Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Education

Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Education

Salary

$66,760.00 - $70,000.00 Annually

Location

Central Campus - Uptown/Elizabeth

Job Type

Full-Time Staff

Job Number

2026-00331

Unit

AA-Arts and Sciences

Department

Arts and Humanities

Opening Date

06/30/2026

Closing Date

7/12/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

For part-time/adjunct faculty only:

N/A (not a PT faculty role)

Projected average hours of work per week:

40 (full-time)

• Description
• Benefits
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General Function

Provide academic leadership and supervision for a large and diverse portfolio of disciplines, including oversight of department programs, instructional personnel, and course scheduling. Lead program development, review, and continuous improvement efforts; evaluate and support faculty and academic leaders; and ensure appropriate resources and equipment are in place. Actively recruit, retain, and mentor faculty and staff. Provide leadership for student success initiatives, professional development, and special projects, including cross-institutional or cross-organizational efforts. Establish and maintain partnerships with external entities and support grant development and management. Coordinate across college divisions to align programs, activities, and updates, and lead outreach efforts for assigned programs.

Duties and Responsibilities

Personnel Management

• Supervise division programs, faculty, and coordinator/liaisons; assist and advise the Associate Vice President to ensure instructional excellence.
• Evaluate each direct report and serve as endorser for divisional faculty members on a yearly basis in coordination with the Associate Vice President.
• Assure that programs and courses are up to date, abreast of technology, and in compliance with state and national accreditation standards.
• Assist the Associate Vice President in supervising and supporting part-time and full-time faculty & staff.
• Participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of Professional Development opportunities and encourage personnel in division to enhance their skills by attending Professional Development seminars/workshops etc.
• Recruit, interview, and recommend the appointment of faculty, full-time and adjunct, to the Associate Vice President and provide appropriate orientation as appropriate.
• Oversee teaching schedules for divisional faculty within workload policy guidelines. At the beginning of each semester, and throughout as classes are added, notify AVP of any full-time faculty overload and all part-time contracts requiring exception.
• Resolve student grievances with instructors and classroom management, when justified.
• Facilitate the communication of divisional, departmental and/or college information to division staff and faculty, both full-time and adjunct, via meetings, emails, etc., as needed.
• Communicate faculty and staff needs to the Associate Vice President.

Program Management

• Review, evaluate, and assess departmental goals, annual plans, student learning outcomes, and course offerings periodically, facilitating innovation in curricular and instructional development in keeping with the mission and vision of the College.
• Recommend appropriate revisions to the program of study, course objectives, and other departmental program information to the Associate Vice President.
• Provides leadership for student success initiatives.
• Ensure each departmental program is in full compliance with the requirements for all types of accreditation.
• Collaborate with the Associate Deans to conduct advisory committee meetings. Maintain minutes of the advisory committees and follow through on recommendations.
• Collaborates with Associate Dean(s) to provide information pertaining to SACSCOC, Program accreditation, Academic Continuous Improvement plans, and other institutional requests.

Budget Management

• Coordinates operations within the division; participates in the development and administration of the divisional budget; forecasts and recommends funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; monitors and recommends approval of expenditures.
• Recommend departmental needs for personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, and other resources during the annual planning process to the Associate Vice President.
• At the beginning of each semester, and throughout as classes are added, notify AVP of any full-time faculty overload and all part-time contracts.

Classroom Instruction

• Provides support and direction to the Associate Dean (s) and chairs to ensure that classes are scheduled to meet student needs at all locations/times/formats; provides appropriate office support.
• Teach all assigned courses (up to 6 contact hours per academic year).

Other Services to Students

• Maintain regular, appropriate, professional communication with students.
• Assist in the recruitment and retention efforts of the College.
• Advocate and provide motivation for students.

Divisional Administrative Expectations

• Remain current in discipline and instructional methods through professional development activities offered by the College and other opportunities, including attendance at off-campus activities, webinars, etc., as approved.

• Serve on and actively contribute to college committees as assigned.

• Participate in campus activities.

• Participate in discipline, departmental, divisional, and institutional meetings and other announced co-curricular activities of the College.

• Maintain regular, professional communication within the college and affiliated industry contacts.

• professional obligations and meet the needs of the discipline, department, division, and College.

• Support all functions of the College, including compliance with all facets of the Colleges policies.

• Confers with and advises appropriate administrators; makes timely response to requests for information. Coordinates assigned instructional and administrative activities with those of other instructional divisions and outside agencies and organizations.

• Collaborates with Associate Dean(s) in the marketing of programs and program outreach and engagement activities in support of recruiting students.

• Establish and maintain partnerships with external entities

• Provide leadership for cross-institutional or cross-organizational projects.

• Support grant development and management as needed.

• Other Duties Specific to this Position

• Assist the AVP in managing the divisional budget by regularly monitoring the status of expenditures and implementing inventory control methods.

• Work with program heads to establish and maintain an effective advisory committee in support of the divisional programs

• Builds and maintains relationships with relative external agencies.

• Represents and performs other duties for the College as requested.

Central Piedmont is happy offer a comprehensive and affordable benefits package to full-time employees including:

• health care
• dental
• vision
• retirement and supplemental retirement
• flexible spending accounts (dependent care and health)
• life insurance and supplemental life insurance
• employee assistance program (for employee and family)
• short-term and long-term disability
• free parking
• holidays (12 + 2 necessity days)
• vacation (120 hours per year to start)
• sick leave (96 hours per year)
• personal days (2 days)
• voluntary shared leave
• paid parental leave (4 to 8 weeks)
• bereavement leave
• longevity pay

To learn more details, visit our Benefits page to see the Summary of Benefits.

01

Do you have a Masters Degree?

• Yes
• No

02

Are you eligible for credentialing to teach in at least one discipline within Arts, Humanities, or Education, in addition to ACA?

• Yes
• No

03

Do you have Full-time teaching experience at a community college?

• Yes
• No

04

Do you have a minimum of three years of demonstrated leadership experience at the associate dean level or higher within a community college?

• yes
• No

05

Do you have Experience managing and supervising a broad group of faculty and staff across multiple areas?

• Yes
• No

06

Have you had primary leadership responsibility for more than one academic program or discipline at the same time? (

• Yes
• No

07

Do you have experience developing or implementing strategies to recruit, support, and retain faculty?

• Yes
• No

08

Have you supervised faculty, department chairs, or academic leaders and held them accountable for performance outcomes?

• Yes
• No

09

Have you led or played a significant leadership role in cross-divisional or cross-organizational initiatives?

• Yes
• No

10

Do you have experience establishing or managing partnerships with external organizations (e.g., industry, community, or educational partners)?

• Yes
• No

11

Have you used data or performance metrics to inform decisions about improving, restructuring, or discontinuing academic programs?

• Yes
• No

12

Have you used budget or financial information to guide operational or strategic decision-making?

• Yes
• No

13

Have you led a significant organizational or academic change initiative?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer Central Piedmont Community College

Address 1201 Elizabeth Avenue

Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204

Phone 7043306631

Website http://www.cpcc.edu