Dean Workforce and Professional Programs - PAC

If you are a TRS or ORP retiree please contact Employment at employment@alamo.edu for clarification on eligibility of this position.

Posting closes on: 3/19/2024 at 6:00pm CST

The Alamo Colleges District is an award-winning collective of five colleges in the Greater San Antonio area whose mission is to empower our diverse communities for success. As a district of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and the nation’s only HSI and Historically Black College and University (HBCU), our colleges serve more than 70,000 students annually with a focus on economic and social mobility.

Our Palo Alto College learner community, of 10,933 students, includes 49.5% who rely on financial aid, 46.6% who are first-generation in college; 3.4% who are veterans, and 22.2% who are over age 25.
The Alamo Colleges has a proven track record of success in training workers that local employers need to stay competitive and carries the designation as the #1 provider of workforce education in the region.

Hours per Week: 40

Hourly or Salaried: Salary

Funding source: Hard Money

Number of opening: 1

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Location: Dean Of Career & Technology Off
1400 W. Villaret Blvd.
San Antonio, Texas, 78224
United States

Outside working hours if other than M-F 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: M-F with occasional evenings and weekends.

Job Summary and Description
Administrator of the workforce degrees and certificates as well as professional programs. Serves as the College’s representative for these programs with state agencies, councils and committees. Provides innovative and insightful leadership to develop and strengthen partnerships with industry, business, and community organizations. Provides administrative leadership and guidance and monitors the effectiveness of instruction and learning within the areas of Workforce and Professional Programs. Provides administrative oversight on available funding sources for the college in these areas.

Reports to the Vice President for Academic Success.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Substantial experience in college teaching, instructional administration, program planning, and/or programs of academic support and development with a proven record of increasingly broad responsibilities.
• Understanding of, sensitivity to and respect for the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic background of students, faculty, staff, and community.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Doctorate degree in a related field.
• Experience in a community college.

License and Certifications:

• Must possess and maintain a valid driver license. Must be insurable through the organization’s insurers.

Motor Vehicle Report is required in addition to background check and drug screen