Associate Dean for Student Success and Outreach, College of the Arts (Current CSU Only)

Position: Associate Dean for Student Success and Outreach, College of the Arts  (Current CSU Only)
Effective Date: On or about July 1, 2026
Classification: Administrator III
Salary Range: The Administrator III (12-Month) classification salary is $82,692 - $265,428/per year. The anticipated hiring range may be up to $163,000 per year, commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Reports To: Dean, College of the Arts
Application: Review of applications to begin April 28, 2026. Position open until filled (or recruitment canceled).

California State University, Long Beach
College of the Arts

The mission of the College of the Arts (COTA) is to provide a dynamic, contemporary learning environment that honors and examines tradition, embraces, and cultivates diversity, inspires invention and innovation, and strives for and is recognized for excellence. Our faculty of artists, educators, performers, and scholars is committed to challenging students intellectually, creatively, and professionally, while encouraging them to find and to enrich their individual artistic voices. The College produces and brings to our community the highest level of art and design in making, teaching, scholarship, and public engagement in the form of concerts, exhibitions and installations, films, performances, publications, emerging media, creative consultations, travel opportunities, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

COTA at California State University, Long Beach is California’s largest and most comprehensive publicly funded school for the arts, with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It includes the Departments of Cinematic Arts, Dance, Design, and Theatre Arts, as well as the School of Art, the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, and the Carpenter Performing Arts Center (CPAC).

About the Position

The CSULB College of the Arts (COTA) welcomes applications for a college-level administrative position focusing on student success. The Associate Dean for Student Success and Outreach position provides strategic direction and guidance on the deployment and utilization of existing and new CSU and campus educational policies and procedures to achieve a high-quality, supportive, and inclusive educational environment. The incumbent in this position also leads process improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness, and they serve as a co-chair of COTA’s Strategic Planning Committee. The Associate Dean of Student Success and Outreach also employs project management skills to facilitate operational educational objectives and generates and oversees required statistical data and budgeting in collaboration with the Dean, the Associate Dean of Faculty, Curriculum and Instruction, and the Administrative Services Manager of the College.

Required Qualifications: 

• Ph.D. or terminal degree in an academic field
• Earned tenure at the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor, with successful university faculty experience and a record of teaching, service, and scholarly/creative activity appropriate for a tenured appointment at the Associate Professor or Full Professor rank in one of the six instructional departments/schools in the College of the Arts (art, cinematic arts, dance, design, music, and theatre arts).
• Experience working in higher education administration and/or leadership at the department level or higher
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive excellence and a strong commitment to excellence in innovation in student learning, including demonstrated success and/or expertise in educating a diverse student population

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to lead in a dynamic, cross-disciplinary environment through shared governance and consultative decision making as part of a team to set long-term objectives, goals, and priorities
• Demonstrated experience managing fiscal resources
• Demonstrated experience with data and statistical analysis in higher education
• Demonstrated experience implementing academic policies and procedures related to undergraduate and/or graduate education
• Demonstrated experience in graduate studies, enrollment management, academic advising, internships, admissions initiatives, and/or student mentoring in higher education
• Demonstrated experience in supporting professional and leadership development among staff and faculty
• Demonstrated evidence of successful outreach and relationship building between higher education and K-12 institutions.
• Demonstrated evidence