El Camino Community College District Superintendent/President
- Employer
- El Camino College
- Location
- California, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Jan 22, 2021
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- Position Type
- Executive, Chancellors & Presidents, Superintendents & Commissioners
- Employment Level
- Executive
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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El Camino College
Superintendent/President
Close Date: THE POSITION IS OPEN UNTIL
FILLED
Complete job description and application
available online at: https://www.elcamino.edu/presidential-search/the-position.aspx
THE POSITION
The El Camino Community College District
Superintendent/ President is responsible for all aspects of college
management and reports directly to the five-member Board of
Trustees. The Superintendent/President provides leadership and
advocacy in support of the District’s mission of student access and
success.
In leading the District, the next
Superintendent/President will address the following Opportunities
and Challenges:
PARTNERSHIPS / COMMUNITY AND EXTERNAL
ORIENTATION
• Advance the efficacy of the College Foundation and
pursue community support and philanthropic contributions to support
students and the College’s mission;
• Leverage opportunities for ECCCD to serve as a
leader in regional economic development by partnering with business
and industry and other potential partners;
• Foster relationships with feeder K-12 districts and
university partners to create pathways for students to improve
access, retention and completion for ALL students.
• Lead and engage in developing community support for
the College through fundraising, foundation activities, and alumni,
as well as business and industry partnerships;
• Be committed to addressing educational issues and
priorities by improving articulation among educational segments and
joint ventures with business industry and community groups;
STUDENT LEARNING/ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE
• Be committed to student access, success,
empowerment, equity and diversity;
• Provide leadership in responding to growing
accountability expectations relating to student learning outcomes
and attainment of educational goals;
• Be committed to maintaining the academic standards
for continued accreditation of the College;
• Lead the College in implementing Guided Pathways,
AB705 and other student success initiatives emerging from the
California Community College System’s “Vision for Success”.
EQUITY AND INCLUSION
• Lead the College in an all-inclusive, institution
wide dialogue on creating a culture of equity, inclusion and racial
and social justice districtwide;
• Create a framework to take action that would
support rooting out racism and inequity by developing policies and
practices to address intended and unintended racial inequities that
exist.
INNOVATION
• Advocate and support the use of innovative
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• Provide leadership and management practices that
reflect strategic thinking/planning and rigorous
accountability.
• Provide leadership and support to allow faculty,
staff, and administrators to develop and deliver effective and
equitable virtual learning and student services to meet the needs
of students now, particularly during the pandemic, and in the
future.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
• Understand enrollment management and enrollment
strategies for increasing and stabilizing enrollment in the current
environment;
• Provide leadership in organizational planning,
human resource development, collective bargaining, curriculum and
instruction, student support services, facilities planning;
• Be committed and provide leadership in community
and government relations;
• Act effectively and creatively with the fiscal
constraints and budget uncertainties associated with the evolving
funding models and the pandemic;
• Advocate for integrating the principles of
environmental sustainability throughout all aspects of the
District;
• Work with the Board of Trustees and represent the
college internally and externally with a high level of
professionalism, sensitivity and integrity;
• Evoke the respect, trust and confidence of the
students, staff, faculty and Board of Trustees;
• Be able to communicate in public and private with
all constituent groups;
• Committed to the welfare and well-being of faculty,
staff and students.
DIVERSITY
• Provide leadership in addressing changing
demographics within the community;
• Support for current and new programs and services
to address the needs of the service area;
• Monitor the campus climate on race and equity and
ensure progress in diversity in hiring that reflects the diversity
of students we serve;
• Focus on meeting the needs of underserved student
and community populations;
• Support for District efforts to recruit, hire and
retain talented and diverse faculty, staff and administrators who
reflect the District’s service area, and provide them with the
opportunity to achieve high standards of performance in order to
succeed;
• Lead the College in implementing the California
Community College System’s “Vision for Success: Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion,” recommendations made by the DEI Task Force to
increase faculty and staff diversity in California community
colleges.
GOVERNANCE
• Provide leadership in working with an elected Board
of Trustees;
• Encourage a high level of professionalism,
sensitivity and integrity throughout the District and its
communities;
• Be committed to the collegial consultation process
and an understands the delegation of authority and
responsibility.
ADVOCACY
• Advocate for the District with all relevant
governmental entities, agencies, and community leaders;
• Advocate and engage in activities and partnerships
that strengthen the District’s image, reputation and community
relations by developing and maintaining relationships with local
educational, civic and business interests.
FACILITIES
• Provide leadership and fiduciary oversight of the
District’s facilities bonds to assure accomplishment of the
construction and modernization of buildings, technology
enhancements, and other facility priorities particularly in a
post-Covid19 return to campus.
The next Superintendent/President shall be
one who possesses the following Personal and Professional
Characteristics:
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
• Is a transformational leader who exhibits
personal/professional ethics and integrity in all behavior and
relationships, and brings a strong sense of fairness and equity to
all decision making;
• Has work characteristics and a management style
that inspires trust and confidence in one’s leadership;
• Is transparent as a decision maker;
• Has a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the work
of the institution and is an example to others;
• Has a commitment to the welfare and well-being of
the students.
• Is an effective team builder;
• Ability to serve as a well-rounded leader who will
engender respect, trust and confidence of the students, faculty,
staff, administrators, and Board of Trustees;
• Exhibits an ability to motivate members of all
constituent groups to perform at their highest level;
• Has the courage and perseverance to address
challenges and confrontations;
• Can bring divergent perspectives to achieve
consensus and the successful resolution of conflicts;
• Gauges political situations effectively;
• Exhibits patience, flexibility;
• Tolerates ambiguity when necessary;
• Has the ability to make a tough decision in a
timely fashion;
• Values diversity in all its forms;
• Focuses on meeting needs of underserved students
and communities.
