Director, Community College Partnerships
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- DePaul University
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- Chicago, IL
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DePaul University
DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.
Job Title Director, Community College Partnerships
Job ID 3559
Location Loop Campus
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular
Multicultural Statement
At DePaul University, we are looking for candidates who want to join us in our mission to provide access to education for all. Successful candidates welcome ideas and perspectives from colleagues and students representing a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds, religious beliefs, and experiences. We seek collaborative, open-minded and hard working professionals to work in a real world urban learning environment. Are you exceptional, yet modest and open to challenges? We seek achievers and leaders that want to bring their passion and skills to our well-respected community of approachable colleagues. Build your career with us.
General Summary
Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Graduate and Adult Admission, the Director of Community College Partnership's primary role is to provide leadership in deepening and broadening the university's capacity to attract and service students by creating synergy through academic alignment and establish cooperative community college partnerships throughout the region that optimize the potential for students to transfer to DePaul. The Director participates in the development and implementation of marketing plans and recruitment strategies designed to achieve DePaul's transfer student enrollment goals. The Director works closely with the college office leaders and senior enrollment management team on coordination, integration, and implementation of strategies. The Director also represents DePaul University at professional conferences, consortiums, and organizations at the state and national levels.
Responsibilities & Duties
- Facilitate transfer student mobility via establishment of broad and specific agreements at the programmatic level. Lead the development of university and community college curricular partnerships.
- Cultivate and manage relationships by connecting faculty and curriculum at DePaul with faculty and curriculum at community colleges through meetings, communications, events and agreements.
- Represent the University to external constituencies, including community colleges and other key influencers.
- Identify and cultivate new strategic partnership and programmatic opportunities with DePaul community college feeder institutions as well as other potential new partners.
- Participate in EM&M planning, participate in program and strategy development related to transfer student enrollment through collaboration with the Office of Admissions, Associate Deans, faculty and various other functional units involved in the recruitment of new students.
- Serve as the university's principal liaison and manage relationships between DePaul and external governing organizations in an effort to ensure compliance and DePaul's ability to yield enrollment with community college transfer students (IAI, ICCB and other external organizations, as well as oversee transfer tools (Transferology, DePaul transfer guides, advisor information and transfer course lists.)
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree.
- Experience in curriculum assessment, curriculum development, and/or transfer articulation.
- Experience working with the transfer student market, community colleges and academic offices.
- 7 to 10 years of work experience in higher education.
Preferred Requirements
- Masters in a related field, PhD. or other terminal degree.
- 10+ years of work experience in a higher education setting.
Managerial Responsibilities
- Supervise one full-time employee.
Financial Responsibilities
- Manage Office of Community College Partnership budget of $25,000.
Other Skills & Abilities Reqd
- Project management skills essential.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, set priorities and chart progress using appropriate metrics.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate and negotiate.
- Ability to deliver presentations to a variety of audiences.
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, exposure to University enterprise-wide systems (ERP), and comfort and willingness to learn and work with CMS, Slate.
- Ability to participate in research, interpret and use data for strategic enrollment planning purposes.
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Additional Information
- Over the course of the year, travel on average of 20-30%, primarily in the Chicagoland area.
- Attend several out-of-town conferences or professional meetings.
- Some weekend work required.
- Valid driver's license and access to car needed.
Salary & Benefits Package:
DePaul offers a comprehensive package including competitive pay and benefits to attract and retain the best talent in order to further the University's mission. For more information, please visit the following pages:
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Organization
Working at DePaul University
Enrolling more than 23,000 students, DePaul is the ninth-largest private and largest Catholic university in the country. It offers over 200 graduate and undergraduate degree programs through nine colleges and schools. Nearly one third of DePaul’s students are of color—the most diverse of any private university in Illinois—and about 30 percent of each year’s freshmen class intend to be the first in their families to earn a college degree. DePaul’s success extends beyond recruitment—it is among the nation’s top 100 universities in awarding degrees to students of color.
Educating Chicago’s business leaders, lawyers, judges, teachers, artists and public servants for more than a century, DePaul enjoys an excellent academic reputation. It has earned impressive rankings from U.S. News & World Report for its business and law programs as well as distinctions for diversity and community service. A host of higher education guides have recognized DePaul for everything from its economic value and happy students to its hot and trendy campus and great town-gown relations.
DePaul prides itself on the strength of its academic programs, especially the programs in entrepreneurship, real estate, and the part-time MBA; computer science, network assurance and digital media; psychology and philosophy; music and theater; health and intellectual property law; and adult learning initiatives. Despite its size, the university is committed to providing students with personal attention; the student/faculty ratio is just 16:1. Professors who teach graduate students also teach undergraduates in small-group settings.
DePaul’s goal, expressed in the VISION twenty12 strategic plan, is to become one of the finest urban, Catholic universities in the United States. It is focused on creating nationally recognized, rigorous programs of study; preparing women and men to be at the forefront of their chosen fields as ethical and socially engaged leaders; and further strengthening its financial and operational foundations.
DePaul was founded in 1898 by the Congregation of the Mission (or Vincentian) religious community, which follows the teachings of 17th century French priest St. Vincent de Paul. Established to provide a high quality education to immigrants and others who were denied access to college, DePaul continues to embrace this mission today, recruiting and graduating significant numbers of students from disadvantaged and underrepresented groups.
Location
Located in Chicago, Illinois, DePaul has two primary campuses and four suburban locations. The Loop Campus is in the heart of the downtown business and cultural district and is home to four of DePaul’s colleges, a theater, a residence hall and most administrative functions. It is separated by a 20-minute trip on Chicago’s “el” train from the Lincoln Park Campus, close to Lake Michigan and Wrigley Field. Considered one of the nation’s most beautiful urban campuses, Lincoln Park is home to five colleges, the main library, numerous residence halls, a student center and the Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center, open to employees and students.
Both campuses are located in thriving business and residential districts that are well served by public transportation, providing a full array of housing choices for employees. Chicago boasts six professional sports teams and some of the best theater, music and art venues in the nation. As an international business hub and conference center, Chicago enables employees to build strong professional networks and remain on the leading edge of their fields.
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