Category:: Administrators
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Department:: Humanities & Learning Communities
Locations:: Boston, MA
Posted:: Nov 26, 2024
Closes:: Jan 3, 2025 - 11:59 PM EST
Type:: Full-time
Ref. No.:: NUP
Position ID:: 183441

About Bunker Hill Community College:

With more than 50 years of academic excellence, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is Massachusetts' largest community college, annually welcoming a diverse community of around 16,000 students. With campuses in Charlestown and Chelsea, BHCC extends its reach across several locations in Greater Boston. The College offers associate degrees and certificates, early college and dual enrollment, community education, corporate training, and industry-specific training programs. BHCC is celebrated for its diversity, boasting a student body where 65% identify as people of color and more than half are women. The College also embraces a global perspective, with over 600 international students representing 90 countries and conversing in more than 65 languages. Our commitment to diversity is further reflected in BHCC's designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).

Job Description:

Bunker Hill Community College's Director of Learning Communities provides leadership and administrative support for the design, implementation and assessment of Learning Communities that foster student equity and success. Reporting to the Dean of Humanities and Learning Communities, the Director collaborates with faculty, academic departments, advisors, enrollment and student services staff, and institutional research to sustain, strengthen and scale the institution's nationally recognized Learning Communities Program.

Serving 4,500 plus students each academic year, BHCC's Learning Communities are the cornerstone of the College's comprehensive student success and equity agenda. Students enrolled in Learning Communities benefit from active and interdisciplinary learning experiences and integrated support services that make it more likely they will stay in college, do well in their courses, and achieve their academic goals.

• Direct the design and delivery of Learning Communities.
• Provide leadership in the design and assessment of core student learning outcomes in Learning Communities.
• Collaborate with faculty to integrate culturally sustaining and anti-racist practices into Learning Communities.
• Develop and manage comprehensive professional development programs for faculty and staff participating in Learning Communities.
• Lead the College's Think Tank meetings to recommend course offerings, develop programming, and implement ongoing assessment of Learning Communities.
• Schedule and manage Learning Community course offerings.
• Direct the promotion of Learning Communities for incoming students.
• Supervise the Learning Communities Special Programs Coordinator and provide leadership for the ACE Mentor Program.
• Supervise the Learning Communities Administrative Assistant.
• Develop and manage Learning Communities annual budget.
• Collaborate with the Center for Equity and Cultural Wealth and other programs and initiatives to create curricular and co-curricular programs grounded in a framework of equity and cultural wealth.
• Manage the development of internal and external promotional and communication materials in collaboration with the Integrated Marketing and Communication Department.
• Collect, analyze, and disseminate qualitative and quantitative Learning Community data in collaboration with the Institutional Research.
• Cultivate new opportunities to expand Learning Communities high impact practices across disciplines.

Requirements:

• Master's degree from an accredited institution of higher education.
• A minimum of five years of experience working in higher education.
• A minimum of three years of experience supervising staff and/or managing a team.
• Experience implementing learning communities or high impact practices.
• Experience implementing professional development.
• Experience supporting student success and equity initiatives.
• Experience working effectively with a diverse faculty, staff and student population.
• Experience working effectively across the campus.
• Experience in student learning outcomes development and assessment.
• Experience using assessment and data analysis for data-driven decision-making.
• Successful project management experience.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Advanced computer skills including Microsoft 365 and Google Suite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Post-secondary teaching experience.
• Experience working directly with faculty.
• Experience working at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).
• Experience working at a community college.
• Bilingual and multilingual candidates are highly encouraged.

Additional Information:

Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000. Non-Unit Professional position. Full State Benefits. Actual Salary Will Be Commensurate With Education and Experience.

Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as noted above are encouraged to put in writing precisely how their background and experience has prepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.

Please note that as a condition of employment, the final candidate will undergo Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) and Sex Offender Registry Information (SORI) background screenings in accordance with state regulations. The results of these screenings may impact the hiring decision.

Application Instructions:

Bunker Hill Community College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

To be considered for this position please upload the following documents to your account:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Please be sure to address the Required Qualifications in your documents.

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