Job Number 1509085


Director, GURC Southwest Region



Position Information
Location Riverside
Hours 40 hours/week as assigned.
Salary Manager 1/121 ($42,070.00 - $60,101.00)
FLSA Status Exempt
Reports To Dean, Arts & Humanities
Criminal Background Check
College Profile

Austin Community College (ACC) is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each fall and spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriately applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
 
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:
 
  • Reflects the diversity of our community.
  • Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching.
  • Is attracted by the college mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities.
  • Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for underrepresented populations.
  • Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others.
Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC.

Our Mission

The Austin Community College District promotes student success and community development
by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training in its service area.
 
For more information, see http://www.austincc.edu/about-acc/mission-statement.

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.
 
As an open-access and low-cost institution, ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to the diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds of our students. The College values and is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout the College community.

General Statement of Job

To provide leadership, project management, strategic planning and implementation of outreach efforts for the Gallaudet University Regional Center (GURC) for the South region; to work closely with other regional GURC directors to ensure a unified approach to planning and programming; implementing the Annual Goals provided by Gallaudet University through specified scopes of work; and partners with Austin Community College (ACC) on issues related to deaf education and interpreter education.

Description of Duties and Tasks
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  1. Leads the GURC for the Southwest Region, actively serving as Gallaudet University, Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (the Clerc Center), and ACC representative to Deaf and hard of hearing students, families, stakeholders, and the professionals who work with them; leads identified projects within the region (e.g., training, regional conferences, and special events); pursues and facilitates collaborative opportunities for networking between schools, programs, and families; and works closely with other GURC directors around the country to ensure a unified approach to planning and programming.
  2. Initiates and maintains a wide variety of professional contacts in order to remain abreast of developments in the field and to promote visibility of Gallaudet University resources and programs, the Clerc Center, and other regional partners.
  3. Assists in developing regional and national outreach initiatives through the CPSO, ensuring alignment with the Gallaudet University strategic plan, university goals, CPSO goals, and the national mission mandates of the Clerc Center.
  4. Utilizes technology to maintain networks and enhance communication (e.g., websites, online communities, videoconferencing).
  5. Demonstrates exceptional customer service, both to the national constituency and to teachers, staff, families, and alumni of Gallaudet University; responds promptly to inquiries and requests for training and technical assistance, planning assistance, or other services.
  6. Works cohesively as a positive, contributing member of a team; contributes actively to achieve the goals of the unit.
  7. Supervises personnel as identified (e.g., staff, student assistants, volunteers).
  8. Develops and monitors budget for GURC Southwest; manages financial paperwork properly; provides budget information and reports according to established timelines.
  9. Serves as an active, contributing member of CPSO and the university community as a whole.
  10. Collaborates with others to ensure that Gallaudet resources, initiatives, training programs, and resources are disseminated to educators and families in a variety of educational environments and a broad array of settings (e.g., densely populated urban areas as well as more isolated or rural areas).
  11. Helps market Gallaudet and Clerc Center offerings; remains well-informed about the academic, service, and support programs at Gallaudet and all training, publications, outreach, partnership, enrollment, and recruitment initiatives underway; demonstrates thorough knowledge of the university, sound judgment, well-developed professional skills, and tact in working with the public.
  12. Collaborates with Austin Community College in promoting student success in its service area by providing access to higher education and workforce education.
  13. Leads efforts to seek additional funding, identify and develop grant proposals, and implements activities that will generate additional revenue for the Center.
  14. Maintains systems for the formal documentation of outreach contacts and activities; helps orient colleagues and transition the system into routine operations; maintains comprehensive and accurate records of own outreach efforts including information dissemination, training, consultation, and similar duties. Enters documentation into databases according to established procedures and time lines.
  15. Participates in the development of print and web-based materials designed to promote the GURC and regional and national outreach programs; helps ensure that information about the GURC and related initiatives is clearly represented on the web.
  16. Assists in planning and conducting professional meetings (e.g., GURC staff, Center for Innovative Thinking, etc.).

Knowledge
Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Skills
Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Technology Skills

Required Work Experience

Preferred Work Experience

Required Education

Special Requirements
Licenses/Certifications; Other

Physical Requirements

Safety

ACC Benefits Overview

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC as its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Austin Community College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under the Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.