Job Details

Example of Duties

• Guide strategic and long-term planning to enhance enrollment, financial stability, educational programs, student services, and technology.


• Build consensus through collaboration and teamwork, understanding the importance of participatory governance, and engaging faculty, administrators, classified professionals, and students in decision-making processes.


• Display transparency and courage in making challenging decisions, particularly those related to fiscal management.


• Be a highly visible, approachable leader who actively engages with the campus community and listens to the concerns of faculty, staff, students, and community members.


• Uphold and advance College of the Canyons' high standards in programs and services while fostering continuous improvement and innovation, guided by the college's mission and values.


• Partner with local businesses, industries, nonprofits, government entities, educational organizations, and individual donors to expand educational opportunities for students and the community.


• Demonstrate experience in managing college resources and a thorough understanding of the California Community Colleges' funding mechanisms to guide resource allocation and student-centered planning.


• Commit to personal and institutional accountability based on data, evaluation, and assessment.


• Stay informed about state and national initiatives, understanding their alignment with the state's Vision for Success and their impact on College of the Canyons.


• Prioritize values and policies that support equity, social justice, diversity, and academic excellence.


• Foster a collegial and respectful working environment, promoting mutual respect and trust within the college community.


• Listen to and consider the input of faculty, staff, and students to drive positive changes and innovations for the benefit of the college.


• Demonstrate a strong commitment to addressing conditions affecting student life, including advocacy and support for undocumented and marginalized students.


• Be a creative, solution-oriented thinker capable of developing innovative solutions to complex problems.


• Facilitate cross-district collaboration among College of the Canyons' faculty, staff, and students to create new opportunities for engagement and growth.

• Master's degree from a regionally accredited institution or equivalent

• A minimum of five years of senior management experience in education with significant and progressively complex decision-making responsibility including three years of executive level administrative experience, defined as a position reporting directly to a governing body or chief executive officer and being responsible for a broad operational segment of the organization with significant fiscal and programmatic oversight (e.g. academic affairs, student services, administrative services, college campus).

• Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity minded practices.

• Track-record of community service and involvement.

• Doctorate degree from an accredited college or university.


• Senior leadership experience in a large single- community college district.


• Proven record of successful management of resources, including integrated planning and budget development during both increasing and decreasing budget cycles.


• Administrative experience at the community college level in one or more areas including academic affairs, student affairs, financial management, human resources/labor relations, faculty, staff and community relations, facilities development, and strategic planning.


• Faculty experience in instruction or student services, or other leadership experience providing support for the role of faculty that demonstrates a strong understanding of the need for innovative teaching/learning and student development processes.


• Demonstrated leadership experience providing support for the comprehensive student experience.


• Demonstrated commitment to supporting student success, basic needs, and academic achievement and success in fostering innovation in academic and workforce programming.


• Proven experience and success in effectively working and collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including faculty, classified professionals, students, and external stakeholders.


• Demonstrated experience utilizing principles of organization and leadership practices that promote professional excellence among all employees.


• Knowledge of and commitment to the principals and provisions of AB 1725, including its contributions to the current status of shared governance in the California Community Colleges.


• Demonstrated experience in effectively navigating the complexities of the California community college fiscal, policy, legal, and accreditation environment or equivalent.


• Successful external resource development experience, including bonds, pursuit of grant funding, and community support through partnerships and/or a foundation.


• Demonstrated experience in community development and collaboration with community partners and external stakeholders.


• Successful experience in appropriately utilizing and applying applicable data and research finding in decision-making processes.


• Can provide strategic and innovative leadership on emerging trends and challenges, including artificial intelligence, online education and dual enrollment.


• Successful experience working with an elected Board of Trustees or equivalent.

• A creative, innovative, energetic instructional leader; a technologically sophisticated

• A leader who possesses interpersonal skills and qualities, including a can-do optimistic attitude, creativity, ambition, sensitivity, honesty, integrity, fairness, flexibility, a sense of humor, and an entrepreneurial nature;


• An experienced academic committed to continued improvement; a visible, accessible and collaborative educator who encourages and acknowledges the contributions of others, who is willing to be a risk taker and create an environment that is open to new ideas;


• A supporter of consistent and on-going professional development initiatives, in pursuit of the college's strategic goals;


• A fair-minded, ethical, and honest leader with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the courage and integrity to lead and accept responsibility;


• A leader knowledgeable of management theories and practices, learning theories and

• A skilled planner who can systematically allocate resources to further institutional goals, evaluate the results of the allocations, and develop strategies for continued development; and


• A skilled leader adept in planning for the emerging needs of the District and successful in resource generation and partnership development.