• Is visible and accessible for enhanced
relationships of trust, fostering positive student, faculty, and
staff morale;
PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
PARTNERSHIPS/COMMUNITY AND EXTERNAL
ORIENTATION
• Understands economic development as an integral
mission of the College and demonstrated experience in leading a
college or organization in the creation of business and employment
opportunities in the community;
• Establishes mutually beneficial relationships with
cities and unincorporated communities in the District to improve
the social and economic well-being of the region;
• Demonstrates successful external resource
development experience, including pursuit of private, state and
federal grant funding.
• Participates and demonstrates success in developing
community support for the college through fund raising, foundation
activities, alumni and business and industry partnerships;
• Has experience in creative solutions to educational
problems through avenues such as improving articulation among
educational segments and through joint ventures with business,
industry and community groups;
FOCUS ON STUDENT ACCESS, LEARNING AND
TEACHING
• Understands and is committed to the philosophy and
goals of a comprehensive community college;
• Demonstrates experience in student access and
success;
• Demonstrates leadership, sensitivity and a
commitment to excellence in a highly diverse and changing
environment;
• Embodies a management philosophy and practices that
are guided by the needs of students and community in all
strategies, tactics, and decision making; focused on student access
and success.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
• Understands and is committed to the philosophy and
goals of the comprehensive community college;
• Leads with a focus on continuous improvement of
institutional effectiveness, grounded in: clear visions, effective
planning and budget prioritization, on-going assessment and
improvement of student learning and other institutional
outcomes;
• Demonstrates experience in fiscal management,
complex budget development and financial resource development;
• Interacts positively with students, faculty and
staff;
• Is committed to the collegial consultation process
and respects and values the contributions of constituent groups and
individuals;
• Provides leadership in the integration of the
principles of environmental sustainability throughout all aspects
of the District from our educational mission to the management of
our physical plants and purchasing;
• Identifies opportunities for advancing the use of
innovative technology in the areas of teaching, learning,
assessment, student services and administration;
• Implements leadership and management practices that
reflect strategic thinking/planning and rigorous
accountability;
• Expects accountability of self and others;
• Monitors the campus climate on race and equity and
ensure progress in diversity in hiring that reflects the diversity
of students we serve.
• Understands the California collective bargaining
environment and the need to work effectively with employee
groups.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Serve as the secretary to the Board of
Trustees.
• Represent the Board and the College before all
constituencies and funding sources.
• Assure development of a maintenance, repair,
remodeling and new construction plan to house all educational
programs in clean, dignified facilities, that support [the]
educational process.
• Develop plans and policies for the improvement of
instruction, the development of new curricula and the evaluation of
existing programs.
• Administer the College’s Budget.
• Develop plans and policies for student-oriented
programs.
• Assure the operations of College wide governance
mechanisms involving all constituencies.
• Recommend personnel actions to the Board of
Trustees.
• Assure the smooth operation of the College.
• Plan the future of El Camino College
• Assure the visibility of El Camino College among
community colleges in California and around the nation.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master’s degree from an accredited institution or
equivalent.
• Evidence of successful senior executive level
experience in leading a large and complex organization.
• Sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse
academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic
backgrounds of community college students.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
• Doctorate from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of three years demonstrated experience as a
successful senior administrator.
• Postsecondary teaching experience, preferably in
community colleges.
• Experience in collegial consultation governance and
demonstrated collective bargaining experience within a college
environment.
• Experience in economic development.
The District is strongly committed to achieving staff
diversity and the principles of equal employment opportunity. The
District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not
discriminate on the basis of national origin, religion, age,
gender, gender identity, gender expression, race or ethnicity,
color, medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, sexual
orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability,
pregnancy, or because he/she is perceived to have one or more of
the foregoing characteristics, or based on association with a
person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived
characteristics or any other characteristic protected by federal,
state or local law, in any of its policies, procedures or
practices.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
APPLICATION MATERIALS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED
ELECTRONICALLY:
Visit the El Camino College webpage directly to
http://www.elcamino.edu/presidential-search
to find the Superintendent/President job posting and application
information.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS MUST BE
SUBMITTED:
• El Camino College - Applicant Data Sheet (found on
website above)
• In a letter of interest of five pages or less,
candidates should state how they would address the “Opportunities
and Challenges” and to what degree they meet the “Personal and
Professional Characteristics” listed above.
• A current résumé.
• References: Provide the names, titles, email
addresses, and telephone numbers of two supervisors, two direct
reports, including one classified or support staff, two faculty
members and two business or community leaders.
• Pertinent transcripts as stated in the required
qualifications (Unofficial computer-generated academic
records/transcripts must include the name of the institution and
degrees awarded to be acceptable.) Multiple page transcripts must
be loaded as ONE PDF document.
THE POSITION IS OPEN UNTIL
FILLED
Review of materials will begin February 8, 2021. In
order to be considered for the first screening application
materials
must be submitted no later than February 5, 2021.
TRAVEL EXPENSES
The District shall reimburse reasonable travel
expenses to those invited to the first level interviews and
finalists who are
invited to an interview with the Board of
Trustees.
BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION
El Camino College offers a competitive and
comprehensive core of work/life benefits. Salary is competitive and
commensurate
with experience and negotiated with the Board.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
BENJAMIN DURAN
President, PPL, Inc.
Phone: (209) 761-0534
e-mail: bduran@pplpros.com
LISA SUGIMOTO
Vice President PPL, Inc.
Phone: (562) 972-8983
e-mail: lsugimoto@pplpros.com
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