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Director, Continuing Education & Business Solutions

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Lincoln Land Community College

Location: Springfield, Illinois
Category: Admin-Adult And Continuing Education Programs
Date Posted: September 26, 2024

Job Description

Quick Link

https://llcc.peopleadmin.com/postings/7850

Position Title

Director, Continuing Education & Business Solutions

Full Time or Part Time

Full Time

Months Worked Per Year

12

Hours Worked Per Week

40

Work Schedule

Monday – Friday 8AM-5PM. This position will be located at LLCC-Medical District.

Remote Work Availability

No

Job Description Summary

Shape the Future of Professional Growth: LLCC Seeks a Dynamic Director to Lead Continuing Education & Business Solutions!

This position will be responsible for:

the development, management, growth, and evaluation of programming that addresses the evolving professional development needs of District 526 businesses, organizations, and residents.
setting the strategic direction to position LLCC as the go-to regional provider of business/industry solutions and upskilling.
Conducting needs assessments and research to identify, develop, and manage professional development programs and services for District 526 and recommend training and service solutions for LLCC to provide and promote. This includes working with academic departments and community partners to find skilled instructors and quality curriculum, negotiating contracts with service providers, and creating competitive proposals and contracts.

Starting salary is likely to be between $68,497 and $90,869 per year with an excellent benefits package. The person hired into this position will be placed within this range based on education, training, experience, and skills.

As an administrator at LLCC, you can look forward to 23 paid holidays a year, including 2 weeks at the end of the calendar year and one week in March for mid-semester break; 12 Fridays off in the summer; and 2 personal days, 15 sick days, and 20 vacation days per year. LLCC staff, their spouse and qualified dependent children are eligible to use the tuition waiver on credited courses. Staff can also enjoy free access to our on-campus fitness center. LLCC is a positive, team-oriented environment supportive of staff development. You can view all benefits on our website. Come join our team and experience success at LLCC!

LLCC strives to create an inclusive workplace and environment for our students, faculty, and staff. We are seeking applicants from all backgrounds and experiences to ensure we create a diverse workforce and learning environment.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in organizational leadership, business administration, instructional design, or related field. Candidates with extensive related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills, specifically Excel and Word.
Ability to solve problems and communicate analytically.
Ability to set and execute strategy to achieve organizational priorities.
Proven expertise in the development, delivery, and evaluation of professional development and facilitation services using current theories and principles of adult learning.
Proven experience with data analysis to measure program effectiveness.
Proven experience developing, implementing and evaluating customized curriculum and training programs.
Knowledge of current and emerging digital learning trends and tools.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to problem-solve, multi-task, work independently, and function professionally under pressure.
Ability to prioritize, manage, and advance multiple complex projects simultaneously.
Proven experience facilitating productive group discussions and collaborative problem-solving.
Ability to collaborate effectively and inclusively with diverse colleague, instructor and client groups.
Active professional network and familiarity with regional business and industry needs.
Available to work occasional nights and weekends.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check and drug-screen.

Preferred Qualifications

Proven experience with non-credit program curriculum development and scheduling, with emphasis on stackable credentials and certification pathways.

Position Salary

Starting salary is likely to be between $68,497 and $90,869 per year with an excellent benefits package.

Open Date

09/26/2024

Open Until Filled

Yes

Special Instructions to Applicants

This position will be open until filled; however, applications must be received on or before October 13, 2024, to be considered during the initial review window. Interviews for this position are anticipated to begin October 25 with an anticipated start date late November. Candidates selected for an interview will be asked to perform a brief 10-12 minute presentation. The topic for which will be emailed upon scheduling the interview.

If you have a college degree or credits, please upload copies of your transcripts to your application along with a cover letter and resume. Photocopies of transcripts are acceptable to be uploaded. Please redact (black out) any personal information such as age, gender and Social Security Number from your transcripts or other documents you intend to share with us before you upload them to your application.

