Job Number 1810002


Executive Director, Virtual College of Texas



This position is past the Close Date, no more applications will be accepted.
Position Information
Location Round Rock Campus
Hours Mon-Friday 40 hrs as assigned
Salary Salary Commensurate Upon Experience.
FLSA Status Exempt
Reports To AVP, Distance Education
Criminal Background Check
General Statement of Job

To direct and manage statewide operations and activities of the Virtual College of Texas (VCT), a collaborative of all public two-year colleges. VCT's mission is to increase student access to higher education and improve student success by facilitating inter-institutional efforts to promote students' program completion, access to Open Educational Resources (OER) programs, and programs that meet national quality standards in accord with member institutions' eLearning programs. The director acts in accord with counsel and direction provided by the Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC).

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

  1. Implements policies, practices, and new initiatives as directed by the Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC). Closely coordinates VCT plans and activities with the Director of the TACC Center for Student Success, ensuring that they support TACC student success goals. Informs TACC of specific eLearning issues and concerns applicable to colleges statewide.
  2. Works closely with the TACC Center for Student Success, the TACC eLearning Counsel, special task forces, and colleges' VCT Coordinators in the development of strategic plans. Collaborates with STARLINK to ensure that strategic plans of both VCT and STARLNK are complementary in support of TACC student success goals and objectives.
  3. Works in partnership with TACC, the TACC Center for Student Success, and the member Colleges to provide online courses that promote students' program completion, access to Open Educational Resources (OER) programs, and online programs that meet national quality standards.
  4. Develops and manages annual budgets. Hires and manages VCT staff and subcontractors and, as needed, hourly employees and consultants.
  5. Supervises ongoing website management and maintenance and the development of custom-programmed applications, from specifications development through programming, testing, and user documentation.
  6. Ensures the availability of technical assistance for VCT website users and administrative support for colleges in regard to VCT policies, practices, and procedures. Supervises the VCT Coordinator performing these duties.
  7. Maintains ongoing communications with colleges and others regarding VCT services and benefits.
  8. Manages special projects and initiatives (e.g. awarding VCT grants to colleges, managing software licenses negotiated by VCT).
  9.  Identifies areas needing improvement by assessing VCT performance data, input of the TACC eLearning Committee, TACC eLearning Council, VCT Coordinators and others, and results of the Annual Institutional Evaluation of VCT; proposes improvement strategies and directs their implementation as appropriate.
  10. Serves as the liaison to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) on matters related to VCT inter-institutional course sharing practices.
  11. Oversee all VCT programs and lead initiatives to transform VCT into a world class learning organization meeting the needs of the college community.
  12. Have a clear understanding of changing community college challenges and goals as well as the global workforce demographics and state's future workforce demands and tailor learning offerings accordingly.
  13. Adheres to administrative policies and procedures of VCT's host institution, Austin Community College District.

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

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.