Job Number 1705046


Dean, Student Services



This position is past the Close Date, no more applications will be accepted.
Position Information
Location Hays Campus
Hours 40 hours/week, Sun - Sat as assigned which may include nights and weekends to ensure comprehensive availability of services and community involvement
Salary Salary Commensurate Upon Experience.
FLSA Status Exempt
Reports To Executive Dean, Student Services, South Region
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. Our identity as a community college is reflected in our mission statement. We seek to ensure student success and community development by providing affordable access to higher education and workforce training, through traditional and distance learning modes, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
 
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain faculty and staff that:
  • Reflect the multicultural diversity of our community.
  • Value intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching.
  • Are attracted by the college mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities.
  • Care about student success for all students regardless of race and collaborate on strategies to facilitate success for underrepresented populations.
  • Welcome diversity and model respectful interaction with others.
  • Engage with the community both within and outside of ACC.

Student Profile

Austin Community College District (ACC) is a Hispanic-Serving Institution. ACC's designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution reflects the commitment the college has to supporting our students' educational goals as well as the economic and social well-being of the surrounding communities we serve.  ACC currently enrolls approximately 41,500 students each Fall semester, over half of whom are non-white. In fall 2019, ACC's students were 42% White, 38% Latinx, 8% African-American, 6% Asian, <1% Pacific Islander, <1% Native-American, and 4% multiracial.

ACC pursues educational excellence by being accountable and committed to achieving diversity in our faculty and staff ranks. ACC seeks to be innovative in all its operations and provides students with guidance and support in achieving success in their educational goals, whether they are seeking a degree, successful transfer, employment or lifelong learning.
 
The ideal candidate will share ACC's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population.  In addition, the ideal candidate will be experienced in culturally-responsive academic practices for engaging with first-generation students and returning students who have been historically underserved.

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.

General Statement of Job

Provides campus leadership and strategic direction, operational management, and budgetary oversight for assigned areas including: advising, completion counseling, and testing/assessment. Supports efficacy of policies, programs, and services in accordance with best practices researched by state and national organizations which advance student success. Collaborates extensively with instruction and other key stakeholders to provide support to assigned Area(s) of Study and ensure that support services advances student success. Ensures that services are addressing the student needs of an increasingly minority-serving institution. Demonstrates a commitment to student success, equity and inclusion, service, excellence, innovation, and collaboration.

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

  1. Provides equity-centric leadership to develop, implement, and evaluate on-site and online services for academic and career advising, completion counseling, academic, and college readiness testing.
  2. Collaborates with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders to deliver campus, regional, and/or districtwide support services to meet the institution's strategic goals to close equity gaps in access, persistence, and completion.
  3. Participates and collaborates with the district clinical counseling team to support Austin Community College's (ACC) Behavioral Intervention Team (CARES) to ensure a safe learning and working environment.
  4. Develops and fosters an interdisciplinary team approach with instructional deans, assistant deans, department chairs, faculty, and staff in assigned Areas of Study with a focus on closing the equity gaps and improve access, retention, and completion.
  5. Leads and serves as the student services liaison for assigned Area of Study.
  6. Hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates assigned student services personnel.
  7. Develops and is responsible for fiscal management of assigned areas and functions.
  8. Enforces the Student Standards of Conduct and disciplinary process including conducting investigations, determining student outcomes and ensuring that student rights and due process are protected in accordance to college policies and procedures
  9. Serves as the subject matter expert for instruction and/or other departments regarding student discipline and student complaints.
  10. Enforces policies and processes regarding Title IX, Title VI, and ADA.
  11. Ensures compliance with appropriate regulations of the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, U.S. Department of Education, Texas Legislature, and other local, state, and federal regulatory bodies.
  12. Analyzes qualitative and quantitative data to consistently evaluate effectiveness, and reports on services and practices in assigned areas of advising, counseling, and testing to ensure focus on student success.
  13. Supports the implementation of strategic initiatives and new technologies to enhance delivery of services and improve student outcome.
  14. Leads district wide or campus projects, processes, and/or grants as assigned.
  15. Provides direct services to students as needed to include advising and completion counseling services.

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

Required Education

Preferred Education

Other Preferred Qualifications

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.