Manager, Continuing Education

Job Type: Full time

Job Number: R1814

Location: Loveland, CO

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For assistance,
please contact the recruitment team at 970-378-3720.

Minimum Hiring Annual Salary:

$58,171.00

Maximum Hiring Annual
Salary:

$62,825.00

To attain the maximum annual salary, employee must meet all minimum qualifications plus:

• 5 (five)
  years of additional applicable work experience and/or degrees higher than minimum qualification degree. Degrees higher than the minimum
  qualification degree can be used in combination with additional work experience.
• A combination of related education, on-the-job work
  experience, certifications and/or licenses that results in a candidate successfully meeting the minimum qualifications of the position, may
  be considered.

The stated salary amounts are not guaranteed in the event employment ends with Aims during any fiscal year.

Included with Aims Full-time Employment is a generous package of Benefits, most are listed below:

• Benefits are
  effective immediately
• 100% employer provided medical & dental coverage employees (employee only option)
• 85% employer
  provided medical & dental coverage for employee’s spouse and/or family
• Voluntary vision insurance
• Staff Annual Leave
  (minimum accrual of 15 days) & Sick (minimum accrual of 12 days)
• 17 paid holidays and 3 personal days each year
• Summer
  schedule: 4-day work week – Fridays Off
• Employer paid long-term disability and life insurance premiums
• Tuition waiver &
  reimbursement for employees
• Tuition waiver for dependents
• PERA employer (see www.copera.org for comprehensive benefits)
• Additional supplemental benefits &
  retirement programs available
• Access to the PERC (Aims gym) for employee & one guest
• Free parking on all campuses

Job Description:

Aims Community College actively supports an environment that embraces the College’s Mission,
Vision, Values and a culture of innovation and care. The College embraces and seeks to hire individuals who want to be a part of this
environment and have the skill sets necessary to be successful in this position.

This position leads and supervises the
Continuing Education, non-credit program for the service area. The position oversees and manages the short and long-term planning, budget
development and management, and operations to meet the diverse educational needs of the community and contributes to the overall mission of
Aims. This position develops and designs new continuing education programs based on research in market demands, industry trends, the needs
of learners, personal judgment and the continual assessment, history and program objectives. This position represents and provides expertise
on the continuing education program to the college, to businesses and to the community. Occasional travel to satellite campuses may be
required.
Program Development and Management:

• Oversee the production of a regular continuing education course
  schedule; assessing the quality of the program and implementing change when needed.
• Approves processes and establishes guidelines
  for operational procedures.
• Implement continuous evaluation practices for program planning purposes.
• Review/study program
  courses to determine best fit in regards to relevance of the overall program.
• Utilizes data for strategic planning and analyzing
  purposes.
• Manages records of all CE students, instructors, and courses.
• Develops, manages, and monitors the CE budget, as
  well as all revenue reports. Is responsible for overseeing the breakeven analysis for each course.
• Provides leadership to all
  program instructors and partial Loveland staff through training, program development, best practices, and daily support.
• Resolves
  problems/issues within the program by utilizing best practices, judgment, research, and leadership skills.
• This position will
  support spontaneous projects and partnerships that are likely to occur throughout the year. To include grant writing, event planning,
  community focus groups, community events, statewide meetings, national conferences, and client management database.

Internal Liaison:

• Support and provide recommendations to Deans, Department Chairs, Directors and
  Program Coordinators in developing growth plans for increasing non-credit continuing education courses and certifications that align and
  complement the success of academic programs.
• Provides guidance/counsel to the college, Deans, Department Chairs, Directors and
  Program Coordinators on the operations, purpose and other unfamiliar concepts of continuing education.
• This position will work
  closely with Executive Directors of the Loveland, Fort Lupton and Windsor campuses to meet and advise on how to grow the continuing
  education program on each campus.

External Liaison and Partnership Development:

• Work
  closely with businesses to develop and manage partnerships that will enable collaboration in resources, curriculum, instructors, and
  support.
• Work closely with workforce and economic development boards, small development centers, chambers, and community
  organizations to develop relationships to further outreach opportunities.
• Engage with community members to identify and collaborate
  on ongoing curriculum and program development for Continuing Education.
• Work with the Executive Director to liaise with the Aims
  Community College service area to develop needed non-credit programming.
• Utilize and participate in best practices and opportunities
  with professional organizations associated with Continuing Education such as LERN, NCCE, NCWE.

