Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Dean, K12 & Community Partnerships

Class: Management | Exempt status: Exempt | Grade: O

The Dean of K12 & Community Partnerships serves as a key College leader to maintain and develop middle and high school district and community-based organization relationships in support of successful education transitions. The position provides College-wide strategic and operational oversight of programming that aims to mitigate and/or eliminate barriers to educational access and outcomes for students engaged in alternative education programs, early college high school programs, educational promise programs, dual credit courses, and migrant education programs. The role provides strategic and operational oversight of multiple comprehensive federal grant and school district/partner-funded cohort-based programs. The incumbent serves as key administrative contact for school districts, local governments, charter schools and state agencies. The position partners closely with other Academic Affairs and Student Affairs leaders to ensure alignment of programming with the system-wide infrastructure for recruitment, instruction and student support.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provides institutional strategic level leadership and accountability for secondary education district/school partnerships and programming, community-based organization partnerships and programming, and alternative education program partnerships.
2. Ensures culturally responsive and inclusive operations that center on historically underserved and marginalized communities; accountable for flexible service delivery modalities that support access and equitable student outcomes.
3. Develops, executes and measures progress for a College-wide approach to strengthening existing and developing new partnerships focused on seamless transitions and expansion of educational opportunities for underserved youth and marginalized communities.
4. Creates and maintains collaborative and productive partnerships across Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Government Relations, and the College Foundation in order to strengthen the K12 to higher education pipeline and create seamless transitions and support for underserved youth and marginalized communities; contributes to College-wide strategic initiative execution (e.g., Strategic Plan, Equity and Inclusion Plan, Guided Pathways, Advising Redesign, Pathways to Opportunity).
5. Builds and maintains strong relationships with external school districts, community-based organizations, local governments, and state agencies; serves as College lead administrative contact for credit recovery, high school dual credit, early/middle college, foster youth, migrant education and other related partnerships and strategic goals.
6. Conducts ongoing needs assessment and gap analysis related to effectiveness of K12 and community partnerships to improve access and strengthen education pipeline; directs modification of programming for continuous process and outcomes improvement.
7. Ensures institutional compliance with federal/state/College regulations, policies, and guidance related to dual credit awarding, Perkins/PACTEC consortium agreements, alternative high school degree awarding, credit recovery, early college high school partnerships, and federal grant requirements.
8. Supervises management, academic professionals, and classified staff. Evaluates and provides guidance and support regarding professional development plans and goals for assigned areas of responsibility in accordance with good management practices, District policies, and collective bargaining agreements. Hires, evaluates, trains, disciplines and recommends dismissal of staff as necessary.
9. Develops, oversees, analyzes, and makes budget decisions in alignment with College strategic plan, values and priorities. Forecasts funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies.  Approves expenditures and implements budgetary adjustments as appropriate.
10. Assumes institutional authority for grants, contracts, and technology portfolio that directly supports middle/high school partnerships, all early college programming, alternative education programming, dual credit agreements, adult basic education/GED options, high school recovery/completion and other related areas (e.g., TRIO Talent Search, CAMP grant, HEP grant, Gateway to College network).
11. Leads oversight and development of policies, administrative procedures and practices related to assigned areas that support and demonstrate strong compliance (internally and externally). Responsible for working with appropriate shared governance bodies.
12. Supports, implements and promotes advancement of the district’s equity goals and assists in the hiring of a staff that reflects the diversity of the district.  Participates in and supports activities that enhance equity-minded recruiting, hiring, and employee retention practices.
13. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Environment

Work environment includes frequent disruptions and changes in priorities. Work is generally performed in an office environment with frequent interruptions and irregularities in the work schedule. Working hours may vary and occasional evening or weekend work is required. Frequent travel to other locations is required. No special coordination beyond that used for normal mobility and handling of everyday objects and materials is needed to perform the job satisfactorily.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s Degree and eight (8) years of progressively responsible professional experience related to the area of assignment, providing program/project management or program/project coordination. Four (4) years of higher education management/supervisory experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Strategic leadership and management;
• Program development, budgeting, and management;
• Policy and procedure development and administration;
• Applicable local, state and federal laws, codes, rules, and regulations;
• Public administration and Higher Education principles and practices;
• Conflict mediation;
• Health, safety and emergency preparation, business and operational continuity, and response.

Skills in:

• Directing and providing strategic leadership to staff;
• Planning, implementing, improving, and evaluating programs, policies, procedures, operational needs, and fiscal constraints;
• Evaluating research to identify potential solutions, resolve problems, and provide information;
• Utilizing data and assessment outcomes for communication and to make continuous improvements for programs and services;
• Managing change and sensitive topics;
• Speaking in public;
• Managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

Ability to:

• Drive systemic change for racial and social equity and justice;
• Communicate and execute a vision for student-centered (flexible, multimodal) delivery of instruction and services through oral and written mediums;
• Manage healthy conflict to resolve issues in alignment with College mission and goals;
• Counsel, direct, and facilitate professional development of employees while motivating them toward goal achievement;
• Apply independent judgment to interpretation and application of rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.

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11/2020

Portland Community College is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other protected class.