This position exists to provide leadership, administrative management, and supervision for customized training and students affairs areas. This position supports student success through major advisory or policy creation and review, developing department workplans, strategic plan development, leading the non-credit offerings, and providing strategic direction to the development of new programs, non-credit offerings, community partnerships, and alternative funding opportunities.
This position will serve as a member of the aligned President's Cabinet and the Dean's Council and Student Affairs Leadership Team (SALT) at Anoka Technical College.
Required Qualifications:
Three or more years of higher education administrative experience or at least three years of progressively responsible experience in higher education.
Demonstrated experience working with a diverse student population and proven understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion as critical components of academic excellence and student success.
Communication skills, i.e., verbal, listening, written, interpersonal, and public presentation while maintaining trust, cooperation, and cohesion across the college.
Experience in at least one of the areas: leadership, planning, enrollment management, student affairs program development and evaluation, staffing, budget management, and supervision.
Experience with understanding broad strategic planning related to developing Community Partnerships, grants, and concurrent enrollment.
Demonstrated experience in data informed decision-making to include non-credit to credit pathways.
Master's degree.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience leading innovation and organizational change as it relates to workforce development programs and student services.
Experience in leadership of interpreting and applying student related policies and procedures, including Title IX and student conduct.
Experience being able to delegate, collaborate, and promote consensus in accomplishing the college's strategic plan.
Other Requirements:
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About:
Anoka-Ramsey Community College (ARCC) is an open-door, comprehensive higher education institution committed to excellence in teaching and learning. ARCC has campuses in both Cambridge and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Anoka Technical College (ATC) provides innovative career and technical education to help our students and communities live and learn well. ATC is located in Anoka, Minnesota.
The aligned institutions of Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College (ATC) are members of Minnesota State. With over 100 degree, certificate, and transfer programs across three campuses, ARCC and ATC have served the citizens of the Twin Cities and East Central Minnesota since 1965. Annually, the two colleges (three campuses) serve more than 16,000 learners of all ages and ethnicities as they pursue associate degrees that transfer as the first two years of a bachelor's degree, or technical and certificate programs that lead immediately to rewarding careers.
We are committed to responding to the educational needs of our changing communities and to providing opportunities for enhancing knowledge, skills, and values in a supportive learning environment. We recognize and assert the value of inclusion as an ethical imperative and as a necessity for academic rigor, student success, and lifelong learning. Our goal is to strive for inclusive excellence in our commitment to preparing all students and employees for success. Our commitment to inclusive excellence seeks to extend beyond academic offerings to meet diverse student interests as well as regional and economic needs.
Our college prides itself in our support for students' holistic needs. We have many students who are first-generation students, students with disabilities, veteran students, post-traditional students, and students who identify as LGBTQIA. The student population at ARCC is composed of <1% American Indian/Alaska Native, 7% Asian, 12% Black or African American, 6% Hispanic of any race, <1% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, 60% White, and 4% two or more races, and 10% unknown. The student population at ATC is composed of <1% American Indian/Alaska Native, 6% Asian, 13% Black or African American, 6% Hispanic of any race, <1% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, 66% White, and 4% two or more races, and 3% unknown. We are committed to creating a vibrant and diverse community of employees composed of first-generation students, employees with disabilities, veterans, and employees who identify as LGBTQIA. Our employee population at ARCC consists of 17.1% Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). Our BIPOC employee population at ATC is 10.1%.
Our benefits aim to balance four key elements that make life and work meaningful: health and wellness, financial well-being, professional development, and work/life harmony. As an employee, your benefits may include:
Programs, resources and benefits eligibility varies based on type of employment, agency, funding availability, union/collective bargaining agreement, location, and length of service with the State of Minnesota.