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Dean, Strategic Scheduling

Position Number: 6920565
Location: Austin, TX
Position Type: Deans - Other

Dean, Strategic Scheduling

Austin Community College

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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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