Vice Chancellor

The Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH), the public statewide community college system of the state, invites applications and nominations for the next Vice Chancellor (VC) of the System. Under the direction of the Chancellor, the VC ensures that CCSNH fulfills its mission as a well-coordinated system of public community colleges. The VC’s role comprises unique responsibilities, particularly focused on developing and driving key intra-system collaboration that supports increased access, student success, and operational effectiveness.

The Vice Chancellor serves as a member of the CCSNH leadership team and as an ex-officio member of the CCSNH Board of Trustees. The successful candidate will be a transparent, accountable, and collaborative leader who can lead change.

The Position: The Vice Chancellor works collaboratively to ensure the seamless integration of academic, student, and administrative policies and procedures across the System. The VC also serves as the System’s chief liaison to the Colleges’ academic and student affairs functions and is responsible for executing CCSNH’s strategic priorities by providing leadership and coordination for key initiatives that expand access, improve retention, ensure a seamless experience for students in accessing the resources of the system, and improve business practice consistency and operational effectiveness.

The VC works collaboratively to identify and integrate evidence-based practices and approaches for coordinated program delivery, enrollment management, and student support across CCSNH. This position will also help optimize alignment of academic and student services resources as well as the use of technology to support modern, consistent, and high-quality programs and services. Additionally, the VC ensures that academic, enrollment management, student support, and student affairs policies are consistent throughout the system and that those policies foster student success.

The VC also assists the Chancellor in coordinating programs and services with other federal, state, and local entities and represents CCSNH with external constituents as designated. This position directly supervises the System Directors of Early College/Dual Enrollment and Workforce Development, Institutional Research, the Faculty Fellow, the TES Coordinator, the System Director of Financial Aid, and other staff as assigned. In the absence of the Chancellor, the VC acts on their behalf.

Other specific responsibilities and duties include the following:

• Advise the Chancellor, Board of Trustees, College Presidents, CCSNH administrators, and other personnel on strategic, organizational, and planning matters;
• Coordinate the development, implementation, and ongoing assessment of the CCSNH Strategic Plan in collaboration with the Senior Leadership Team, Board of Trustees, and Institutional Research Team;
• Lead initiatives related to shared academic programs that increase student access, improve course availability, and optimize course scheduling and section management in collaboration with the college Vice Presidents;
• Lead ongoing efforts for course equivalency and alignment of course numbers, descriptions, and coding across CCSNH;
• Oversee and advance systemwide transfer initiatives, including the use of transfer evaluation and course equivalency tools, to improve internal student mobility and transfer efficiency;
• Lead efforts to strengthen transfer pathways between CCSNH, the University System of New Hampshire (USNH), and other educational partners;
• Create opportunities that foster innovative teaching and learning practices in collaboration with faculty and Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs;
• Support the Director of Workforce Development in coordinating initiatives including sharing curriculum and programs, meeting regional workforce needs, and aligning workforce and academic pathway programs where appropriate;
• Partner with the colleges to review enrollment management and student support functions as well as identify opportunities and implement initiatives that improve student outcomes;
• Collaborate with the Vice Presidents for Enrollment Management and other stakeholders to implement data-informed and evidence-based practices that support academic achievement and student success, including educational reforms, onboarding and advising models, and enrollment strategies;
• Manage relationships and partnerships with national organizations that support academic innovation, student success, and enrollment…