Program Director, Early College Partnerships & Outreach

Posting Job Title

Program Director, Early College Partnerships & Outreach

Department

Academic Affairs

Position Type

Full-time Salaried

Number of openings

1

Job Summary

The Program Director fosters reciprocal and sustainable educational partnerships with high schools and develops, implements, and promotes these partnerships and related activities to ensure that high school students successfully transition to JCCC and school district level staff continue to support new programming and initiatives.

The Program Director will provide collaborative leadership to high school partners and develop positive working relationships with faculty and staff across JCCC departments and divisions to ensure Career Ready Program responsiveness, transparency, and consistency; create and maintain positive working relationships with area high school personnel, JCCC faculty and staff, parents, and students; maintain current Career Ready Programs and promote program growth by cultivating relationships with additional JCCC departments and school districts.

The Program Director will make oral presentations to community members, students, parents, counselors, and professional colleagues at various gatherings—Conduct workshops to provide specialized information related to Career Ready Partnerships, Advanced Standing Credit, and other CTE related topics, and represent the college at K-12, community, and business sponsored events to promote college programming for the Early College Department.

The Program Director is responsible for developing and reviewing career and technical education articulation agreements between JCCC and area high schools and creating opportunities to engage students through Advanced Standing Credit–Annually, the program director will meet with JCCC faculty and secondary partners to review and refine 100+ current CTE articulation agreements, initiate new CTE agreements, and assess the efficacy of the Advanced Standing Credit process.

The Program Director organizes and executes recruitment and retention activities for career and technical education students--Collaborates with JCCC Admissions Office, the JCCC Co-Lab Staff, Chairs from all CTE disciplines to offer high school CTE student recruitment and retention activities. Works with JCCC administrators, faculty, and staff to ensure persistence strategies are developed and implemented.

The Program Director serves as the institutional contact for STEM initiatives and coordinate opportunities with internal and external stakeholders as needed and plans, administers, manages, and monitors budgets for the Career Ready Partnerships, career pathways articulation, and CTE student outreach activities as well as supervises, trains, and evaluates assigned staff.

Required Qualifications

Master's degree

Experience developing partnerships and cooperative arrangements

Experience planning, organizing, and hosting student related activities

Understanding of the goals of concurrent enrollment and career and technical education in a community college setting

Understanding of secondary/community college partnerships related to the Governor’s CTE Initiative (SB 155)

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, team environment

Demonstrated ability to work with multiple deans/directors/departments and interface with senior level leadership as needed

Willingness to travel to school districts in the Johnson County/Metro area and to Lawrence/Douglas County as needed.

Proficiency w/Excel, Word, and other software packages necessary for developing and submitting reports/documents.

Preferred Qualifications

Required application documents

Resume

Cover letter

Hours per Week

40

Work Hours/Days

Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Salary Grade Level

LVL16

Salary

Competitive rate of pay

Location

Overland Park Main Campus

Disclosures

Every employee of the college is expected to treat all members of the college community with dignity and respect demonstrating professional, courteous and respectful behavior and engage in constructive conflict resolution, when needed.

In accordance with the college policy, finalists for this position will be subject to criminal background investigations. Individual hiring departments at JCCC may elect to administer pre-employment tests, which are relevant to essential job functions as part of the applicant selection/hiring process. Many departments require those selected for hire to submit a certified transcript for all degrees obtained. For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to apply prior to the review date listed in posting.

Johnson County Community College welcomes the application of any qualified candidate and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, religion, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or other factors which cannot be lawfully considered, to the extent specified by applicable federal and state laws.

If you are an applicant requesting assistance or a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at 913-469-3877, or email Hr@jccc.edu.

For a summary of all disclosures (Background check, Clery Act, ADA, EOE, etc.) refer to the links on our Career page.

Advertised: 22 Jun 2021 Central Daylight Time
Applications close: 06 Jul 2021 Central Daylight Time