Associate Vice President, Student Success
Broward College
North Campus, FL
Job posting number: #7295421 (Ref:REQ-000044414)
Posted: December 11, 2024
Job Description
Job Profile Summary
The Associate Vice President for Student Success provides leadership, direction, management, and administration of student success initiatives with a specific focus on underrepresented student populations. The Associate Vice President also is responsible for the district oversight of the Testing Centers. This position works in collaboration with the college provost, campus presidents, deans, associate deans and program coordinators as a resource to advance targeted areas through specific strategies and makes recommendations on related policies and procedures that ensure college wide effectiveness and regulatory compliance.
Minimum Education:
- Master's Degree. Doctorate Degree preferred.
Minimum Experience/Training:
- Ten years or more years of relevant business experience, including eight years in management/leadership and five years preferably in a higher education setting.
- Experience preferred: Community college teaching, Guided Pathways, Achieving the Dream or Grant writing.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Essential Functions:
- Provides leadership in the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of student success interventions to increase access, equity, and inclusion of underrepresented student populations.
- Conducts and analyses a variety of student data to review systematic changes that will enhance success and close equity and achievement gaps. Monitors the effectiveness of these programs under key responsibilities.
- Administers college-wide coordination of testing centers. Responsible for policy recommendation, implementation and interpretation.
- Provides district-level support of the national Pathways implementation student success initiative by assessing its effectiveness, monitoring progress of institutional adoption, and communicating implementation efforts as well as national trends to faculty, staff and administrators.
- Provides effective and efficient management of student success program to ensure that resources are allocated effectively to achieve objectives. Collaborates with associate deans, financial aid department, and student services to schedule and monitor the implementation of said initiative. Implements data-driven decisions to ensure that programs produce measurable results that are communicated to the campus community.
- Serves as the liaison of national student success organizations and strategies related to student achievement including Achieving the Dream (ATD) AACC Pathways Projects, HACU, and other national and state success initiatives for underrepresented student population such as ASPIRE, ARISE, and BRIDGES. Represents the College on site visits and at conferences.
- Monitors and manages the financial sources that support student success initiatives. Develops and manages annual budgets for the department and performs periodic cost and productivity analyses.
- Ensures the provision of adequate, accurate, and timely data for immediate and long-term strategic decision-making and operational leadership. Prepares reports for initiatives as well as for Senior Management and communicates with the college community as needed.
- Assesses the effectiveness of adaptive tools in support of developmental education.
- Responsible for the implementation of contracts, monitoring of policies, procedures, and best practices related to these tools and increasing the success of developmental education.
- Responsible for people management of the area, including recommendation of staffing, hiring, termination and discipline, setting performance standards and evaluating staff, and staff development and training.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Models inclusive excellence through specific actions that support the College’s mission in the recruitment, hiring, and retention of talented and diverse faculty and staff.
- Broad understanding of the external environment and how it affects academia in general and Broward in particular, including political, legal, environmental, educational, financial and social influences
- Broad understanding of the structure, operations, human resources and finances of the College and the complexities of their interdependencies
- Ability to translate College-wide strategies and priorities into strategic and operational plans and policies for own area
- Ability to understand the impact of own area on the College and to contribute to the development of the College's strategic plan
- Proven leadership skills and managerial expertise, and ability to motivate and empower direct and indirect reports to achieve priorities and expectations for own area
- Ability to forecast and manage budgets and other resource requirements for area of responsibility
- Ability to work effectively with diverse groups and promote a safe and inclusive environment for learning
- Ability to partner with others across the College and externally develops strategies and plans to exchange information, collaborate on projects, share resources, etc.
- Ability to influence others of the benefits/importance of an idea or plan of action and to gain their support or commitment
- Knowledge of learning theory and ability to implement best practices in developmental education strategies and student success..
Our Culture:
- At Broward College, our leaders embody a culture of competence, care, character, composure, and courage. We prioritize serving each other and our students through high-quality guidance, mutual respect, resilience, and fair, thoughtful decision-making, all while upholding the values of integrity, transparency, and honesty.
Job Title
Associate Vice President, Student Success
Position Number
P0000100
Job Status
Full time Regular
Department
Student Services Administration
Location
North Campus
Pay Grade
213
Salary
$93,405 - 107,416 ((salary commensurate with education and experience)
Work Shift
First Shift
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday/weekend/varies
Hours Per Week
37.5
Posting End Date
Open Until Filled
Comments
To be considered for this position, a completed online employment application form along with a cover letter, resume and unofficial transcript are required.
Designated Essential Personnel
Yes
FLSA Status
Exempt
Position Classification
Administrators
Special Instructions to Applicant:
For positions requiring a degree, the official transcripts are required upon hire. An unofficial copy of the degree/transcript is acceptable during the application process and must be attached to the online application. If unable to attach the documentation, please email document to jobs@broward.edu or fax to 954-201-7612, stating clearly the position name(s) and position number(s) the transcript is to be attached to.
Foreign Transcript: Transcripts issued outside of the United States require a equivalency statement from a certified transcript evaluation service verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. This report must be attached with the application and submitted by the application deadline. All required documentation must be received on or before the job posting end date.
**Please note that multiple documents can be uploaded in the “Resume/CV/Transcript/License/Certification” section of the application**
Please refer to link with the instructions on how to submit an application with multiple documents. https://www.broward.edu/jobs/_docs/tutorial_external_applicant_broward_college.pdf.
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the required background screening process.
Broward College uses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 Form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.
Broward College is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from eligible veterans and spouses of veterans, underrepresented groups, including minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. The College does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other legally protected classification. For inquiries regarding Title IX and the college’s non-discrimination policies, contact the Vice President for Talent and Culture at 954-201-7449, Broward College, 6400 NW 6th Way, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. Applicants needing a reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact the Talent and Culture Department at nanders1@broward.edu.
Disclaimer
The intent of this description is to illustrate the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and should not be interpreted of describe all the specific duties and responsibilities that may be required in any particular position. Directly related education/experience beyond the minimum stated may be substituted where appropriate at the discretion of the Appointing Authority. Broward College reserves the right to revise or change job duties, job hours, and responsibilities.