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Dean for Applied Trades

Position Number: 7249855
Location: Newport, AR
Position Type: Deans - Other

Dean for Applied Trades

Location: Newport
Job Code: 408
# of Openings: 1

Dean for Applied Trades

Arkansas State University-Newport

The Dean for Applied Trades+ reports to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs/Provost and has responsibility for the coordination, oversight, and assessment of the division's programs, courses, and faculty for campuses at Newport, Marked Tree, and Jonesboro. This role supports the College's mission of providing and ensuring quality educational programs for ASUN's various constituencies. The Dean for Applied Trades+ must demonstrate strong leadership, management, and development skills to support faculty in teaching, industry partnership, and service within the departments of Culinary Arts, Commercial Driver Training, Diesel Technology, Cosmetology, Automotive Service, Esthetics and Agriculture Technology.

This position will be housed on the Newport campus but will work on all ASUN campus locations as needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Promotes, develops, and assesses quality programs that align with local industry needs.
Cultivates and maintains strong industry and community partnerships to ensure local support and demand for program graduates.
Represents the division on the Instructional Council and serves as a conduit for information to and from the other Academic Divisions, faculty, and staff.
Exercises effective administrative and management skills through collegial communication with other ASUN departments.
Actively participates in partnerships geared toward resource acquisition, support, and funding to sustain program infrastructure, growth, and sustainability.
Models effective decision-making skills through use of the principles of shared leadership through open communication.
Leads implementation of plans for assessment and improvement of student learning in the academic division, assists in accreditation efforts and oversees regular program reviews.
Oversees training facilities and coordinate appropriate safety guidelines, training, and equipment in conjunction with faculty.
Facilitates the student grievance process for issues within the division
Coordinates special events related to the division (Ag Day, Skills USA, AST Competition, etc.)
Serves on college-wide committees, special project teams, state and local committees, and community service and civic committees as needed, and acts as a professional and positive representative of the College.
Safeguards the financial health of the division by proactively monitoring, analyzing, and reviewing operating budgets, enrollment-driven revenue forecasts, and expenditures.
Exercises prudent stewardship over divisional assets, instructional resources, and capital equipment, actively mitigating financial risk and limiting institutional liability.
Identifies and pursues alternative revenue streams, including grants, corporate training, partnerships, and external funding, to supplement and maximize divisional resources.
Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
A bachelor's degree plus 5 years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master's degree preferred.
Demonstrated work with industry partnership capacity building and advisory committee development and leadership, preferably at the two-year college level.
Two years of teaching experience at the two-year college level and supervisory experience preferred.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, general public and other employees of the organization. Ability to read, analyze, and understand general business/company related articles and professional journals; Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and policy/procedure manuals; Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Ability to read, analyze, and understand common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents; Ability to respond to complex or difficult inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format; Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of known variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram formats.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Under administrative direction, setting up own standard of performance. Virtually self-supervising. Reports to senior management of the organization.

PLANNING
Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the organization and delegation of work operations for a division of employees engaged in widely diversified activities.

DECISION MAKING
Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of major
importance which would have considerable effect on the final attainment of multiple major
activities and the organization's projects of a large organization component and organization's
clientele.

MENTAL DEMAND
Comprehensive and very intense mental demand. Comprehensive and continual involvement
with multiple divisions, departments and/or organizations. Strategic and operational
management functions which relate to both the short-term and long-term time periods.

ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING
General oversight. Activities covered by general organizational philosophy and objectives.
Solving problems in novel, non-recurring or swiftly changing situations in which the approach is
not fully defined. Guidance by top executive officer or business owner.

USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS
Regular use of highly complex machines and equipment; specialized or advanced software
programs.

ACCURACY
Probable errors would normally not be detected in succeeding operations and may have serious effects in relationships with patrons and/or with the operations of other segments of the organization. Frequent possibilities of error would always exist, since the above-mentioned areas are inherent in the job.

PUBLIC CONTACT
Extensive contacts with various diversified sectors of the public environment; wherein, the contacts are of major importance and failure to exercise proper judgment can lead to substantial losses to the organization.

EMPLOYEE CONTACT
Continuous contacts frequently involving difficult negotiations which require a well-developed sense of strategy and timing. Involves contacts with senior level internal officials.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Not indicated.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Not indicated.

SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED
Advanced: Contact Management, Presentation/PowerPoint
Intermediate: Accounting, Alphanumeric Data Entry
Basic: 10-Key, Database, Enterprise Resource Planning, Payroll Systems, Spreadsheet, Word
Processing/Typing

ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE SKILLS
Not indicated.

OTHER SKILLS
Not indicated.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; frequently required to sit; and occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and depth perception.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTIFICATION
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visa at this time.

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