Director, Adult Learner Initiatives

SE2023.00000

Director, Adult Learner Initiatives

Staff

Full-Time

P1-Staff exempt

This position is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing initiatives that promote and support the educational needs of adult learners. These include recruitment, curriculum development, instructional delivery, and ongoing student support. The goal is to increase access to education and career advancement opportunities for adult learners.

Majority/Primarily On-site: Employee performs the majority of job duties on-site, but may occasionally work remotely.

2036

Exempt

S3050P

Kissimmee, FL 34744 - Osceola Campus

Monday – Friday (8 AM to 5PM)
Subject to change based on business needs

1

04/16/2025

No

https://valenciacollege.peopleadmin.com/postings/38242

Title V – the position will be retained by the college after the grant ends.

$70,956 - $80,180

1. Oversees the development and implementation of the Adult Learner Initiatives program by assessing community needs to expand program offerings and increase enrollment ensuring alignment with the college’s mission and goals.

2. Collaborates with deans and other department leaders to address adult learner issues, ensuring students have optimal opportunities for a successful transition to college or the workforce.

3. Directs the integration of adult learner programs and services into the broader workforce initiatives across the college. Develops partnerships with local businesses, educational institutions, and service agencies.

4. Develops, implements, and evaluates systems for data collection, compilation, and analysis. Oversees the preparation of various reports, statements, and communications to measure programs effectiveness.

5. May hire, supervise, and train employees, prioritize, and assign work, and conducts performance evaluations.

6. Collaborates with marketing and other departments to develop and manage the vision for the marketing strategy and research, to attract student enrollment to develop programs aligned with the workforce trends for the Adult Learner programs.

7. Collaborates with college leadership to evaluate advising roles and responsibilities, other initiatives related to adult learning initiatives.

8. Conducts and evaluate orientation/enrollment data to identify areas for improvement and opportunities and develops an implementation plan for procedural and administrative changes.

9. Ensures all phases of departmental planning are characterized by collaboration with the college-wide advising leadership team, student affairs partners, staff, faculty, and administration.

10. Provides strategic leadership and vision for professional development of the assigned team of direct reports.

11. Ensures and exercises best practices and trends in adult learning theories and development through professional development.

12. Develops and manages strategies, timelines, and annual adult educational budgets to achieve department goals.

13. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally accredited institution, or any equivalent combination of related education, training, and/or experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions.

Education, Adult Basic Education, or Educational Leadership or related discipline.

Minimum of three (3) years of progressive experience in developing and implementing adult learning initiatives, advising related to adult learning or related field.

Master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.

Knowledge of principles and methods for promoting adult learning programs and services.

Ability to work tactfully and collaboratively as part of a team and build strong professional relationships at the college and in the community.

Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritizing competing demands, and meeting deadlines.

Ability to lead and oversee student success initiatives.

Ability to organize, prioritize and make decisions.

Ability to prepare and effectively manage budgets and resources.

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. The employee will routinely operate standard office equipment including but not limited to computers, keyboards, mouse, phones, photocopiers, printers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Typical physical competencies include but are not limited to frequently remaining stationary, moving, reaching, positioning self and occasionally ascending/descending, lifting/moving objects weighing between 5-15 pounds. This job also entails frequently communicating, discerning and exchanging information, detecting and perceiving objects up close, at a distance, and the ability to adjust focus. Cognitive abilities include but are not limited to frequently using discretion, judgment, reasoning, memory, learning, maintaining confidentiality, comprehension, problem solving, and decision-making.

The typical work environment, physical and cognitive demands listed above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The College has a process to identify and make available reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.