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Director of Facility Operations

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Career Opportunity Number 21-074 Position Title: Director of Facility Operations Location Administrative Center Position Type: Full-Time Class Category Administrator Job Open Date 06/21/2021 Job Close Date 07/06/2021 Open Until Filled No Initial Screen Date: 07/07/2021 Minimal Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field to assigned area

• 6 years academic, career or technical management experience

• Valid Driver’s License Required

• Minimum Education Qualification can be substituted with an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job

Preferred qualifications:

• Three (3)years of broad full-time, directly- related experience in a senior level position for a large and complex organization with demonstrated success in facility administration.

• Leadership experience in a community college environment

• Experience working with a diverse population

• Experience with tactical implementation of a strategic plan

• Experience using data to inform decision-making

• Experience with budget development and execution within a facility maintenance organization

• Experience with developing vendor relationships to support maintenance and custodial operations

Work Hours Compensation $75,683-$94,604 annual. A competitive benefit package is included. Special Instructions to Applicants

PLEASE NOTE :


  • Cover letter, resume, and transcripts are required and must be attached to the online application to receive any consideration.


An MCC application must be accompanied by the following:

  • A cover letter which indicates the position of interest and addresses the following:


  • The highlights of your education and experience which specifically prepare you for this position;

  • The mission of the community college, and how you would contribute to the mission.

  • Your experiences in supervision within an academic institution;

  • Leadership in a complex organization such as MCC ; and

  • The basis for your familiarity with multi-culturalism and working in a diverse environment.

  • A resume to include three professional references with name, address, and phone number.

  • Official or student copies of your transcripts.


  • Official transcripts will be required if selected for an interview.
  • Interviews will be conducted by a hiring committee.
Class Summary

Incumbent works in an administrative management role at district level for multiple programs, departments, or functional areas, and provides key information, direction and recommendation for decision-making in the facility maintenance, custodial, and grounds maintenance programs.

Metropolitan Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, birth, ancestry, national origin, or disability. EOE /M/F/Vets/Disabled

Typical Essential Duties

• Supervises staff to include: prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.

• Oversees the effective operation of the facility maintenance, custodial, and grounds maintenance programs within the Facility Services department.

• Develops and implements plans and strategies to accomplish goals for an assigned function or department; work may involve planning, coordinating, administering, and evaluating programs, projects, processes, procedures, systems, standards, and/or service offerings; ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and Local laws, regulations, codes, and/or standards; working to integrate and coordinate service areas; and/or collaborating with Councils and Committees to facilitate the development of strategic plans and make recommendations.

• Administers assigned budgets; approves expenditures; reviews financial statements; manages financial operations of contract and project work.

• Develops and recommends revisions to District policies, procedures, guidelines, or standards; directs and reviews a variety of reports, reconciliations, grants, work papers, promotional efforts, communications, schedules, tables, and/or statements to and from internal departments, financial institutions, governmental entities, and external agencies.

• Seeks and manages collaborative efforts with business and industry, community agencies, donors and alumni, educational institutions, internal departments, and/or other interested parties to solicit funds, and facilitate grant and other departmental operations.

• Collects and analyzes a variety of complex data and information; performs statistical analysis and summarizes findings in applicable reports or other communication mediums.

• Serves as a liaison with other departments and campus leadership within the College in order to provide information on available resources, programs, and/or services.

• Incumbent may be required to assume the duties of the Chief Facilities Officer in times of absence.

• Oversees contract projects, coordinates with the procurement department, and manages individual and collective contract budgets.

• Works with the Chief Facilities Officer to create and maintain a 5-year capital renewal plan and ensuring the plan captures the vision and goals of the College.

• In coordination with the Chief Facilities Officer, incumbent authors board action items that relate to the purchases and operations of the Facility Services department.

• Develops and manages the district’s preventative, scheduled, and corrective maintenance programs and execution.

• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of leadership and managerial principles

• Knowledge of budgeting principles and practices

• Knowledge of advanced theories and principles related to area of assignment

• Knowledge of strategy development principles and procedures

• Knowledge of applicable Local, State and Federal laws, codes, rules, regulations, guidelines, and standards

• Knowledge of policy and procedure development and administration principles and practices

• Knowledge of conflict mediation principles and practices

• Knowledge of public relations principles

• Knowledge of project management principles

• Knowledge of strategic management principles and practices

• Knowledge of program management and development principles

• Knowledge of higher education principles and practices

Skills

• Skilled in directing and providing leadership to subordinate staff

• Skilled in planning, implementing, improving, and evaluating programs, policies, and procedures

• Skilled in developing, administering, and managing budgets

• Skilled in analyzing and developing policies and procedures

• Skilled in planning, analyzing, and evaluating programs and services, operational needs, and fiscal constraints

• Skilled in interpreting and applying applicable laws, codes, rules, regulations, guidelines, and standards

• Skilled in allocating resources effectively and efficiently

• Skilled in managing complex projects with college-wide impact

• Skilled in evaluating research to identify potential solutions, resolve problems, or provide information

• Skilled in working with diverse academic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and staff

• Skilled in using a computer and related software applications

• Skilled in utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information

• Must be a non-smoker

• The minimum requirements may be waived by the College President

Positions Supervised
  • Facility Services Manager(s)
  • Facility Services Manager
  • Accounting/Finance Manager
  • Custodial Facilitator
  • Senior Administrative Assistant Technician(s)
Physical Requirements

Positions in this class typically require: feeling, grasping, hearing, fingering, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, talking, visual acuity, and walking. The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly.

Incumbents may be exposed to hazardous physical conditions, such as, mechanical parts, electrical currents, and vibrations; atmospheric conditions, such as fumes, odors, gases, and poor ventilation; hazardous materials, such as chemicals, blood, and other bodily fluids; extreme temperatures; inadequate lighting; work space-related movement restrictions; intense noise; other environmental conditions, such as, challenging behaviors, imminent danger, and threatening environment

Licensing Requirements

None.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

  1. * What is the highest level of education you have as conferred through an official transcript?
    • Have not completed High School/GED
    • High School/GED
    • Associate's degree
    • Bachelor's degree
    • Master's degree
    • Doctorate degree
  2. * How many years of academic, career or technical management experience do you carry, that is supported by transcript, certificate, or application?
    • two to three years
    • three to four years
    • four to five years
    • five or six years
    • six to seven years
    • seven or more years
Optional & Required Documents
Required Documents
  1. Cover Letter
  2. Resume
  3. Transcript 01
  4. References
Optional Documents
  1. Transcript 02
  2. Transcript 03
  3. Transcript 04
  4. Transcript 05


Company

Metropolitan Community College Kansas City

Metropolitan Community College, founded in 1915 as the Kansas City Polytechnic Institute, is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, MO. We are proud of our history as the first community college established in Missouri and one of the first colleges in the country to award an associate degree.

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