Dean of Student Care

Department:
Student Services and Enrollment Management (Divisional)

Locations:
West Barnstable, MA

Posted:
Oct 2, 2026

Closes:
Open Until Filled

Type:
Full-time

Position ID: 205469

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Cape Cod Community College is a place of personal discovery, enrichment, and professional development for those just beginning the quest and for those at many points along the path of higher education throughout life. It is a caring, comprehensive institution that belongs to the people it serves and responds to their individual and community needs. Students attending Cape Cod Community College are striving for personal excellence, and are finding it, day after day.

Graduates of the College can be found in all levels of private business, the professions, and public service, and they excel at what they do.

For students seeking to lay a foundation for further study, there is no better place to begin than at Cape Cod Community College. In today's highly competitive market place, the well prepared transfer student is the most aggressively recruited person in higher education. For many Cape Cod Community College graduates, that Associate Degree opens the door to institutions that were just not an option after high school.

And, when you consider the savings in the overall cost of a four-year degree at either a public or a private university, starting at Cape Cod Community College becomes an incredible bargain that blends quality with unmatched value.

The students' education is the first priority at Cape Cod Community College. As a learning-centered community, we value the contributions of a diverse population, welcome open inquiry, and promote mutual respect. The College offers a strong educational foundation of critical and creative thinking, communication competency, and a global, multicultural perspective that prepares students for life and work in the 21st century.

Our liberal arts, sciences, and career programs provide educational pathways that serve the varied social, economic, and demographic characteristics of our community with a distinctive focus on sustainability. We honor our past, celebrate our present and imagine our future.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Dean of Student Care provides strategic leadership for the College's integrated approach to student care, case management, specialized support, and targeted student success. Serving as the primary architect of the College's coordinated care and case management framework, the Dean develops the systems, partnerships, shared practices, and technology-enabled infrastructure that enable faculty and staff across the College to identify student needs, make effective referrals, coordinate support, and connect students with appropriate resources.

This work strengthens communication and follow-up, reduces fragmentation, and provides appropriate access to student information while maintaining privacy, confidentiality, and role-based access.

The Dean provides leadership and oversight for TRIO, SUCCESS, the O'Neill Center for Student Access & Support, Perkins and MAIHE student support initiatives, Veterans Affairs, Student Counseling Services, essential needs, student care and case management, the CARE Team, Community Standards and Student Conduct, and other assigned student success initiatives. In close partnership with the Assistant Dean of Academic Advising, the Dean ensures that Academic Advising is fully integrated into the College's coordinated care and case management framework, with shared approaches to referrals, communication, follow-up, and connecting students to appropriate supports.

The Dean also works closely with the Director of Student Wellness and Engagement to connect individual student care and specialized support with broader prevention, wellness, engagement, and belonging strategies.

The Dean provides leadership for staff supervision and development, strategic planning, assessment, budgets and grants, policy and technology implementation, partnerships, compliance, and continuous improvement across assigned areas.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Provide strategic leadership for the College's comprehensive student care and success framework, including specialized student support programs, case management, counseling, accessibility, essential needs, Veterans Affairs, Community Standards and Student Conduct, and related services.
• Build strong partnerships with Academic Affairs, faculty, Academic Advising, Enrollment Services, Financial…