Dean of Experiential Learning and Workforce Development (0089176

Dean Of Experiential Learning And Workforce Development

University of Hawai'i, Kapi'olani Community College, is seeking applications for the Dean of Experiential Learning and Workforce Development position.

Position Title:

Dean of Experiential Learning and Workforce Development

Location:

Kapi'olani Community College Salary Information: $105,000 to $180,306 (Commensurate with education and experience; within budgetary limitations) Full Time/Part Time:
Full Time Temporary/Permanent:
Permanent

The Dean of Experiential Learning and Workforce Development is a critical member of the Kapi'olani Community College Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs's Maunulau Office of Experiential Learning and Workforce Development unit, working closely with the campus's leadership to ensure the integration of a workforce readiness mindset across all levels of Kapi'olani Community College. This position ensures that every student has opportunities for informed career reflection and planning, experiential learning, and the development of career success competencies.

The position is pivotal in coordinating workforce development efforts, building capacity among faculty and staff, and fostering strong connections with employers and community stakeholders to align educational pathways with industry needs. This position addresses gaps in workforce readiness efforts by strengthening alignment between credit and non-credit programs to support seamless stackable credential pathways responsive to workforce and student needs.

• Directs, coordinates, and evaluates the activities of personnel, including support staff, in the Experiential Learning and Workforce Development Unit.
• Directs the employees in the unit and works with them to plan, design, and deliver quality programming aligned with the College's mission and strategic plan, congruent with contemporary industry and technology standards; situated within the College's established budgeting, planning, assessment, human resource, and review cycles; and in compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, and policies.
• Supervises, coordinates, and facilitates the employees of units in the development of short-/long-term goals and initiatives to accomplish the College's academic or community service missions; ensuring optimum faculty and staff performance and achievement; and enhancement of the quality of education, student learning outcomes, and the well-being of students.
• Provides effective leadership, direction, and support in the recruitment, development, evaluation, and retention of highly qualified and proactive employees who promote workforce readiness mindset that is framed in the Kapi'olani Community College Strategic Plan, ensuring it is integrated into all credit and non-credit programs; assesses and makes recommendations regarding faculty evaluation, contract renewal, tenure, and promotion; facilitates in-service training and staff development.
• Provides leadership in the development of culturally-responsive experiential learning opportunities for all students, both on and off campus; ensures that such initiatives are within the parameters of the College's strategic plan; reviews and makes appropriate recommendations to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (VCAA) on new program and activity proposals; directs the scheduled evaluation of academic programs and activities.
• Directs accreditation self-study and/or program reviews of assigned divisions; assists in the periodic review/update of the College's strategic plan, long-range educational development plan, organizational plan, and capital improvement plans; modifies approved operational plans based on evaluation results and organizational priorities; monitors and integrates into all divisions emerging assessment and accreditation initiatives.
• Provides leadership in Strategic Plan implementation and the planning and setting of priorities for workforce development programs, and organizing and managing of operational resources. Represents and articulates the operational needs and initiatives (to include those of institutional support) of the unit when meeting with other administrators and key staff officers of the College to discuss new campus requirements or initiatives, to resolve problems/disputes impacting programs supervised, and to report on the status of existing programs/services.
• Develops and implements strategies to provide students with continuous opportunities for career reflection and planning throughout their educational journey in ways that are grounded in kuleana and other campus values.
• Oversees the development of specific career success learning outcomes and competencies within the curriculum and ensure students can articulate and demonstrate these competencies to potential employers and educational institutions.
• Mentors and supports employees in the unit for their professional development toward successfully meeting their expectations. Provides leadership and initiatives in the development of…