Executive Director, Community Engagement and Continuing Education

Compensation

$91,607.00 Annual

Job Description Summary

Santa Fe College was established by the Florida legislature in 1985 to offer wide access to quality higher education. Since then, the college has established programs and services that fulfill its mission of educational opportunity, responsiveness to the community, economic development, and innovation in the public interest. Santa Fe College is a comprehensive public institution of higher education that adds value to the lives of our students and enriches our community through excellence in teaching and learning, innovative educational programs and student services, and community leadership and service.

Reporting to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Executive Director for Community Engagement and Continuing Education is a key player in the College’s outward-facing community programs and initiatives. The Executive Director represents the College in local and regional workgroups, task forces, and boards to ensure that the College is an effective partner in meeting local needs and in creating pathways for SF employees to engage in the community. Additionally, the Executive Director provides leadership and strategic direction for the corporate, continuing, community, and adult education programs, conferencing and workshop activities, as well as the Center for Innovation and Economic Development (CIED) and associated incubator and entrepreneur-related activities. As the individual responsible for the success of continuing education, the Executive Director is expected to maintain strong relationships with local government, community, business, and industry partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities and Duties Include:

• Provides direct oversight for staff in Corporate Education, Community Education, Adult Education, Conferences and Workshops, and the Center for Innovation and Economic Development.

• Serves as an integral member in engaging SF with local communities in Alachua and Bradford Counties by establishing and maintaining strategic connections with community organizations, government entities, nonprofits, businesses, and educational partners.

• Leads and actively participates in community projects that supports the college’s educational mission and strategic plan and elevates the college’s reputation as a valuable community partner.

• Establishes, catalogs, and disseminates opportunities for college employees to engage with the community through volunteer service, service on committees and task forces, speaking engagements, and other opportunities.

• Maintains an inventory of employee community service including volunteer activities and board membership, and reports this regularly to internal and external stakeholders.

• Serves as a resource for faculty who want to utilize service-based learning in both curricular and co-curricular activities

• Provides thoughtful leadership and develops metrics that monitors and ensures community engagement is aligned with the College’s mission and strategic plan.

• Leads the efforts to expand relevant, high-quality corporate education (including custom-fit and contract training), continuing education (including professional licensure preparation and continuing professional education), community education (including lifelong learning), and adult education (including adult basic education and English for Speakers of Other Languages) programs and offerings.

• Oversees and provides strategic guidance to the Center for Innovation and Economic Development, including business incubation and entrepreneurship development activities.

• Manages and grows the facilities at the CIED to ensure users have access to high tech meeting, workshop, and seminar space that is convenient, comfortable, and affordable.

• Develops and maintains relationships with community and industry partners to determine workforce needs that can be met through non-credit programs.

• Obtains labor market and talent demand data, translating that data into meaningful information that creates workforce development and continuing education strategies.

• Oversees the development of responsive, customized workforce solutions for area businesses, industry partners, and regional economic development efforts, collaborating closely with academic department chairs to achieve appropriate programmatic alignment.

• Creates educational pathways from non-credit to credit programs in cooperation with partners and academic departments.

• Leads efforts to increase the number of businesses and industry partners participating in contract and/or customized training with the college.

• Oversees the development of responsive community education programs and