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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000
credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We
promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher
education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
As a community college
committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:
- Values intellectual curiosity and innovative
teaching - Is attracted by the college’s mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
- Cares about student
success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income
students, and students from underserved communities. - Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate
outcomes - Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
- Engages with the community both within and
outside of ACC
Job Posting Title:
Dean, Strategic Scheduling
Job Description Summary:
The Dean for
Strategic Scheduling is an operational leadership role responsible for executing the academic scheduling vision and strategy established by
Academic Affairs leadership. The Dean ensures high-quality, consistent, data-informed implementation of districtwide course scheduling
practices across programs, campuses, and modalities.
The Dean manages the Strategic Scheduling Hub, supervises the Academic Affairs
Scheduling Team, leads the Strategic Scheduling Steering Committee, and serves as a primary conduit between Academic Affairs and
districtwide IT governance structures related to scheduling technologies. The role emphasizes operational excellence, process consistency,
and continuous improvement.
Job Description:
Supervision Received and Exercised
Administrators
report to the Chancellor (or designee) and work under general supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and
independent judgment. They are responsible for supervising a team of support staff and collaborating with other college administrators to
ensure the effective implementation of student support programs. The Administrator exercises supervision over professional, technical, and
clerical staff, ensuring that all tasks are performed efficiently and in alignment with the college’s mission and goals. Regular performance
evaluations and ongoing professional development are integral components of the supervisory role, fostering a culture of continuous
improvement and excellence.
Competency Expectations
- Provide leadership in strategic and operational planning and the
formulation of goals, policies, and procedures for a program or office. - Evaluate the effectiveness of continuous improvement
processes, collaborate with the college community to improve these processes. - Serve on collegewide committees and working groups
that may involve academic assessment, general education, or related subjects. - Coach, direct, mentor, evaluate, and counsel assigned
personnel while adhering to organizational human resource policies and procedures as well as related employment laws. Recommend personnel
actions including hiring, progressive discipline, or termination for positions managed. - Oversee the approved budgets for assigned
areas and functions. - Provide leadership in the development, implementation, and maintenance curriculum and programs that respond to
community needs; prepares students for success; and meet the external requirements of applicable specialized accrediting organizations such
as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(THECB).
Description of Duties and Tasks
Operational Leadership & Reporting
- Executes the scheduling strategy
and direction set by the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Academic Affairs leadership. - Collaborates with AVCs for Academic
Programs, Workforce Education, and Health Sciences to implement priorities within their programmatic areas, including both credit and
non-credit priorities. - Collaborates with the AVC for College and High School Relations to ensure the cohesive execution of the
districtwide Academic Affairs scheduling strategy with unified timelines and processes. - Collaborates with the Office of Curriculum
Management to ensure logistical and tactical support for scheduling strategy. - Collaborates with Academic Affairs Operations Managers
to implement districtwide Academic Affairs scheduling strategy. - Ensures scheduling operations are aligned with institutional goals,
student-centric, and follow district standards and practices.
Strategic Scheduling Implementation
- Leads the operational
execution of districtwide academic scheduling targets for seat utilization, modality balance, enrollment growth, and campus
alignment. - Provides centralized operational support for schedule development across instructional programs.
- Oversees the
centralized schedule build, including program-map alignment, room utilization, section planning, and part-of-term scheduling
logistics.
Data-Informed Operations & Continuous Improvement
- Conducts ongoing monitoring of fill rates, room utilization,
modality mix, student access, and progression pathways. - Oversees the Strategic Scheduling Hub, ensuring clear, transparent, and
updated data resources. - Implements updates and refinements to scheduling processes as guided by Academic Affairs
leadership. - Produces the annual schedule performance report and routine operational summaries.
Operations, Systems, and
Technology
- Oversees the operational use of scheduling systems to support planning, analysis, and iteration.
- Conducts data
reviews and provides thematic operational insights to instructional divisions. - Acts as a primary conduit between the IT Governance
Structure for scheduling-related software and Academic Affairs, ensuring operational needs, practices, and policies are communicated,
aligned, and implemented consistently. - Serves as the operational liaison to scheduling- and planning-related technology
vendors.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Governance
- Leads the Strategic Scheduling Steering Committee, ensuring
cross-functional coordination, timeline alignment, and transparent communication related to districtwide scheduling
operations. - Works closely with the Office of Institutional Research and Analytics on data strategy, dashboards, surveys, and
analytic needs. - Collaborates with Strategic Events and Facilities and Operations to ensure efficient room use and conflict
resolution. - Coordinates with Student Affairs to ensure scheduling supports enrollment operations and student needs including
registration-related systems and processes. - Facilitates clear, consistent two-way communication related to scheduling processes,
timelines, and expectations.
Training, Documentation, and Operational Stewardship
- Provides training and technical guidance
to instructional leaders and staff on scheduling processes and tools. - Maintains documentation, process maps, timelines, and web
content; curates the Strategic Scheduling website. - Manages all districtwide scheduling calendars, cycles, and
deadlines.
Supervision
- Supervises the Academic Affairs Scheduling Team, ensuring coordinated workflow, mentoring, staff
development, and performance management. - Responsible for operational excellence, capacity building, and performance evaluation
within the scheduling unit.
Job Requirements
Knowledge:
- Demonstrated expertise in project
planning, development, and implementation. - Management, implementation and leadership of large-scale projects.
- Concepts and
principles related to academic programs and related space requirements. - Processes, conditions, and evaluation of learning and
related methodologies of teaching. - Presentation of information and summary reports internally and externally.
- Understanding
of the community college philosophy and mission. - Understanding and managing the demands and requirements of senior-level management
in higher education. - Effective leadership and ethics principles and techniques, including Servant-Leadership and relevant principles
and standards of higher education. - Knowledge of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
requirements. - Supervisory principles, practices, and methods.
- Budget preparation, bid and purchasing procedures, and expense
control.
Skills:
- Coaching and Development – Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen
specific knowledge/skill areas. - Communication – Ability to communicate effectively with others clearly and
concisely. - Initiative – Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
- Leadership – Ability
to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions. - Financial Management – Knowledge
of financial management principles and practices as well as knowledge of the infrastructure of the institution’s tools and
processes. - Presentation Skills – Ability to effectively present information publicly.
- Problem Solving – Ability to find a
solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems. - Resource Management – Ability to assess and maximize the use of
College resources, including equipment, facilities, materials, and personnel. - Tact – Ability to show consideration for and maintain
good relations with others, including confidentiality in work-related information and materials. - Team Builder – Ability to
collaborate with a group of people to work toward a goal. - Technical Aptitude – Ability to comprehend complex, technical topics and
specialized information.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
- Master’s degree. Experience cannot
be substituted for required, applicable educational level.
Experience:
- Five years related work experience
including management in a higher education academic environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Education:
- Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction or other Academic
Field.
Experience:
- Experience in a community college environment.
- Direct experience with scheduling
platforms in an academic setting.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Physical
Demands:
- Standard office environment.
Work Environment:
- This position falls under ACC’s
Remote/In-Person framework.
Salary Range
Salary commensurate with experience.
Number of
Openings:
1
Job Posting Close Date:
February 24, 2026
Clery Act
As required by the US
Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus
Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a
Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.
Austin Community College
produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning
reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property
owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.
For
direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ( CleryComplianceOfficer@austincc.
edu ). For an overview, see ACC’s Clery Act website.
Disclaimer
The above description is an overview of the job. It
is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and
abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend,
or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as
requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.
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