Director Of Adult Education

Owensboro Community & Technical College 

Job Title

Director of Adult Education (Mgr. III Adult Education, AEAEM3)

Department

Workforce Solutions

Job Category

Staff

FLSA

Exempt

College Name

Owensboro Community & Technical College 

Job Type

Band 11

Location

Owensboro, KY

Work Months

12-month /grant funded

College Overview: 
Owensboro Community and Technical College is a three-campus institution located along the Ohio River in Western Kentucky.  OCTC is one of sixteen institutions in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and awards certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees in liberal arts and technical education. To learn more about OCTC, please visit https://owensboro.kctcs.edu/ and to learn more about Owensboro and the surrounding area, you may visit https://visitowensboro.com.

Benefits:
Owensboro Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary:
The Director of Adult Education provides overall leadership, management, and supervision of all personnel, programming, operations, and curriculum planning for adult education programming across OCTC adult education sites and services. Primary services include GED-preparation, English proficiency, workforce preparation, and college/career transitions. In addition, the director establishes and develops external partnerships for increased adult education programming in collaboration within businesses and organizations. Position is grant funded and continuation is contingent upon future funding.

Job Duties:

• Provide administrative leadership for OCTC's adult education programming, including personnel management, budget/grant management and reporting, program delivery, and related program resources to meet funder-driven program goals.
• Ensure adherence to all KCTCS and funding agencies' operational and administrative requirements including accurate and timely budgetary reporting and data management.
• Provide direction and oversight for student recruitment and retention activities across all programming.
• Develop partnerships and programs to meet student needs including researching and securing additional external funding to ensure program growth and sustainability, serving as the program liaison to promote the college's adult education services to the community at large, and collaborating with other agencies and service organizations for recruitment purposes and to leverage resources.
• Manage and develop staff. 

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Education, Administration, Counseling, Student Services, Academic Leadership, or related field is required.
• Three (3) years of relevant work experience required. 
• Three (3) years of Project Management required.
• Two (2) years of supervisory experience is required. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD degree in Education, Administration, Counseling, Student Services, Academic Leadership is preferred. 
• Five (5) years of relevant work experience is preferred. 
• Four (4) years of supervisory experience is preferred. 
• Experience working with under-skilled or at-risk youth or adult populations. 

Application Process:

Applicants must complete and submit:

• Online application.
• Cover letter.
• Resume.
• Copy of all college transcripts.
• Kentucky State Law requires state and national pre-employment background checks as a condition of employment.
• Positions are based on a term-contract, with the expectancy of continuance based on performance. 

Application Deadline: 

Only applicants selected for an interview will be notified. The search may be extended if additional candidates are needed.