Opening: Executive Director - Information Technology & Management Institute, Ref. # 009053

 

OPEN                                                    September 10, 2009

FIRST DUE DATE                                October 6, 2009, 5:00 pm

FIRST REVIEW DATE                        October 7, 2009

Applications received by the first due date will receive first consideration. Applications received after the first due date may be considered until the position is filled.

 

Bellevue College is committed to increasing cultural diversity among its professional staff. Applicants with multicultural experience and/or backgrounds, which will add cultural richness and diversity to Bellevue College, are encouraged to apply.

 

POSITION                           EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

                                            EXEMPT, FULL-TIME POSITION, REF. #009053

                                           

DEPARTMENT                    INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

 

Bellevue College offers an outstanding benefits package including medical, retirement, vacation, holidays, sick leave, reduced tuition rate for classes, 10% discount on most Bookstore purchases, bus pass subsidy, on-site fitness and childcare centers, and free parking.

 

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

The Information Technology and Management Institute at Bellevue College is a teaching and research unit, responsible for delivering professional/technical education that integrates the newest research relating to computer technology and effective teaching and learning. The educational offerings and research are known locally, state-wide, and nationally for their innovation and excellence. The Executive Director will oversee both course offerings (including about 20 Full time and 45 Part time faculty) and research grants (about 4 researchers/project managers) and is responsible for maintaining and generating relationships at the local, state, and national level. This position requires travel.

 

POSITION SUMMARY

The Executive Director of the Institute is responsible for overall teaching and learning leadership, business management, and strategic direction. Reporting to the Executive Dean of Instruction and to the Vice President of Workforce Development, the Institute Executive Director provides academic and instructional leadership, and fulfills business development and workforce goals and plans. As a member of the college's senior instructional team, the Institute Executive Director upholds the college's vision, mission, and goals.

 

COVER LETTER (maximum length – 3 pages)

Include a cover letter, addressing how you meet the Minimum Qualifications, Desirable Qualifications, and Core Competencies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master’s degree from an accredited institution
  • Two years of experience in management and supervision
  • Two years of experience teaching in a higher education setting
  • Two years of industry experience in a business or technology related organization

 

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

  • Understanding and knowledge of trends in higher education and technology applications in business/industry
  • Documented success in entrepreneurship and building revenues through innovative market-driven activities
  • Demonstrated grant writing and grant administration experience
  • Demonstrated experience with budgetary processes and financial statements
  • Demonstrated experience with adult learners
  • Demonstrated background in instructional design and/or curriculum development

 

CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Communicates and works effectively with diverse students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community
  • Provides leadership in managing change
  • Develops successful partnerships with business leaders, government agencies, and funding groups
  • Helps create and sustain a work environment that embraces diversity and supports inclusion
  • Promotes cooperation and commitment within the unit to achieve unit and institutional goals
  • Achieves extraordinary results by focusing on desired outcomes and how best to achieve them
  • Earns others’ trust and respect through consistent honesty and professionalism in all interactions
  • Clearly defines expectations for unit members and supports them in their efforts to be successful
  • Adapts to and positively deals with the stress of a high-paced workplace

 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

 

Strategic Planning & Development

  • Oversees short and long range strategic planning for Bellevue College’s management and technology instructional programs, as well as the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) and the Washington Center of Excellence for Information Technology, both housed at Bellevue College.
  • Develops opportunities for new and revised programs based on workforce demand, technology innovation and market trends.
  • Develops business strategies that define the Institute and refine its core mission and goals, while executing that strategy through sound practices and responsible fiscal operations.
  • Provides leadership for the State Center of IT Excellence including: economic/workforce development, collaborating with other centers and disseminating best practices.

 

Instructional Leadership:

  • Provides leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship in meeting the needs of the community and in accordance with requirements of the state and the college's accrediting association.
  • Ensures high quality instructional programs for student learning and its assessment by establishing standards and processes for program planning, review, assessment, evaluation and modification in collaboration with other program leads.
  • Leads efforts for the effective recruitment, selection, retention, development, and evaluation of Institute faculty.
  • Participates in the college enrollment management process by planning and producing an annual schedule of Institute classes which meet the education needs of students within assigned budget and staffing parameters, including compliance with the state's allocation of funds, student quotas and monitoring of expenditures and enrollment.
  • Manages student concerns and student grievance process regarding faculty, course content, and grading practices.

 

Outreach/Community Leadership:

  • Identifies, establishes, and maintains strategic relationships with business and industry, professional associations, and granting agencies at the national, state and local level.
  • Represents the college and NWCET at technology and business related conferences, summits and meetings.

 

Management/Finance:

  • Promotes and maintains diversity and pluralism in the Institute workforce and in its curricular offerings.
  • Maintains an effective and capable administrative staff for the Institute by appropriate selection, training, development, evaluation, and motivation.
  • Establishes and maintains Institute procedures in accordance with contractual agreements and college policies and procedures.
  • Ensures sustainability of the Institute by securing federal, state, and private funding.
  • Develops, monitors, and administers the Institute budget in conjunction with the college-wide planning process.
  • Serves on committees and task forces and performs other related duties as assigned.

 

SALARY

The salary range is $77,701 - $93,241 with placement based on education and related experience.

 

APPLICATION SUBMISSION MATERIALS

To qualify for consideration, applicants must meet minimum qualifications. The application packet includes:

    Bellevue College application form

      Letter of application addressing how the applicant meets the minimum and desirable qualifications and core competencies, no more than three (3) pages

      College transcript(s) – copies are acceptable

      Current resume

      Name, position, address, email, and phone number of three current professional references

      Applicant Data Form (optional)

For information or to request application materials, send an email to jobs@bellevuecollege.edu or call 425/564-2274. Application Materials can also be downloaded at www.bellevuecollege.edu/joblist .

 

RETURN APPLICATIONS TO  

Human Resources Department, A101, Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE Bellevue, WA 98007-6484.

Office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; closed weekends and holidays. Application materials can also be e-mailed to jobs@bellevuecollege.edu or faxed to 425/564-3173.

 

APPLICATION REVIEW DATE

Application materials postmarked or received in the Human Resources Department by 5:00 p.m. on October 6, 2009 will receive first consideration. Later applications may be considered. The position will remain open until filled. Processing of applications may take from six weeks to two months following the closing date.

 

BC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and operates under an approved Affirmative Action Plan, in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations. BC reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran, or Vietnam veteran. Bellevue College is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities.  For further information, please visit www.bellevuecollege.edu/equal.asp or contact Human Resources at Voice: 425/564-2274, TTY 425/ 564-4184, Fax 425/564-3173 or email hr@bellevuecollege.edu.

 

The college strongly encourages all qualified applicants to apply. The successful candidate must provide proof of U.S. citizenship or eligibility for employment in the United States.

 

Bellevue College complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request disability accommodation in the application process, employees and the general public should contact Human Resources contacts listed above.

 

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