Supervision:

• This position actively recruits & hires instructors.
• Supervises, coaches, mentors and trains all
  CE instructors. Provides leadership, guidance and support as they onboard, as they develop their programs and on their continued journey
  with the program.
• Assists with coaching and mentoring the Loveland Campus front desk staff and Loveland/Coordinator I by providing
  leadership, guidance, and best practices to meet CE /Aims mission.
• Resolves high-level issues with students, instructors and staff
  by using experiences with feedback, history, best practices, and best judgements.
• Evaluates all CE instructors.
• Approves
  timecards for all CE instructors.
• Provides recommendations for termination for CE instructors to HR.

Marketing:

• Responsible for effective marketing strategies to drive the growth of non-credit
  enrollment.
• Responsible for the oversight of the creation and distribution for 80k+ print catalogs that will be delivered to the
  service area.
• Collaborate with Continuing Education team, MarCom, Reprographics and outside services for the oversight of marketing
  through social media, print, digital marketing, maintenance of website / ed2Go online course offerings, targeted industry marketing for
  specific programs, representation at community events, and analysis of ROI on marketing initiatives.

Other Duties as
Assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Business, Public Relations, Communications, Student
  Affairs, Education, or a related field.

• 3 years of experience in adult education, outreach, non-credit programming, or
  program planning and management, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

  
  

• This position requires the
  use of a company vehicle and/or personal vehicle for business travel. The selected candidate must successfully pass an MVR and be insurable
  under Aims insurance

• Experience in innovative marketing techniques across a variety of channels

  
  

• End-to-end
  program lifecycle management

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

  
  

• Ability to make
  administrative/procedural decisions and judgments

• Ability to gather data, compile, and analyze for decision making and report
  generation

  
  

• Advanced in computer software/applications and ability to learn new system

• Excellent oral and
  written skills

  
  

• Excel at building professional relationships both internally and externally, and working on cross-departmental
  teams

• The ability to supervise/lead teams of full or part-time employees and instructors

  
  

Required
Documents

• 
  

  Resume

• 
  

  Cover Letter

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2)
  years of experience in higher education, specifically in Continuing Education, or additional years in a leadership role within higher
  education.

• Project management certificate

  
  

• Budget development and management
  experience

• Experience with workforce and continuing education specialized registration software systems, such as
  Lumens

  
  

• Programmatic Innovation & Growth experience

• Certified Program Planner through
  LERN

  
  

• Community College Experience

All Applicants:

• Compare your previous work experience
  to the job duties listed on the job positing under job description. Enter the job duties you have performed under the “Work Experience”
  section on your job application. We evaluate your experience based on this information.
• Please make sure you state whether work
  experience (aka work history) is part time or full time employment by listing the average number of hours worked per week. This information
  is used to determine your new annual salary.
• Be sure to upload all the required documents listed at the above in “Additional Job
  Description” section. This can be uploaded as part of your application materials in the “My Experience” section. If there are missing
  documents, your incomplete application will not be considered. Per the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, you may redact information
  that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

For information on
our hiring practices, please visit our resource page: https://www.aims.edu/departments/human-resources/hiring-process.

Aims Community College
is an equal opportunity employer. Selection will be based solely on merit and will be without discrimination based on age, ancestry,
color, creed, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, sex,
sexual orientation, race, religion, or veteran’s status. All application materials must be submitted by the closing date posted and become
the property of Aims Community College. The screening committee will select finalists for interviews. The goal of Aims Community College is
to enhance the diversity present in the district we serve. To comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, if hired, you will
be required to provide documents within three (3) business days of hire date to show your identity and your authorization to work. This law
applies to all persons hired.

Screening/Selection:

To be considered, please provide a thorough and complete
application. Initial screening will be conducted by a committee based on completed application materials.

Employees in these
positions may be asked to participate in temporary assignments lasting less than nine (9) months (such as curriculum development, short term
projects, meetings and substitute duties) which could amount to additional temporary pay.

Upon hire, all positions at Aims Community
College require a criminal background check and may require industry specific screenings such as an MVR, physical and/or drug screen. Keep
in mind, a conviction does not automatically preclude candidates from being employed. The nature of a conviction will be considered relative
to the duties of the position.