Director, Education Leadership Programs

Summary: The Director of Education Leadership Programs is a full-time, benefits eligible position based in the McColl School of Business Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) and in cooperation with the Cato School of Education. The position reports to the Executive Director of the Executive Leadership Institute. The Director of Education Leadership Programs is a key member of the Executive Leadership Institute team. Responsibilities include guiding and contributing to the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of programs focused on leadership in the education sector. The cornerstone program the Director is accountable for is the for-credit School Executive Leadership Academy (SELA). The Director is also accountable for not-for-credit programs delivered for education sector clients.

This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay or compensatory time off for additional hours worked. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Relationship Management – cultivate and manage relationships with key stakeholders in school districts and grantors being served. Includes being attentive to and acting on opportunities for grants from grantors.
• Business Development – growth of leadership programs in the education sector through retention and renewal of existing programs and the proposal and sale of new programs.
• Marketing and Recruitment – marketing the SELA program and populating SELA cohorts each year. Includes communications campaigns that leverage mechanisms like open houses, information nights, email, websites, social media, print collateral, phone calls, and face-to-face meetings.
• Program and Course Design – designing programs and courses that accomplish the specific learning outcomes required by and for each client. Specific accountability for keeping the five SELA courses up to date. Additionally, the designs apply adult learning principles that create best-in-class professional/leadership development experiences for program participants.
• Program and Course Delivery – providing leadership to faculty and staff in the planning and execution of tasks leading up to and in the delivery of Education Leadership programs to produce measurable results in terms of leadership effectiveness. Specific accountability where assigned as Instructor of Record for SELA courses.
• Program and Course Evaluation – delivering quality learning experiences as measured by accomplishing course and program learning outcomes/objectives and doing so with a high level of satisfaction expressed by program participants and by client organizations.
• Pricing and Contracting – assist the Executive Director in developing pricing for proposals of new business and renewals of existing programs. Also assist the Executive Director with negotiating terms, conditions, and fees with clients.
• Program Management – providing timely, objective feedback to program faculty, other instructors, and staff who assist in program design, development, and delivery.
• Operations and Administrative – As needed, assist the Executive Director and other ELI team members with preparing and administering contractual agreements, invoices, collections, program materials, and room scheduling.

Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

From time to time the Director of Education Leadership Programs may be asked to:

• Provide assistance with leadership programs that serve clients from other industry sectors (e.g., manufacturing, financial services, etc.).
• Attend meetings for or event involving McColl School of Business and/or Cato School of Education faculty and staff.
• Other duties and special projects may be assigned to meet department and university needs.

Experience, Knowledge & Skills Preferred:

• A minimum of three years’ experience as a school principal and a NC Principal Licensure.
• Masters degree required, Doctoral degree preferred.
• Detail-oriented, able to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to effectively prioritize multiple competing tasks and demands.
• Ability to deliver dynamic, relevant, and engaging professional presentations.
• Familiarity with best practices in instructional design
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal skills.
• Willingness to take initiative and work proactively.
• Willing and able to work with minimal supervision while contributing positively to a cooperative, high-functioning team.
• Competent instructional skills in both virtual and in-person settings.
• Interest and dedication to remain current in developments in the fields of education research and leadership development.

Application Process
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• A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience
• Current résumé
• Salary requirements
• Contact information for three professional references.

Applications received by February 12, 2025, will receive first consideration. Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte

Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors.

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership, Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger.

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges.

By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community.

Queens University of Charlotte aims to be a leading comprehensive university, distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living, and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end, the University recruits talented faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live, learn, and work.

Queens works to provide an accessible living, learning, and working environment for current and prospective faculty, staff, and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodations, we can provide to make your application process more accessible, please contact the Director of Human Resources (hr@queens.edu, 704-337-2297). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process.

Benefits

Queens offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, including: medical, dental and vision insurance, domestic partner benefits, a 403b retirement plan, with two options (pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions) with a generous match, vacation and generous paid holidays, tuition remission and tuition exchange, Queens-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, Health Savings Account), sick leave and long-term disability leave, paid parental leave, FMLA leave when eligible, reduced cost meals at Morrison Dining Hall, employee assistance program (EAP), free access to the Levine Center, wellness programs. In addition, employees may choose benefits such as pet insurance, critical care insurance and legal assistance.