Continuing Education Director jobs in Glen Burnie, MD

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To plan, design, develop, and administer entry-level and continuing professional development courses for current and potential allied health practitioners including nursing and other professional and technical allied health providers. Takes the lead in monitoring course trends, FTE production, and revenue generation for Career Programs as a whole.

* Expand generation of FTE, revenue, and enrollments for the college through open enrollment, contract, and grant courses.
* Solicits input monthly from other professionals in the unit to determine overall financial and FTE picture for entire Career Programs area to assist in monitoring overall performance of the unit.
* Serve as cost center manager for multiple cost centers and monitors expenses and revenue as well as forecasts annual net or loss for open enrollment and contract cost centers with the assistance of the Associate Vice President. Assess career and community educational needs and innovative possibilities and develop specific courses, curriculum, and schedules, to meet those needs and prospects.
* Recruit, select, hire, orient, supervise and evaluate non-credit instructors including nursing and other licensed health professionals, non-budgeted part-time course developers, support staff assistants, and other professional staff as needed.
* Pursue and negotiate new contracts and grants, monitor grants, develop budgets and serve as college liaison with agencies, organizations and individuals to establish co-sponsorships or partnerships for generating new or continued enrollments, FTE and revenue for the college.
* Locate and negotiate use of clinical sites for allied health courses.
* Should a course require, serve as (if qualified) or identify and contract with a nurse manager/planner to meet the national requirements for nursing contact hours as mandated by the Maryland Nurses Association/American Nurses Credentialing Commission on Accreditation and other continuing education licensing agencies.
* Coordinate with licensing/certification agencies to assure compliance, obtain approval, and oversee documentation for continuing education courses requiring approval from external credentialing bodies and manage the submission of courses requiring Maryland Board of Nursing approval.
* Develop courses and conferences to provide ANA contact hours for nurses and professional credit hours/CEU for a variety of diverse disciplines.
* Act as division's liaison with the academic college community in parallel career areas to actively pursue cooperative efforts.
* Develop working relationships with health care employers in the county and region.
* Investigate new markets by studying trends and demographic information.
* Prepare documents and statistical and other reports for internal/external college, local, and state requirements.
* Cooperate in the preparation of all promotion materials in conjunction with the Division's Marketing Coordinator.
* Serve as major point of contact for resolving issues and developing schedules for all HCC courses and in developing and implementing HCC-originated courses.
* Counsel prospective nursing and allied health students about licensure, continuing education, and job requirements and resolve student issues.
* Working in conjunction with the clinical coordinator for credit courses, assist in the negotiation, establishment, and management of clinical placements for students in nursing and allied courses held on the HCC campus for both open enrollment and contract courses.
* Provide direction and supervision for staff overseeing multiple allied health labs.
* Provide in-service training for adjunct faculty and assist them in meeting course objectives.
* If qualified, instruct in both theory and clinical environments in times of emergency.
* Oversee the delegation of course maintenance processes including instructor contracts, invoices, certificates, brochure production, and scheduling.
* Perform other duties as requested.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (preferred ) or Bachelor's in Allied Health Science or related science fields. Master's degrees (preferred) or Bachelor's plus Master's in other disciplines required with three or more years of experience in in higher education or health care administration including background in designing and implementing noncredit programs and courses for entry-level, incumbent, and continuing professional education in healthcare or other targeted industries. Experience in teaching/training required and experience resolving student issues. Experience in working with credentialing agencies and meeting licensing and certification requirements necessary. Experience in developing and overseeing budgets and generating revenue and enrollments required. Experience in hiring, supervising, and evaluating support and professional staff necessary. Project management skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, and personal computing skills especially Microsoft Office products required. Knowledge of local health care community and community college experience helpful.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
* Regular attendance is a requirement of this job.
* Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
* Performs all duties while considering the impact of any actions on the college's sustainability initiatives in the areas of environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic prosperity.

SUPERVISION
Supervise part-time and full-time support and professional-technical staff as well as adjunct faculty.

Fast-paced environment serving multiple and diverse students. Extensive interaction with students, faculty, health care facilities, and credentialing agencies.

Howard Community College offers competitive salaries, excellent medical and dental selections, tuition reimbursement and paid leave programs. As a participating member of the Maryland Retirement and Pension System, HCC offers two retirement options: The Pension, which requires a 7% employee contribution and The ORP, a 403(b) with a 7.25% employer contribution only. Employees in positions that do not require a bachelor's degree must participate in The Pension. Employees that possess a bachelor's degree and hold professional positions that require a bachelor's degree may choose to participate in either The Pension or The ORP.

*Pre-employment criminal background investigation is a condition of employment.

HCC is interested in all qualified applicants who are eligible to work in the United States. However, HCC will generally not sponsor applicants for work visas. Due to HCC policy, only employees living in states contiguous to Maryland are eligible for work at HCC and include Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, Pennsylvania. Candidates must live in the commutable area or willing to relocate at their own expense if offered the position because HCC does not offer relocation benefits.

Please complete the entire HCC Employment Application (Candidates will be evaluated on completing the college's application in full).

Howard Community College (HCC) is an Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action employer & values diversity within its faculty, staff & student population. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.
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