Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Life & Engagement
About the position The Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Life & Engagement delivers strategic and operational leadership overseeing student engagement, support services, and specialized programs throughout Dallas College. The position manages Directors and staff, provides dotted line supervision to Deans, and ensures effective leadership and integration of Military Connected Services with campus-based resources for military-affiliated students. The Assistant Vice Chancellor works alongside the Associate Vice Chancellor to shape strategic priorities, initiatives, operations, and resource allocation within the division, all aimed at fostering a comprehensive, student-centered experience aligned with the mission and values of Dallas College. Additionally, the Assistant Vice Chancellor serves as a thought partner, promoting collaboration across Dallas College and throughout the surrounding communities.
Responsibilities
- Large-Scale Operational Leadership: Supervise Directors directly and Deans indirectly, applying advanced personnel management and operational oversight to a large, distributed team.
- Strategic Program Development: Design, implement, and assess assigned areas, including case management, retention initiatives, and diverse programs for traditional, dual credit, continuing education, and special populations.
- Budget Management: Manage multimillion dollar budgets, ensuring fiscal responsibility and alignment with strategic priorities.
- Data-Informed Decision Making: Use quantitative and qualitative data to drive student success outcomes, inform continuous improvement, and support evidence-based decision making.
- Academic Integration: Foster collaborative relationships among academic affairs, student affairs, and continuing education to provide comprehensive support services and promote meaningful student engagement.
- Change Leadership: Lead major change initiatives, adapting programs and services to meet evolving educational, regulatory, and student needs.
- Driving Retention and Graduation: Develop and execute strategies that directly impact student persistence, completion, and overall success.
- Balancing Multiple Programs: Ensure the effective design, implementation, and execution of diverse programs and services for all student populations.
- Ensuring Compliance: Navigate accreditation, state, and federal requirements, maintaining program integrity and compliance across all areas.
- Facilitating Collaboration: Build consensus and foster effective collaboration across academic, student affairs, and external partners.
- Continuous Assessment: Implement ongoing assessment and improvement processes for all student success initiatives, using data to inform strategy and operations.
- Oversight of Military Connected Services: Ensure focused leadership and integration of Military Connected Services with campus-based support, championing initiatives for military-affiliated students.
- Resource Alignment: Assist the Associate Vice Chancellor in stewarding strategic priorities, projects, and resource alignment across the division.
- Complete required Dallas College Professional Development Hours per Academic Year. All employees are required to complete a minimum of 19 hours. People leaders are required an additional 16 hours of leadership development.
- Perform other duties not listed as assigned.
- Exercises full discretion and decision-making authority in the recruitment, selection, hiring, mentoring, coaching, development & termination of staff, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, budgetary constraints, and workforce planning strategies.
- Drive high performance by administering the performance management process timely, setting clear expectations, conducting performance evaluations, and implementing initiatives that enhance employee engagement, motivation, and retention.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in higher education, student development, community college leadership or related field plus minimum of five (5) years of relevant progressively responsible higher education administrative experience related to the position.
- Minimum three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a higher education setting.
- Demonstrated experience supervising senior leaders and large teams in a complex, multi-campus environment.
- Demonstrated experience developing high functioning teams.
- Experience developing and managing programs for military-affiliated students and special populations.
- Strong background in strategic planning, resource management, budget oversight, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation and organizational skills.
- Must be willing to travel as needed.
- Current and valid Texas driver’s license required.
- Official transcripts required.
Nice-to-haves
- Doctorate preferred
- Bilingual or multilingual preferred
- Demonstrated advancement in leadership roles within student services, student engagement, or student affairs in higher education environments, with a preference for experience at community colleges.
- Experience developing, managing, evaluating, and/or assessing campus-based "One Stop" programs at a large, urban, multi-campus institution.
- Knowledge of the purpose of community colleges and the vision of Dallas College, along with a demonstrated commitment to serving students and employees reflecting our community.