Director
Salary Grades IV & V
Job Scope and Responsibilities
- Manages strategic program direction, design and operation
- Designs and develops solutions for major business or functional challenges
- Recommends department/program/project concept, operations and/or implementation
- Reviews, analyzes and evaluates effectiveness and recommends enhancements
- Advises other CCP leaders or supervisory-level staff in program implementation as needed
- Reports to VP, AVP, Dean or Director
- Develops and administers budgets
Leadership Responsibility:
- Directly supervises other CCP administrative employees in a designated department
AND/OR
- Represents CCP in oversight of external contractors performing projects of significant size and scope
- Negotiates agreements with external contractors
- Manages a project team through setting expectations, defining roles and evaluating outcomes
Independence / Impact
For management staff:
- Has authority for managing the work processes and staff of a department
- Accountable to division management to develop and implement strategic and operational plans for area of responsibility
- Manages department’s daily operations and human resources issues
- Designs, develops and implements appropriate organizational structure and ensures appropriate staffing and performance levels are achieved and sustained
For non-management staff:
- Develops objectives and work plans for self, consistent with the department’s objectives, and achieving and sustaining performance levels required to attain objectives
Knowledge / Skill / Competencies
- Advanced knowledge in area of specialization with broad knowledge of related areas
- Significant experience in field of expertise
- Ability to forecast and manage budgets and other resource requirements for area of responsibility
- Strong managerial and team-building skills
- Ability to motivate direct and indirect reports to achieve goals
- General understanding of College structure, policies and practices and the impact on own area
- Expertise in understanding and following project plans, including the coordination of multiple resources and activities
- Ability to coordinate interdependencies of work within the area and resources from outside the area
- Ability to exchange information and work collaboratively with colleagues within and outside of the College
Minimum Qualifications
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree, plus six or more years of directly relevant, progressively responsible expertise
- Management positions typically require experience in work leadership, supervision, or project management
- Substitution: For some positions, experience may substitute for the required education (or vice versa) on a one-year for one-year basis. A Master’s degree may substitute for work experience.
- Specific requirements for individual positions may vary