Job Category: S14
Job Type: Administrative/Professional
Staff
Supervisor’s Title: Vice Chancellor for Student Services
Location: Scott Community College
(10)
Salary
$88,500.00 – $110,600.00/Year
Job Description
The Dean of Career and Academic Planning
provides strategic leadership, oversight, and direction for academic and career advising functions across Eastern Iowa Community Colleges,
including Pathway Advising, Career Services and TRIO. The role focuses on helping students navigate academic programs and career options,
aligning educational pathways with workforce opportunities, and supporting student progression toward completion.
The Dean provides
strategic and operational leadership for a defined area of the student experience, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and a
seamless, student-centered approach to recruitment, engagement, retention, and completion.
This role is responsible for advancing
student success through data-informed decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, and effective management of programs, services, and
staff. The Dean works closely with academic and administrative leaders to implement strategies that support enrollment, persistence, and
equitable outcomes for all students.
The position plays a key role in institutional planning, assessment, and continuous improvement
efforts, ensuring that services are responsive, efficient, and aligned with the mission of the College.
Required
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in higher education administration, student affairs, counseling, career services, or a related
field. - Five years of progressively responsible professional experience in student services, advising, career services, or related
areas. - Two years of management or supervisory experience in higher education.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated success providing strategic enrollment leadership within a multi-college or district-level community college
environment. - Experience overseeing admissions, enrollment services, and/or registrar operations, including supervision of
professional staff. - Proven ability to use enrollment and student success data to improve recruitment, retention, persistence, and
completion outcomes. - Experience implementing or supporting Guided Pathways-aligned enrollment and onboarding
practices.
Physical Demands
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard
office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Ability to lift up to 10 lbs. occasionally, open
filing cabinets and bend or stand as necessary. Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Typical Duties and
Responsibilities
Core Dean Responsibilities & Student Support Functions
- Provides districtwide leadership in
the design, implementation, assessment and continuous improvement of academic advising and career services aligned with EICC’s strategic
plan and Guided Pathways model. - Provides leadership, supervision, and professional development for managers and staff within
functional area. - Develops and manages districtwide budgets related to functional area, ensuring responsible resource allocation
aligned with institutional priorities. - Advances equitable student success outcomes.
- Drives decisions using actionable
student and operational data. - Executes institutional strategy within functional area.
- Partners across divisions to remove
silos and improve outcomes. - Responsible for campus-based duties including but not limited to; Student Conduct and Disciplinary
Procedures, New Student Orientation, Administrator on Call and Title IX. - Provides leadership and participation on districtwide
committees, councils, and task forces. - Travel within the District is expected for this position.
- Other duties as
assigned.
Strategic Leadership & Program Development (Area Focus)
- Develops and oversees a case-managed
advising structure that supports consistent, holistic academic and career planning across all EICC locations. - Leads efforts to
embed career and transfer planning throughout the student lifecycle, from onboarding and program mapping through completion and
post-completion outcomes. - Collaborates with Academic Affairs, Continuing Education, and college leadership to strengthen alignment
between programs of study and regional labor market needs. - Establishes and maintains strong transfer partnerships with public and
private colleges and universities to ensure seamless student transitions. Works closely with academic affairs to stay informed and up to
date with articulation agreements.
Student Success & Engagement (Area Focus)
- Oversees academic and
career planning operations to ensure students develop clear, purposeful academic and career plans that support persistence, completion, and
employment or transfer outcomes. - Leads the use of student success data and early alert systems through our CRM (Element 451) to
monitor progress and implement proactive, targeted interventions and programming for at-risk students. - Champions the use of
technology and data systems that enhance advising effectiveness, academic planning, and career readiness across the district.
Operational Oversight & Compliance (Area Focus)
- Oversees the PACE and TRIO grants.
- Ensures
compliance with federal and state regulations, accreditation standards (including HLC), transfer regulations, and institutional
policies. - Serves as a district representative and key liaison to transfer institutions, community partners, and external
agencies.
EICC Non-Discrimination Statement
It is the policy of Eastern Iowa Community College District not to
discriminate in its programs, activities, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual
orientation, gender identity, creed, religion, and actual or potential family, parental or marital status, as required by the Iowa Code
216.6 and 216.9, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d and 2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 206, et
seq.), Title IX (Educational Amendments, 20 U.S.C. 1681-1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794), and Title II of the
Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101, et seq.).
If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this
policy, please contact EICC’s Equal Employment Opportunity Officer/Equity Coordinator, Eastern Iowa Community College District, 101 West
Third Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801, 563-336-5222, equity@eicc.edu or the Office for
Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building, 1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204-3582,
Telephone: 303-844-5695. FAX: 303-844-4303; TDD: 800-877-8339 or Email: OCR.Denver@ed.gov
Posting Number: S217P
Number of Vacancies:
1
Close Date:
Open Until Filled: No
Special Instructions Summary:
To apply, visit https://eicc.peopleadmin.com/postings/3292
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