Department Head – Business and Legal Studies

Southwest Tennessee Community College is a comprehensive, multicultural, public, open—access college. Southwest has four campuses/centers from which it offers over 100 programs and over 20 technical certificate programs.

We foster student success, transform lives, and increase the educational level of a growing community in Shelby County. Southwest is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

We invite you to become a part of the Southwest Team!

Title: Department Head – Business and Legal Studies

Employee Classification: Faculty

Institution: Southwest Tennessee Community College

Department: Business & Technologies

Campus Location: SWTCC - Multiple Campus Locations

Job Summary

This is a full-time, 12-month tenure-track, faculty appointment with management and supervisory responsibilities as the Department Chair of Business & Legal Studies. This department includes Accounting, Administrative Technology Professional, Criminal Justice, Hospitality, and Paralegal Studies programs. The Department Head provides leadership, management, planning, and advocacy for faculty and programs within the unit.

Job Duties

• Plans and maintains departmental budgets for the effective operation of the academic programs supervised. Plans and participates in ABA, ACBSP, ACF, and SACSCOC accreditation reporting and supervise academic audit assessments. Works with businesses and industries, as required, to ensure that programs are teaching the latest requirements to meet the employer's needs. Recruits and maintains a viable advisory committee. Evaluates faculty and staff; makes recommendations for promotion and tenure. Initiates and processes paperwork for advertising and hiring full-time and adjunct faculty. Teaches one course each semester in the discipline(s) he or she is qualified. Collaborates with other Southwest divisions to ensure that the needs of the students associated with your department are met. This includes active attendance of college committee meetings, participation in college wide events, recruiting efforts, and faculty development activities. May perform other duties as assigned.
• Plans and participates in ABA, ACBSP, ACF, and SACSCOC accreditation reporting and supervise academic audit assessments.
• Works with businesses and industries, as required, to ensure that programs are teaching the latest requirements to meet the employer's needs. Recruits and maintains a viable advisory committee.
• Evaluates faculty and staff; makes recommendations for promotion and tenure.
• Initiates and processes paperwork for advertising and hiring full-time and adjunct faculty.
• Teaches one course each semester in the discipline(s) he or she is qualified.
• Collaborates with other Southwest divisions to ensure that the needs of the students associated with your department are met.
  • This includes active attendance of college committee meetings, participation in college wide events, recruiting efforts, and faculty development activities.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree (MA, MS or MBA) in any of the following areas: Accounting, Business Administration or Management, Criminal Justice,
• Hospitality, Paralegal Studies or higher education administration.
  
• Five (5) years full-time teaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in higher education administration.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for students and the measurement of training effects.
  
• Ability to lead strategic planning, Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) accreditation review, and assessment in the interest of promoting academic program excellence.
  
• Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintain them over time.
  
• Excellent written and verbal skills, including the ability to master complex issues and convey information clearly for varied audiences; and an ability to develop and communicate goals in support of the college' mission.

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