If you do not have transcripts to upload at the time of submission, please mail them to the address below and instead upload a Word document as your transcripts that indicates you will have transcripts sent directly to us. Please contact the Human Resources office at 217-786-2752 if you have any questions.

Lincoln Land Community College

ATTN: Human Resources

P.O. Box 19256

Springfield, IL 62794

Description of Job Duty

Set the strategic direction to position LLCC as the go-to regional provider of business/industry solutions and upskilling.

Research industry trends and local landscape in partnership with AVP-Business Relations, AVP-Intuitional Research, AVP-Continuing Education and Deans.
Participate in external community and state meetings to help determine local and statewide training initiatives
Monitor and respond to changes in technology and learning trends to maintain current and relevant professional learning offerings.
Develop annual plans and submit annual reports pertaining to the growth and accomplishments of continuing education and business solutions.

Essential Duty?

Yes

Description of Job Duty

Responsible for the development of training proposals and delivery of training for business and industry ensuring appropriate needs assessments, cost recovery, and execution of agreements.

Conduct client needs assessments.
Develop revenue and cost projections and illustrations.
In partnership with instructors, develop learning objectives, training outlines and curriculum while ensuring innovative, effective and accessible content for clients.
Write contracts ensuring detailed project overview, specific deliverables, timeframes, locations, and payment terms.
Serve as project manager to execute contracts. Collaborate with other LLCC departments and external stakeholders to ascertain and implement supports needed for the success of the contract such as space, equipment, information technology, supplies, enrollment processes and billing.
Ensure consistent and pertinent client communication, follow-up and satisfaction.
Move leads from prospective to client status.
Record and monitor customized training metrics.
Manage the colleges account with the IL Procurement Gateway, renewing it each year, reviewing opportunities and submitting bids.

Essential Duty?

Yes

Description of Job Duty

Research, plan, build, deliver, and revise professional development open enrollment programs and services to meet the needs of District 526 businesses, organizations and residents.

Research and recommend open enrollment professional development programming that is aligned with student and local workforce needs.
Assess institutional capacity for offering programming with LLCC resources such as faculty, IT, and facilities versus use of an educational partner.
Submit quarterly/semester schedules according to production timeline.
Oversee development and instructional design of workshops, courses, certificates and other offerings aligned with industry needs.
In partnership with deans and faculty, develop professional development offerings by combining competencies from various courses into innovative, non-credit programs with defined learning outcomes.
Coordinate with other staff as needed to ensure proper awards of CEUs when relevant.
Responsible for the creation of assessments and analysis of professional development offerings.
Oversee file storage and management for all professional development offerings.
Coordinate with other departments in the development of competency based training and prior learning assessment when appropriate.

Essential Duty?

Yes

Description of Job Duty

Recruit, vet, hire, train, and manage a diverse bench of facilitators and subject matter experts to lead professional learning events and develop curriculum.

Provide instructor oversight to ensure best practices that promote participant engagement and support the acquisition of new skills and knowledge.
Liaise with deans and faculty.
Build and maintain relationships with external training partners

Essential Duty?

Yes

Description of Job Duty

Assist in the development and execution of grant initiatives related to continuing and workforce training.

Essential Duty?

Yes

Description of Job Duty

In collaboration with PRM, coordinate the promotion of professional development courses/programs through appropriate methods including community presentations, radio and TV interviews, special events, written articles, etc.

Essential Duty?

Yes

Description of Job Duty

Manage partnerships with external training providers ensuring timely contracts, relevant programming, proper website placement.

Essential Duty?

Yes

Description of Job Duty

Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Duty?

No

Description of Job Duty

Assist in the college planning and assessment program by developing annual work unit objectives that impact long-range priority goals.

Essential Duty?

No

Require Applicants to submit references for this position?

Yes

Minimum number of references

3

Applicant Special Instructions

Please provide the names of three people with whom you have worked or trained who have knowledge of your work-related abilities. Relatives are not acceptable references. Please include at least one current or previous supervisor.

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