Job Title: Vice President, Economic & Workforce Development and Career Technical Education
Location:    Monroe Community College
Full/Part Time:     Full time

Monroe Community College (MCC) announces its national search for the Vice President, Economic and Workforce Development and Career Technical Education. The College seeks an experienced, dynamic, entrepreneurial and creative professional, with a record of successful program development and leadership in workforce development and career technical education. The successful candidate must have proven leadership ability to motivate and inspire the division to create an innovative and high-quality learning environment that promotes academic excellence, student success, and economic development. This new leader is charged with further elevating the College’s presence and engagement in local, state, regional, and national communities as it relates to economic development, workforce and career technical education.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:
It will be critical for the Vice President to increase student access and success while addressing enrollment and impacts on the learning environment due to the pandemic, expand the College’s partnerships with the local business community and the K-12 education system within the community, develop strong, productive internal and external relationships, identify and address emerging regional educational and training needs, and lead the College’s Economic Development and Innovative Workforce Services division into the future while working collaboratively with faculty, staff, and other units at the College.

QUALIFICATIONS:
The most competitive candidates will be those who:
● Hold a Master’s degree in business or education administration or related field required. A Doctorate degree in business or education administration or related field preferred.
● Have five or more years of senior leadership experience in a higher education institution or a corporate setting working with all business processes including human resources management, strategic planning and implementation, financial management, sales and marketing, project management, and customer service.
● Have five or more years’ management in a training or organizational development leadership role, preferably management of personnel within a collective bargaining environment.
● Preferably have some teaching experience in a higher education setting

The college is seeking a Vice President who:
● Embraces the College’s spirit of innovation, commitment to student success, and focus on performance excellence.
● Demonstrates a commitment to institutional values of excellence, innovation, integrity, trust, and stewardship.
● Has the proven ability to be collaborative, diplomatic, and a team builder.
● Demonstrates a proven record of successfully leading innovation and organizational change as it relates to academic programs, and workforce and career technical education.
● Has a track record of leading and facilitating innovative employer partnerships to foster and support the development of new and relevant programming, student workplace experiences, student-employer matching, work-based learning, and integrated career readiness programming.
● Has the proven ability to prepare and manage the Workforce Development and Career Technical Education budget, strategically allocate resources among programs and new initiatives.
● Serves as the primary liaison for employer relations with the college, direct all activities of the division.
● Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills, including public speaking and interaction with the media.

The college is seeking a Vice President who:
● Has the proven ability to support the College’s pandemic recovery plan and priority to increase enrollment in workforce and career technical education programs.
● Demonstrates experience in developing and maintaining a high-performing team and cultivate a workplace environment which fosters and rewards innovation and successful results at all levels of human resource oversight in Career Technical Education (CTE) and the division of Economic Development and Innovative Workforce Services.
● Demonstrates a record of commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and integration of this priority in all aspects of divisional operations.
● Has the proven ability to build relationships and networks throughout the region, state, nation and globe and to work successfully in a broad spectrum of the world's cultures.
● Demonstrates results in successful fundraising and resource acquisition, including new revenue streams, grant solicitation and management, work with foundations, private funding sources, and strategic partners.
● Has effective project management and time management skills; highly organized and detail oriented.
● Demonstrates experience with master planning, and the creation of institutional effectiveness measures to assess all assigned areas.
● Has the proven ability to utilize data-driven evidence and proven practices to analyze problems/issues and identify solutions.

HOW TO APPLY:
All application materials will be received in full confidence and should be submitted electronically to: MonroeCCVPED@agbsearch.com
Please address the letter of candidacy to: Monroe Community College Vice-Presidential Search Committee

Applications must include:
● A letter of candidacy responding to the College’s leadership profile for the new Vice President
● A complete CV or resume
● The names, phone numbers, and email addresses of five (5) references, none of whom will be contacted without permission of the candidate.

Inquiries and nominations should be directed to:
Thomas Kowalik, Ed.D. Executive Search Consultant, AGB Search
     thomas.kowalik@agbsearch.com / (607) 759-5285
Jeanne F. Jacobs, Ph.D., Executive Search Consultant, AGB Search
    jeanne.jacobs@agbsearch.com / (937) 470-9068

Applicants may also visit our website at https://www.agbsearch.com/searches/vice-president-economic-and-workforce-development-and-career-technical-education-monroe for more information.

CLOSING DATE: Review begins in February. Deadline March 11, 2022

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
Monroe Community College prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, familial status, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, domestic violence, victim status, criminal conviction, or any other characteristic or status protected by state or federal laws or College policy in admissions, employment, and treatment of students and employees, or in any aspect of the business of the College. MCC provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.