Associate Dean of Campus Operations

Details:

Posted: July 29, 2025
Level: Management / Confidential, Manager 2
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Closing Date: The committee will begin review of applications immediately. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 pm (EST) on Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Location:

CT State Tunxis
271 Scott Swamp Road Farmington, CT 06032
**This position is not remote**
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CT State Community College Mission:

Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities, and industries it serves.

CT State Community College Vision:

Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership, and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational, and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut’s citizens and communities.

CT State Community College Equity Statement:

Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date: 

October 2025

Position Summary:

The Associate Dean of Campus Operations oversees the day-to-day campus environment and provides leadership, general direction, and administration of the campus's facilities, maintenance and custodial services, financial support services, information technology services, emergency preparedness, and auxiliary services (e.g., campus security, campus bookstore, food services). He/she assists the President/CEO in managing the overall budget and serves as a liaison with appropriate local, State, and College officials.

Example of Job Duties:

Under the direction of the President, the Associate Dean of Campus Operations is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the campus through effective performance in these essential duties:

• Budget and Fiscal Management
  • Accountable for assisting with managing the campus budget and collaborating with the College to ensure efficient and effective performance of the campus.
• Facilities and Capital Planning and Management
  • Accountable for the safe and efficient operation of the campus buildings, equipment, and grounds, and developing plans and capital budgets for the campus's future facilities needs. 
• Campus Operations
  • Accountable for the safe and reliable operation of the campus's facilities, equipment, and utilities.
• Emergency Preparedness and Security
  • Accountable for campus safety and security and campus-wide emergency preparedness.
• Business and Auxiliary Operations
  • Accountable for managing the services associated with business and auxiliary operations.
• Consulting and Advisement
  • Accountable for consulting and advising with the President/CEO and serving as a liaison within the College.

This posting includes qualifications, experience, and skills, but is not limited to the full specifications stated in the job description.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's degree in an appropriate field with five (5) or more years of experience in higher education or academic administration, which includes three (3) years of experience in the supervision of the work of others or a combination of education, training, and experience that would lead to the competencies required for
successful performance of the position's essential duties.

Incumbents are required to have demonstrated advanced knowledge and abilities in the following: 

• Budget and fiscal management.
• Facilities and Capital Planning and Management.
• Campus Operations and Security.
• Higher education administration.
• Supervision and training.

Candidates must possess proven ability to effectively work with culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse faculty, staff, and students. They are expected to have excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills along with strong Information technology literacy skills such as Microsoft