Associate Dean Academic and Student Affairs, Continuing and Professional Education

Position Overview

Within UC Davis, the Division of Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) is a $75M self‑supporting academic division reporting to the Provost. The CPE team includes approximately 200 academic and professional staff who collectively register 80,000 enrollments from all 50 states and more than 60 countries each year. As the lifelong learning arm of the campus, CPE maintains one of the university’s most extensive educational portfolios, offering academic and non‑credit professional certificates, open‑enrollment programs, online and hybrid programs, on‑campus programs for international students, contract programs for government and corporate clients, conferences, and workforce‑aligned boot camps.

CPE plays a critical role in advancing the university’s outreach mission in service of non‑traditional adult learners and serves as an innovation hub to pioneer academic and delivery models that may be scaled across the campus.

The Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs provides senior academic leadership and administrative oversight for academic program development, campus partnerships, advancement of online and hybrid education, enrollment alignment, and comprehensive student services within CPE. This is a highly visible leadership role with divisional and campus‑wide impact. The Associate Dean engages academic colleges and departments in the development, expansion, and delivery of CPE programs, collaborates with faculty, department chairs, deans, Graduate Studies, and Academic Senate leadership, and advances innovative academic offerings that align disciplinary expertise with workforce and community needs while preserving academic integrity and quality standards.

• Academic Planning & Curriculum Development / Assessing Audience Needs (35%)
  • Lead the development of individual courses and comprehensive academic programs designed for adult learners.
  • Innovate new program models that integrate subject matter expertise with online, hybrid, and scalable delivery approaches.
  • Direct the academic program development lifecycle, including market research, needs assessment, concept design, curricular alignment, partnership cultivation, and academic approvals.
  • Engage academic colleges and departments to co‑develop programs that align campus disciplinary strengths with workforce and community needs.
  • Negotiate and formalize academic partnership agreements that preserve academic integrity and promote mutual goals.
  • Advance online and hybrid education initiatives in collaboration with campus academic units.
  • Apply evaluative techniques, learning analytics, and assessment strategies to maintain standards of excellence associated with the University of California.
  • Expand educational access for diverse and underserved learner populations.
  • Assess continuing education demand using market research, enrollment data, predictive modeling, and labor market analytics.
  • Develop and implement a long‑range academic portfolio strategy aligned with institutional priorities.
  • Cultivate networks in industry, community, government, and academic groups to inform program direction and growth.
• Program Administration / Management / Marketing (35%)
  • Build and sustain effective working relationships with faculty, deans, department chairs, Academic Senate committees, industry partners, external stakeholders, instructors, and adult learners.
  • Exercise entrepreneurial and negotiation skills to achieve program growth and financial sustainability.
  • Oversee integrated enrollment management strategies that support academic portfolio objectives.
  • Align marketing efforts to ensure accurate representation and effective promotion of academic offerings.
  • Lead student affairs functions, including advising, registrar operations, certification processes, financial aid compliance, veterans services, and career services.
  • Develop and manage comprehensive program and departmental budgets to ensure full cost recovery and financial health.
  • Analyze financial performance data and implement corrective strategies to address budget variances.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and University policies and procedures, including FERPA, ADA,…