Dean for Institutional Effectiveness

Job Title: Dean for Institutional Effectiveness

Job ID: 29960

Location: LaGuardia Community College

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

POSITION DETAILS

Founded in 1971 in Long Island City, Queens, LaGuardia Community College is one of seven community colleges of the City University of New York/CUNY. LaGuardia offers more than sixty associate degree and certificate programs, as well as dozens of workforce training, ESOL, GED, and pre-college programs. In 2023, LaGuardia served approximately 25,000 students. More than one-third of our degree-seeking students were born outside of the United States, coming to LaGuardia from 136 countries and speaking forty-three heritage languages. More than half are first-generation college students. Sixty-nine percent live in Queens; the rest live in Brooklyn and beyond. Approximately two-thirds of our degree students receive financial aid. Since forty-five percent of them identify as Hispanic, the US Department of Education has designated LaGuardia a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Please visit www.laguardia.edu to learn more.

Reporting to the President, the Dean for Institutional Effectiveness is charged with leading college assessment, accreditation, operational effectiveness, and continuous improvement. The Dean responds to internal and external requests for information; tracks institutional performance against a wide range of benchmarks; conducts research and analysis to support planning, enrollment management, program review, and assessment; and synthesizes and communicates findings. The Dean plays a key role in the college's strategic planning process, and is responsible for the college’s Middle States Commission on Higher Education periodic accreditation, including our Self-Study Report. The Dean manages the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. 

In addition, the Dean:

• Works collaboratively with college leadership on assessment, including general institutional effectiveness, the monitoring of student learning outcomes and career success, and the tracking and analysis of NYC labor market conditions;
• Provides leadership in establishing a comprehensive, institution-wide program of self-assessment involving program review and outcomes assessment; Integrates program review and outcomes assessment into institutional planning efforts and reaccreditation processes and reports;
• Designs and oversees the college’s administrative and educational support units' planning and assessment;
• Designs and administers periodic surveys of students, faculty, and staff, and analyzes results;
• Conducts research and policy analyses to support to institutional planning, policy, and decision-making needs across all divisions of the college;
• Communicates relevant, timely, accurate, and actionable institutional data to administrators and the college community;
• Prepares digital, written and oral presentations to communicate research findings to the college community and external constituencies;
• Monitors the extent to which research findings are accessed and used by college constituents in order to ensure broad dissemination and promote data-driven decision making;
• Works collaboratively with senior communication staff to create on-going, media-savvy communication of relevant research findings;
• Provides leadership in identifying and understanding emerging internal and external issues and significant environmental changes, representing opportunities and challenges for LaGuardia;
• Maintains compliance of policies and reporting requirements of external agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Education, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and other accreditation bodies;
• Provides data and analyses in response to specific requests and needs of college offices and departments;
• Maintains data sources for information necessary for grant proposals, summary reports to external funders, and support for faculty scholarship;
• Administers and analyzes numerous annual nationally-ranked assessment instruments;
• Prepares annual Institutional Profile;
• Participates in institutional research professional organizations and keeps abreast of national, state, and local educational issues;
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS

This position is in CUNY's Executive Compensation Plan.  All executive positions require a minimum of a Bachelor's degree and eight years' related experience.

The successful candidate will demonstrate significant familiarity and accomplishment with strategic planning, including evaluation of programs that promote student retention and success. Candidates should have knowledge that includes methodologies of evaluation, assessment, survey research, statistics, and data analysis. Expertise with assessment tools and techniques, survey research methods, statistical and database management software packages, and the dynamics of strategic planning and accreditation is required.

Proven understanding of innovative techniques of data management, analysis, and dissemination across a complex organization, and success and leading a team of higher education research experts. Strong organizational skills analytical, and communication skills, and the ability to work with complex computer information systems are essential.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

A Master's degree with at least eight (8) years of related experience is preferred. 

CUNY TITLE

Dean

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

$150,000 - $170,000

Salary commensurate with education and experience.

CUNY's benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development.  We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off.  Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.

HOW TO APPLY

Visit www.cuny.edu, access the employment page, log in or create a new user account, and search for this vacancy using the Job ID or Title.  Select "Apply Now" and provide the requested information. 

Candidates must attach a resume, cover letter, and three professional references (name, title, organization, and contact information).

CLOSING DATE

April 16th 2025

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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