Program Dean, Education & Human Services

Program Dean, Education & Human Services

Requisition ID req1272 Department Academic Affairs Leaders Campus SY-Sylvania Campus Employment Type Administrative-Full Time Best Consideration Date 7/6/2022 Position Summary

Under the direction of the Dean of the Academic & Career Pathway for Public Service, Education and the Social Sciences, the Program Dean of Public Service and Education is responsible for direct oversight of College-wide educational disciplines, programs, and services within one or more of the College’s integrated academic, career, and workforce programs. The position oversees and leads multiple instructional disciplines, programs, and services to provide strong holistic learning opportunities and promotes equitable educational student outcomes. The Program Dean supports excellence in teaching and learning; promotes culturally responsive curriculum and program development; engages with industry/workforce; and supports full- and part-time faculty to ensure equitable opportunity and academic goal attainment for students. The incumbent serves as a key College contact for internal and external College partners to ensure alignment of curriculum to community needs.

The college is seeking a grounded, outcomes-oriented individual with skills to effectively navigate a large, multi-campus environment during a time of organizational change. Under the direction of the Dean of Academic & Career Pathways for Public Services, Education and the Social Sciences, the Program Dean of Public Service and Education will lead a team of department chairs, faculty, and staff to provide integrated delivery of career technical and transfer courses in paralegal, criminal justice, addictions counseling, human services, gerontology and early childhood education.

The position provides an exciting opportunity for a strategic, collaborative, and student-centered leader. The Program Dean provides broad administrative direction and leadership in the development, expansion/contraction, revision, improvement, and maintenance of quality education programs. The Program Dean develops, implements, and evaluates equitable student success in career technical education (CTE), prerequisite, and transfer courses. A successful candidate will possess direct experience and strong knowledge of best practices in implementing initiatives to address equity and opportunity gaps in post-secondary education. Department work will be carried out with college stakeholders, department chairs and faculty while being aligned with retention and success metrics. For more information, please visit our YESS (Yes to Equitable Student Success) information page.

Portland Community College serves nearly 60,000 full- and part-time students across a large and diverse service area, with four campuses and multiple education centers. We are committed to the values belonging, justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In addition to the typical duties and responsibilities and key skills and abilities (listed here: https://www.pcc.edu/hr/employment/management-jobs/program-dean/ ), these qualifications, skills and abilities are critical for success in this position.

See the classification description for additional information: https://www.pcc.edu/hr/employment/management-jobs/program-dean/

Candidate Profile

These qualifications, skills and abilities are critical for success in this position.
Throughout the screening process, you will be evaluated based on the demonstration of these qualifications.

• Ability to effect and support change by leading and collaboratively supporting faculty and staff in the data-driven design, implementation, and evaluation of student-centered initiatives, with a particular focus on equitable student success through culturally responsive support for individuals and communities with historically marginalized identities (including but not limited to: first-generation students, BIPOC students, queer and transgender students, incarcerated students, and low-income students)
• Demonstrated experience in collaboratively leading and supervising teams to foster a culture of creative problem solving, continuous improvement, data-driven decision making and accountability, and meaningfully engaging diverse internal and external stakeholders in a large, dynamic system
• Demonstrated meaningful experience in one or more fields of career and technical education that informs a deep understanding of the uniqueness of career and technical education goals, approaches, techniques, needs and resources
• Experience that demonstrates willingness to lead by example and to work collaboratively with others to promote a culture that disrupts prejudice, discrimination, and racism impacting students and staff at the interpersonal, intergroup, and institutional levels
• Strong organizational, communication, and time- and project-management, skills to allow the incumbent to appropriately schedule, track, and balance multiple competing priorities and a diversity of needs with grace, consideration, and effectiveness

In your cover letter, please provide:

• How you meet the minimum qualifications and demonstrate the five success criteria
• A narrative or bulleted list describing how your knowledge, skills and concrete examples of successes align with this position

As part of the application, you will also be asked to provide:

• A reflection on how the following Leadership Competencies emerge in your work

Minimum Qualifications

To be considered, your application must demonstrate these minimum qualifications. (Experience is calculated based on the start and end dates you provide multiplied by the number of hours per week worked).

• Master’s Degree
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience related to the area of assignment, providing program/project management or program/project coordination
• Three (3) years of management experience, including employee supervision (not volunteer or student supervision), in higher education or in an industry related to the area of assignment

Position Grade N Starting Salary Expectations Minimum $96,208 to range midpoint of $117,854. Placement will generally not exceed the mid-point, based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity. Position Grade Salary Range $96208 to $139497 Annual Salary FTE 1 PCC Benefits

PCC offers a comprehensive benefit package designed to provide employees and their families, including domestic partners, with access to a broad range of benefit options. Includes Health, Dental, and Vision options, Group Life, Long-term Disability, Long-term Care, and Auto and Home Insurance programs.





PCC currently fully funds the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS/OPSRP) pension and contributes an additional 6% into the employee's Individual Account Program under PERS/OPSRP. After one year of management or confidential service, PCC also provides a 2% contribution to a 403(b) account for eligible management and confidential personnel. PCC offers a tax deferred annuity program and a deferred compensation program where employees may save additional pre-tax dollars for retirement.

Additionally, PCC provides a tuition waiver for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and dependent children under 24 years of age, as well as partial tuition reimbursement for full-time employees at other accredited institutions.

Paid Leave: (Pro-rated by FTE for Part-Time Employees)
- 14.67 hours of vacation leave per month
- 1 day of sick leave per month
- 11 holidays
- 3 additional personal leave days per year



View a complete list of PCC benefits .

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements Work environment includes frequent disruptions and changes in priorities. Work is generally performed in an office environment with frequent interruptions and irregularities in the work schedule. Working hours may vary and occasional evening or weekend work is required. Frequent travel to other locations is required. No special coordination beyond that used for normal mobility and handling of everyday objects and materials is needed to perform the job satisfactorily. Background Check Required Yes

Portland Community College complies with the Oregon Veterans' Preference in Public Employment law which provides qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment. You will be given instructions during the application process to claim Veterans' Preference in the recruitment of this position, and to provide the documents required for verification of eligibility. Please do not send your documentation to the hiring manager directly. For verification of eligibility, please submit the following documentation:

• Veterans: DD214
• Disabled Veterans: DD214 and Letter from the Department of VA

Portland Community College is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other protected class.