DEPARTMENT: Academic Programs - Mathematics

POSITION LOCATION: Durham, NC or Morganton, NC

NCSSM employees are generally required to live within a 2-hour commuting distance of the assigned duty station.

POSITION NUMBER: 65018825

POSTING DATE: Tuesday, December 6, 2022

CLOSING DATE: Open until filled - priority consideration to applications received prior to December 31, 2022

POSITION TYPE: 12-month, EHRA SAAO II, FLSA Exempt, 1.0 FTE

HIRING SALARY: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Dean of Mathematics Profile

NCSSM and Academic Programs foster an environment of collaboration across departments and divisions and support community-engaged service and research. NCSSM is proud of the diversity of its student body, and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for this position. NCSSM is an equal-opportunity and affirmative-action employer, and we are strongly committed to increasing faculty and staff diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you are an individual with disabilities requiring accommodations in the application and interview process, please contact us at hr@ncssm.edu.

Description of Duties:

Leadership Across NCSSM-Durham, NCSSM-Morganton and NCSSM-Online

Create a “one-school” culture. Engage in and accomplish NCSSM’s Strategic Plan. Create and make informed decisions using programmatic, faculty and curriculum assessment. Facilitate and lead NCSSM’s movement toward interdisciplinary coursework and experiences, including connections among all STEM areas, the arts, and humanities across the three campuses. Provide vision and leadership to the mathematics area across our Durham, Morganton and Online campuses.

Oversee and lead equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives in the Mathematics department across our Durham and Morganton campuses and our Online program. Evaluate and improve departmental and summer programs while streamlining processes and procedures. Administer the department's State and Foundation budgets while helping to develop donor relationships. Collaborate with internal and external constituents to lead all Mathematics operations. Travel and weekend work are required.

Enrollment, Master Schedule, Courses, and Programs

Oversee and lead a master schedule that optimizes courses across NCSSM-Durham, NCSSM-Morganton and NCSSM-Online to include some offerings in a hybrid model across programs, including coordinating the department’s January-Term offerings, new courses and interdisciplinary offerings, the annual revision of the NCSSM course catalog including course descriptions, prerequisites, and meeting patterns. Develop and coordinate professional development opportunities across the campuses to enrich faculty and staff expertise in the implementation of innovative pedagogy, the use of technology, or other institution-wide topics.

Ensure academic clubs, forums, competitions and other academic experiences are inclusive of NCSSM-Durham, NCSSM-Morganton and NCSSM-Online. Support department chairs with the Summer Research and Innovation Program (SRIP) process, as well as NCSSM summer transition programs.

Personnel

Responsible for supervising departmental chairs and administrative associates across NCSSM-Durham and NCSSM-Morganton. Responsibilities include: approving time worked and approved leave, monitoring supervisees' annual performance goals, work plans, and evaluations. Conduct classroom observations of new faculty and faculty on improvement plans. Assist with new faculty and staff orientation through training, when needed. Develop across campus professional development opportunities at the institution, discipline, and departmental levels, when appropriate. Assist the chairs with hiring new departmental faculty and staff. Support nominations for NCSSM and external awards for faculty and staff, in collaboration with the chairs.

Budget and Purchasing

Administer all annual budgets for State, Foundation, and other departmental accounts. Work with departmental Program Associate to monitor and manage departmental or discipline budgets and to share regular updates with the chairs. Approve purchase requests. Identify departmental needs across NCSSM-Durham, NCSSM-Morganton and NCSSM-Online and advocate for funding to meet those needs. Work with the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer of Morganton to create a recurring budget for the department including supplies, materials, textbook, curriculum development, special projects, and summer programs for NCSSM Morganton.

Administrative Coordination and Communication

Attend meetings representing the Academic Programs division across NCSSM-Durham, NCSSM-Morganton and NCSSM-Online (Deans and Vice Chancellor, Instructional Council, Deans and Chairs, Deans and Registrars, Institutional Advancement, BOT Meetings, Foundation Board Meetings, Deans and Faculty Senate Officers, etc.) and serve on committees (e.g., Hiring, Strategic Planning, Accreditation, and Calendar). Assist with the coordination and delivery of in-service events, including Family Day, admissions events, and professional development activities. Coordinate with other departments and divisions (Facilities, Business Office, Student Life, Counseling, HR, Extended Learning, etc.) to ensure the delivery of academic programs. Keep departmental leaders informed about important school news, initiatives, deadlines, etc. Deliver formal presentations, including presentations to the Board of Trustees, Foundation Board, and Admissions events (Open Houses, Discovery Days, Welcome Days, etc.). Promote engagement and outreach activities specific to the department or disciplines. Serve as the final decision-maker for faculty, parents, students and prospective student concerns by acknowledging, researching and responding to the concern or issue.

NCSSM-Online Program

Lead and oversee online responsibilities. Examples include: Online Welcome, Online Orientation, Summer Scholar Development Course, Online Family Day, Online Weekends, Online Recognition Ceremony, Online Courses, Online Courses, Online Catalog, Online Master Schedules, Online Staffing, Online Purchasing, Online Communications, Online Student Support, Online Clubs, Online Competitions, Online Parents and Families, Online TAs and Tutoring, etc.

Instructional Duties

Teach one course per academic year.

Perform other job duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Secondary or postsecondary academic work; Best practices in 9-12+ educational pedagogy, techniques, trends, and issues nationally
• Google Suite, Zoom/Google Meet, Microsoft Office Professional or similar applications and effective use of meeting and instructional technology

Skilled in:

• Thinking strategically, effectively analyzing data, and implementing data-informed decisions
• Managing conflict in a positive manner
• Fact finding, analysis, and problem solving
• Motivating direct reports to attain organizational, institutional and departmental goals
• Ensuring attention to detail while maintaining effective time and task management
• Communicating effectively across NCSSM-Durham, NCSSM-Morganton and NCSSM-Online

Ability to:

• Manage transformational initiatives and transactional tasks
• Establish ownership of areas of responsibility with an aptitude to anticipate and proactively implement tasks while identifying areas of improvement, efficiencies, and solutions
• Create a “one-school” culture
• Make institution-wide decisions that have NCSSM-Durham, NCSSM-Morganton and NCSSM-Online in mind
• Adapt to a changing environment while paying critical attention to details
• Demonstrate a high level of professionalism, initiative, resourcefulness, and personal accountability
• Interact in a positive manner with diverse constituents including students, faculty, staff, and the public while upholding the intent and integrity of NCSSM policies and procedures
• Effectively communicate verbally and in writing on a regular basis with internal and external constituents, build relationships, manage expectations and take responsibility for a high level of service
• Accurately manage multiple budgets across NCSSM-Durham, NCSSM-Morganton and NCSSM-Online
• Lead with strong instructional leadership skills including experience in curriculum development
• Develop, maintain, interpret, and execute administrative procedures and practices
• Provide direction in the design, development and administration of institution wide campus programs and operations to achieve established strategic plan goals.

Minimum Education and Experience:

Masters degree in mathematics or related field and seven years of related experience, to include experience supervising faculty, teaching experience, curriculum development experience, and five years of leadership experience (i..e, department chair or similar experience).

When applying, please submit a cover letter, CV, and statement of leadership philosophy.