Provide executive oversight for student conduct, due process, complaints, grievances, and compliance responsibilities.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with K-12, colleges, universities, community partners to support student access and completion.
• Work with Academic Senate, Classified Senate, Student Government, unions, governance groups, and other stakeholders in participatory governance.
• Collaborate with the counterpart Chief Student Services Officer at Chabot College and District leadership to improve coordination of Districtwide student services.
• Represent the College and District in regional/state/national organizations related to student services and enrollment.
• Provide executive leadership for commencement and other major Student Services activities; serve as administrative associate to College President.

Job description

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District seeks a Vice President, Student Services for Las Positas College in Livermore, California. This executive role leads a comprehensive Student Services division including admissions, records, counseling, financial aid, disability programs, veterans services, and more, with a strong emphasis on equity and student success.

The position reports to the College President and requires a Master’s degree and progressive administrative leadership in