College President- Richland Campus

Position Summary

The College President is responsible for leading initiatives which contribute to the vibrancy, growth, and economic stability of Dallas County for future generations, with primary emphases in areas of:

• Student access and success.

• Identification and implementation of academic and technical programming to support continuing education and workforce development.

• Community outreach to extend partnerships, expand resources and share capacity in support of current and future students.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

The college President must demonstrate:

• A well-developed sense of the student population to be served, built from a broad consideration of internal and external stakeholder input.

• An interest in, and a successful record of, strategic risk-taking, requiring the identification and elimination of barriers to the delivery of the required result.

• An ability to build an organization designed to be responsive and nimble, innovative, and effective as a results-oriented culture is reinforced.

• An entrepreneurial spirit - in the development of partnerships - with and without funding- to expand the capacity of the campus and the Dallas College in serving the population of Dallas County.

• Demonstrated experience in teaching and/or student services in an academic environment.

• Demonstrated experience in oral and written communications confirmingthe ability to effectively research, organize and persuade diverse audiences, internal and external to the college and system.

• Strong experience and effective customer service skills.

Key Responsibilities

The college President is accountable for:

• Ensuring that the institution achieve high and measurably improving levels of student success in the areas of learning, completion, four-year transfer, post-graduation success in the labor markets, and closing gaps based on race and income.

• College-based planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of educational programming, consistent with the Board's strategic priorities.

• Developing the college budget to support current educational programs, while pursuing additional supportive resources - individual, programmatic, agency-based, public, and private channels - to fund new and emerging program initiatives.

• Participating in a wide array of collaborative discussions and efforts with the Chancellor, other Dallas College administrators, K-12 leaders and campus presidents to further the progress of the Dallas College and individual campuses in meeting desired goals.

• Maintaining positive relationships with accrediting agencies and other governmental and/or public entities that have an impact on approval, development, and delivery of instructional student programs/services.

• Building strong alliances among community and business leaders to engage in problem- solving, to articulate those challenges and leverage available resources to promote positive solutions.

• Modeling an effective communication strategy designed to promote confidence and transparency.

• Making decisions which are data-informed, and strategically sound for both short and long-term initiatives.

• Must complete required Dallas College Professional Development training hours per academic year

• Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with internal/external stakeholders and constituents within the Dallas College community network.

• Completes required Dallas College Professional Deveopment training hours per academic year.

• Perform additional duties as assigned.