Department:  Instruction              
Reports To:  Vice President of Instruction
Campus:  District               
 
Job Summary:  Provides academic and fiscal leadership for the assigned group of academic disciplines, to include; planning, evaluating, & development functions.
 
Minimum Required Education:
Master’s degree; or a combination of experience and education that yields the required knowledge, skills, and abilities                
 
Minimum Required Experience:

• Five years teaching experience
• Five years working as a division director, departmental chairperson, or equivalent

Required Abilities:

• Ability to be detail-oriented.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.  
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to build relationships with leaders in the communities served by Hill College.
• Ability to lead and manage change.  
• Ability to make or influence decisions.
• Ability to mediate and resolve conflict.  
• Ability to embrace and manage diversity.
• Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and multi-task with minimal supervision.  
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to develop and execute plans.
• Ability to contribute and present innovative ideas for new curricula and program development.
• Ability to generate auxiliary revenue and/or write federal grants.
• Ability to operate a personal computer and other standard computing equipment. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of all information.
• Ability to articulate and support the values and Code of Conduct of Hill College.  
• Ability to interpret and abide by the policies and procedures of Hill College

Required Skills:

• Demonstrated customer service skills.
• Demonstrated organization skills.  
• Demonstrated supervisory, management, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated skills in occupational analysis or labor market forecasting.

Required Knowledge:

• Working knowledge of financial data and budgets.
• Working knowledge of strategic and tactical planning and implementation
• Working knowledge of both THECB and SACS guidelines relating to faculty credentials, curriculum services, and evaluation of services.
• Working knowledge of educational foundations.
• Working knowledge of a core discipline sufficient to exercise broad intellectual leadership.
• Working knowledge of the Hill College vision and mission.             

Essential Job Functions:

• Plans, develops, implements, maintains, and evaluates the Pathway’s instructional programs and processes.
• Provides leadership for the evaluation and review of existing curriculum and the development and adoption of new programs and courses within the Pathway.
• Assists in the supervision and preparation of college catalogs, and other publications relating to programs Hill College offers.
• Plans, evaluates, and supervises faculty loads in the assigned Pathway.  
• Provides innovative and practical suggestions to faculty regarding instructional design, development, and delivery.
• Directs the orientation of new faculty.
• Recommends selection of and dismissal of faculty as well as other members of instructional staff to the Vice President of Instruction.   
• Provides overall leadership, direction, fiscal insight, and mentoring for support staff.
• Administers a program of supervision, including appropriate standards and controls, for teaching services.
• Conducts and maintains a comprehensive system of instructional evaluations.
• Responds to student complaints per Hill College Board Policy.
• Formulates and recommends annual budget requests. Responsible for operating within the approved budget. Assists in the preparation of departmental budgets.
• Formulates and recommends policies on matters relating to the development, operation and expansion of instructional services of Hill College and of related staff functions.
• Assess, researches, and documents service area needs based on input/data from professional organizations, business and industry professionals, advisory committees, labor statistics, and Local Workforce Development boards to identify demand credit and non-credit programs.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with relevant state agencies (i.e., THECB, TWC), program advisory committees, business/industry partners, local governmental agencies (i.e., ISDs and other educational agencies) in the service area in order to identify needs and opportunities pertaining to the Hill College mission.
• Provides leadership and advocacy in the planning, implementation, and delivery of instructional design to ensure that the appropriate level of academic/workplace skills will be achieved upon completion of the program.
• Formulates, monitors, and recommends policies and procedures relating to the development, operation, and expansion of new and existing instructional programs and services of Hill College.

Other Information:

• Travel within the district area as needed.
• Security sensitive position.           

Physical Requirements:

• Sedentary/Light work; exerting up to 10 - 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.