Executive Vice President for Programs

Salary : $103,228.00 - $154,842.00 Annually

Location : Flat Rock, NC

Job Type : Full-time Staff

Job Number : 2025-7

Division : President's Division

Opening Date : 01 / 22 / 2025

FLSA : Exempt

Description

Review of applications will begin on February 5, and the position will remain open until filled.

The Executive Vice President for Programs leads members of the Executive Leadership Team in a seamless collaboration that ensures the college provides access to higher education while ensuring strategic programming is aligned with regional priorities, ensuring accountability, providing the necessary workforce for the region and a coordinated effort of recruitment and retention of students in Henderson and Transylvania counties.

Why it's Important

The Blue Ridge team is excited by every opportunity to be creative, innovative, and engaging. We do this by working alongside our Staff and Faculty to ensure we provide a modern, technologically advanced institution for the community. We are here to support our students to ensure they reach their highest potential. Our team engages with the community to ensure that we are consistently meeting standards and then rising above them. Guiding students along their educational journey is our calling and we are looking for like-minded teammates to help us serve our community. Whether a student is entering the workforce for the first time, transferring to a four-year institution, entering a new profession, or just expanding their knowledge, we are here to provide the necessary tools to accomplish all their goals. Working together, no elevation is too high, and no summit is unreachable

Examples of Duties

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Leads the following service areas : Curriculum Instruction (degree); Economic & Workforce Development and Continuing Education (degree and non-degree); Student Services; and Research and Institutional Effectiveness.
• Leads service areas in the implementation of the college's strategic plan.
• Allocates new and existing resources in support of the college's strategic goals
• Remains well-informed of current occupational trends and employs data analytics to assess student success initiatives
• Maintains a climate that encourages the development and retention of competent personnel, a high level of morale, and the pursuit of excellence
• Supervises and evaluates the vice presidents of Instruction, Economic & Workforce Development / Continuing Education, and Student Services, and the Director of Research & Institutional Effectiveness.
• Ensures program accountability and maintains accreditation standards in all programs, and serves as the accreditation liaison for the College
• Facilitates communication and collaboration across college and campus functions to avert organizational silos
• Coordinates and administers College's grant activities
• Maintains effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students, colleagues, community leaders, and other institutions of higher learning
• Represents the College at various events, businesses, community organizations, and chamber functions
• Serves on local, system-wide, or state-wide boards or committees

Qualifications

Education

Master's degree

Experience

Ten years combination of administrative and teaching experience with progressive levels of responsibility in at least one of the services areas to be supervised in a higher education environment; and demonstrated experience in comprehensive student success efforts

S kills and the Know-How

Preferences :

Doctorate in Education or relevant field

Experience in a comprehensive community college with multiple campuses; senior level leadership in more than one of the service areas to be supervised.

Additional Information

Applicants must attach a cover letter and resume or CV to their application.

General Benefits

State Health Plan

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

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Supplemental Benefits

Cancer Benefits : Colonial Life Accident Benefits : Colonial Life

Medical Bridge Benefits : Colonial Life Dental Insurance : Sun Life

Vision Insurance : Superior Disability Benefits : Colonial Life Critical Illness Benefits : Colonial Life

Telemedicine (Direct Billing Only) : Call A Doctor Plus

Identity Theft Shield & Life Events Legal Plan (Direct Billing Only) : Legal Shield

Pet Insurance (Direct Billing Only) : Nationwide

Life Insurance

Sustainable Campus

We Recycle!

The College recycles aluminum, glass, paper, cardboard, and plastics. (#1-5)

As a certified Bee Campus we are committed to raising awareness of the important role pollinator's play in our communities and to creating pollinator friendly habitats on our campus.

You will find water bottle filling stations in every building!

Adopt a Highway" events take place each year for employees to volunteer.

Employee Wellness Program

The purpose of the Wellness Committee is to coordinate the College's wellness program and plan wellness activities for College employees.

All employees are encouraged to participate in the monthly Wellness events put on by our Wellness Committee. Full-Time employees will be awarded wellness points as well as prizes for Wellness activities they participate in throughout the year. The employee with the most points earned at the end of the year will win the Wellness Award along with a monetary prize.

Enjoy your Holidays Off

Labor Day

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Holiday : 2 days-Thursday and Friday

Christmas Holidays : December 24th-December 31st

New Year's : January 1st

Martin Luther King

Easter Holiday- Good Friday

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Summer Time Schedule

Enjoy a 3 Day weekend during the Summer! The summer 4 - day work week will begin in May and will end in July. The hours of operation will be 7 : 30 am - 5 : 30 pm Monday - Thursday. Off on Friday!

Do you have at minimum a Master's degree?

Do you have ten years of a combination of administrative and teaching experience with progressive levels of responsibility in at least one of the service areas to be supervised in a higher education environment; and demonstrated experience in comprehensive student success efforts?

Required Question

Salary : $103,228 - $154,842