Director​/Instructor, Architectural Technology

Employer

Durham Technical Community College

1637 East Lawson Street

Depends on Qualifications

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Instructional (Faculty)

Opens:

Closes: 12/15/2026

A minimum of a 40-hour workweek as determined with the supervisor to allow the employee to fulfill the assigned duties and responsibilities, including occasional evening and weekend hours. Summer schedules may vary to enable four-day or four-and-one-half-day work weeks. This position is a twelve (12) month position. As a 12-month employee classified as Program Director or Chair, the expectation continues to be 9-12 contact hours per academic semester (Fall, Spring, and Summer).

Full-Time Faculty

The minimum requirements for the position are that the director/instructor holds a minimum of an associate’s degree in Architectural Technology or a related field.
Work Experience:
The instructor must have at least two years of relevant work experience and two years of teaching/training experience in industry, secondary, or post-secondary settings

(1) Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Technology or a related field.
(2) At least three years of relevant work experience;
(3) At least five years’ full-time teaching experience in a post-secondary setting; or instruction of twenty (20) or more semester length courses in the appropriate field;

The Director/Instructor, Architectural Technology is primarily responsible for the programs’ management, operation, and supervision aligned with the BEST Department’s strategic direction and the college’s strategic plan. This includes planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating specific program components services, personnel, and related activities. The director/instructor will work closely with the dean on matters related to and for the benefit of these programs.

Leadership

• ? Provides oversight for the Architectural Technology Program.
• ? Supports employer engagement and community-based initiatives in all programs in Building, Engineering, and Skilled Trades
• ? Regularly examines program(s) and labor market data to achieve equitable outcomes in students Access, Completion, Graduation and Transfer/job placement.
• ? Regularly examines program enrollment and implements strategies to increase enrollment proportionally while growing FTE
• ? Identify, plan and schedule public classes to be held on the main campus and other Durham and Orange County campuses. Coordinate the class schedule with other site directors
• ? Supports or coordinates professional development activities for program faculty and staff aligned with the strategic direction of the Dean Building,Engineering, and Skilled Trades
• ? Explore funding opportunities and build capacity to expand programs for high demand high paying jobs in the region.
• ? Develops, coordinates, and supports new initiatives.
• ? Expand continuing education to curriculum options for equitable on-ramps to curriculum programs and off-ramps to living-wage work.
• ? Initiate advertising and other promotional strategies for marketing public course offerings to the public and to business and industry.
• ? Supports active recruitment of students from underserved communities by engaging with K-12, community-based organizations, workforce development boards in Durham and Orange County etc.
• ? Work with business, industry, and government training staff(s) to develop courses when needed
• ? Supports full integration of equipment and seamless…