Director, Criminal Justice Graduate Program

Director of Criminal Justice Graduate Program

The Director of the Criminal Justice (CJ) Graduate Program in the School of Social Sciences, Communication, & Humanities reports to the Associate Dean. The Director is responsible for leading the strategic launch, growth, and daily operations of a newly designed CJ Graduate Program, which features a soft launch in Spring 2027 and full implementation in Fall 2027. This role includes managing curriculum development, supervising full and part-time faculty, overseeing program evaluation/accreditation, and driving student enrollment and retention.

This is an in-person, on-campus position.

Endicott College is a vibrant community located on Boston's North Shore, with a beautiful oceanfront campus in Beverly, Massachusetts. We're known for combining academic excellence with hands-on learning, and we take pride in fostering a supportive environment for both students and employees.

Working at Endicott means joining a close-knit campus community where your contributions matter and where collaboration, creativity, and professional growth are valued.

• Directs graduate academic advising, guiding students from admission through progression and successful completion of their degree.
• Implements a proactive advising model, including onboarding new advisees prior to program entry and conducting regular progress checks.
• Collaborates with the Associate Dean to identify, support, and coach at-risk students to maximize retention.
• Maintains high-quality advising standards to ensure timely student progress through coursework and career alignment.
• Leads the successful implementation and execution of the new CJ graduate program's soft launch (Spring 2027) and full launch (Fall 2027) in coordination with the Associate Dean.
• Partners closely with the Homeland Security Graduate Program Director to integrate existing HLS concentration courses into the CJ curriculum and provide seamless cross-program pathways for students.
• Collaborates with the Director of the Cybercrime Forensics Lab to coordinate the cybersecurity concentration, including lab exercises, simulations, and hands-on training.
• Drives recruitment, enrollment growth, and student retention initiatives to sustain an 80%+ retention and graduation rate.
• Manages ongoing program assessment, continuous improvement, and accreditation efforts at the course, program, and school levels.
• Contributes to the College community through service on school-wide and institutional committees.
• Teaches 2 graduate-level courses per year across the CJ and HLS programs.
• Demonstrates excellence in teaching through strong student evaluations and the utilization of diverse, effective assessment strategies.
• Develops cutting-edge course content and materials aligned with current industry trends, program needs, and School standards.
• Collaborates with the Associate Dean to recruit, hire, train, and evaluate part-time adjunct faculty within the CJ graduate program.
• Ensures all adjunct faculty align their courses with Canvas LMS standards and School pedagogical benchmarks.
• Reviews student course evaluations annually with faculty to implement data-driven pedagogical adjustments.
• Maintains an active track record of scholarship and research in criminal justice or a related field.
• Represents the College and its graduate programs through the presentation of academic scholarship at national and state conferences, seminars, or through peer-reviewed publications.
• Be an active participant in the life of the College by attending and supporting major events such as Commencement, Homecoming, and other all-hands-on-deck gatherings. As a member of the leadership team, model a strong commitment to community engagement.

• Reliability: able to get the job done, available and engaged with the job and the Endicott community.
• Organization: organizes time and resources well so that work is done efficiently and on time.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  has clear, effective, and efficient ways of communicating, both orally and in writing.
• Adaptability: shows a willingness to adopt new ideas and to do things differently.
• Follow Through: takes ownership of projects and sees…