Examples of Duties:
- Direct instructional management functions and applicable operational aspects of assigned college areas and programs. Areas of responsibility include promoting, enhancing, and maintaining all functions and assignments, implementing policies and procedures that fulfill the philosophy and goals of the college.
o Supervises the academic offerings collegewide in liberal arts & sciences and business and assigned technical programs on the Thief River Falls campus.
o Leads new program development and oversees the program sustainability process in assigned disciplines; assists the process of maintaining college accreditation.
o Ensures program certification and accreditation by acting as a liaison with certifying or accrediting agencies and boards, facilitating site visits, assisting with preparation of reports for oversight bodies.
o Maintains currency with assigned program trends, issues, legislations, and other actions affecting program certification, accreditation, and operations.
o Oversee and promote academic assessment, program review and improvement processes including assessment of student learning outcomes for assigned areas.
o Facilitates campus and regional course schedules in cooperation with academic deans, division chairs, and faculty members and assists with implementing the college academic master plan.
o Leads efforts and supports faculty in development of articulation agreements for assigned areas.
o Serves as college’s lead academic dean for distance education initiatives and works with college academic supervisors to determine online courses offered each semester.
o Engages faculty and staff to incorporate opportunities for diversity in curriculum, teaching, and presentation.
o Serves as college’s lead academic dean to administer Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO), College in the High School (CHS), and Online College in the High School (OCHS). Works collaboratively with the East Grand Forks Dean of Health, Human Services, and Trades to administer these programs.
- Leads administrative activities within assigned areas.
o Designated authority for the Provost as responsibilities pertain to the Thief River Falls Campus and assigned academic programs when Provost is unavailable.
o Designated authority for student appeals related to academic misconduct issues for assigned programs.
o Collaborates to align academic policies across the region and serves as the Thief River Falls Campus primary contact with secondary and post-secondary partners.
o Work with program advisory committees, agency personnel and others to assess community needs and assist with the development of curriculum to ensure program effectiveness.
o Collaborates with workforce solutions to fulfill customized training needs.
o Aligns curriculum, hiring, and delivery across the northwest region and with other MinnState institutions.
o Assures compliance of Safety and Health regulations within the scope of responsibility.
o Develops and manages academic budgets in assigned areas and collaborates with other administrators to secure additional resources as needed to support assigned disciplines.
o Coordinates the development and administration of contracts with business and industry pertaining to student and faculty internships in assigned areas.
o Maintains currency and complies with EEO, affirmative action, MinnState, Northland, and other pertinent regulations.
o Recruit, interview, and recommend personnel for appointment, promotions, rewards, transfers, disciplines and dismissals in the department.
o Writes job analysis and assists in salary development for all personnel supervised.
o Assists in onboarding processes for new employees in assigned areas.
o Works with college student services, enrollment management, and marketing representatives on plans for student recruitment, retention completion strategies, and program-specific marketing materials.
- Provide effective leadership for the Thief River Falls Campus.
o Serve as the primary campus administrator in Thief River Falls with authority to make decisions on issues of an acute nature.
o Mediates department personnel problems and champions continuous quality improvement.
o Engages in ongoing professional development including involvement with professional organizations related to educational, governmental, and regulatory aspects of this position.
- Assist prospective students, current students, and alumni.
o Monitor overall student academic achievement in relationship to performance outcomes.
o Serves as first level appeal authority for academic misconduct issues for assigned programs.
o Oversees and assists in management of enrollment and retention for assigned programs.
o Addresses student concerns within assigned programs.
- Encourage faculty and staff to develop creativity and excellence in their positions.
o Evaluates assigned faculty and support personnel, using established performance appraisal procedures, monitors individual faculty and staff professional development plans, and responds to employee concerns.
o Provides leadership to the Division Chairs to implement course schedules, recommend instructor assignments, and manage academic program matters.
o Collaborates with other administrators to develop efficiencies, encourage innovation, and integrate new instructional technologies, especially in assigned program areas.
o Conducts effective classroom observations focused on student engagement and success.
- Ensures equal opportunity and affirmative action policies, procedures and programs are effectively used within area of responsibility.
o Assists the Affirmative Action Officer in identifying and eliminating barriers which inhibit equal employment opportunities.
o Demonstrates good faith effort to hire qualified protected group members in goal units where under-utilization currently exists within the department.
o Take steps necessary to prevent harassment or other discriminatory actions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.