Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs

General Summary: Reporting to the Vice-President of Academic Affairs, performs professional administrative, and/or institutional support for instructional services relating to all aspects of the functioning of the Academic Affairs Office at Nashua Community College; provides leadership assistance in teaching and learning for faculty, staff and student development, as well as curriculum assessment and strategic planning through current institutional research methodology and technology.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as a member of the College’s leadership team responsible for strategic planning, fiscal management, resource development, policy setting, employee/labor relations, and overall administration of the College.
• Assists the Vice-President in the day-to-day management and administration of the academic unit of the college, including assistance in strategic planning, assessment and institutional research.
• Performs a wide range of duties related to researching, analyzing, and interpreting institutional and national data, included but not limited to designing, conducting and interpreting analytical studies in support of the college’s mission in budgeting, policy development, governance, enrollment, retention and all academic activities.
• Analyzes measures of institutional effectiveness and assists with data supported strategic planning at all levels; as required for ongoing data-guided campus decision making.
• Remains current with national and regional trends, developments and issues related to institutional research for higher education.
• Provides leadership and assistance in curriculum and program development/assessment; remains current with best practices in curriculum assessment and academic support services.
• Works with industry partners to identify current and emerging technology and market trends that will require new education and training content, workforce succession strategies and enhanced delivery options for companies and education providers that help ensure a skilled workforce; researches education and training requirements for current and future occupations.
• Tracks emerging technologies and innovative applications of existing and new technologies in the area of higher education, involving literature reviews science and engineering analysis, and assessment of performance data.
• Assists the Vice President of Academic Affairs in building and analyzing class and exam schedules for the college.
• Assists academic department heads with specialized (departmental) and all-college accreditation self-study activities.
• Performs administrative duties associated with, maintaining a safe work environment, training employees, communicating job expectations; monitoring and appraising job performance; and managing employee time and attendance in accordance with CCSNH and College policies and procedures, the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement, and state and federal regulations.
• Serves as the College’s Accreditation Liaison Officer and remains current in all matters regarding college accreditation.
• Responsible for facilitating the process of academic program review on campus.
• Represents the college in academic matters system-wide and within the communities the college serves.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational and technology workshops, participating in professional societies; participates in internal and external meetings and seminars.

• Complies with all system, college, state and federal rules and regulations.
• Performs other duties assigned by the Vice-President of Academic Affairs.

Qualifications:

Education: Master’s degree from a recognized college or university in education, higher education administration, math, English, social sciences, science, engineering, information technology, nursing, human services, business administration or related field.

Experience: Six years of