Dean of STEM and Business - North Shore Community College

Location: Danvers/Lynn, MA Category: Administrative Posted On: Wed Mar 18 2026 Job Description:

Dean of STEM & Business

Non-Unit Professional position, 37.5 hours/week

Campus Location: Danvers/Lynn/Remote

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, occasional evening and weekend hours as required

SALARY: Salary range $135,000.00 - $142,000.00. The offered salary will be commensurate with experience and education but will not exceed the stated range. Full time benefited employees at North Shore Community College are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package offered through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

At this time, the College is not providing sponsorships for Visas.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

The Dean provides academic, operational, personnel, and strategic leadership for the Division of STEM and Business, including Animal Care, Aviation Sciences, Biotechnology, Computer and Information Sciences, Business, Engineering and Industrial Technologies, Horticulture, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Veterinary Technology.

In partnership with faculty through shared governance, the Dean establishes divisional goals and academic direction grounded in student success data, labor market and transfer trends, graduate outcomes, advisory input, and research-based best practices. The Dean administers divisional operations in accordance with collective bargaining agreements, overseeing faculty workload, evaluation, hiring, reappointment, promotion, and tenure.

The Dean advances the College's Hispanic-Serving Institution mission by expanding access, improving persistence and completion, and closing equity gaps across programs. Using disaggregated data and sound judgment, the Dean leads evidence-based change initiatives?including program redesign, modality innovation, partnership development, and resource alignment?to strengthen student progression to transfer and living-wage employment and to support regional economic vitality.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Academic Direction, Goals, and Programmatic Oversight (with Faculty Partnership)

• Establishes divisional goals and academic direction based on:
  • Student success and progression data
  • Labor market trends, job availability data, and career placement information
  • Transfer trends and partner expectations
  • Advisory committee, employer, and community input
  • Peer-reviewed research and national best practices in community college education
• Regularly reviews and interprets career/market data, job availability trends, survey results, and graduate placement outcomes to determine program viability, growth, revision, or sunset.
• Leads course and program development with faculty through governance processes using this evidence base.
• Advances curriculum proposals through divisional and college governance structures.
• Engages with professional literature, conferences, peer institutions, employers, and transfer partners to inform divisional strategy.

2. Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Review

• Oversees specialized program accreditations and ensures compliance with accreditor standards.
• Leads program review and student learning outcomes assessment for divisional departments to drive continuous improvement.
• Incorporates assessment findings, completion data, graduate outcomes, employer feedback, and survey data into curriculum and program revisions with faculty.
• Ensures assessment and review practices reflect current research and accreditor guidance.

3. Scheduling, Enrollment Management, and Instructional Operations

• Develops the master schedule across modalities using:
  • Enrollment trends
  • Course success rates
  • Time-to-completion patterns
• Evidence from enrollment management research
• Adjusts offerings to improve student access, momentum, and completion.
• Assigns faculty and manages course coverage to align instructional resources with documented student need.

4. Faculty, Staff, and Labor Relations Administration

• Administers collective bargaining agreements and personnel processes.
• Oversees evaluation, hiring, reappointment, tenure, promotion, discipline, and contract interpretation.
• Supports faculty
• Maintains structured, ongoing communication with departments and faculty leadership.

5. Student Experience, Progression, and Pathways

• Oversees grade appeals, complaints, and academic grievances.
• Works with Early College, dual enrollment, and articulation partners to strengthen pathways.
• Collaborates across divisions to align programs with clear transfer and career pathways.
• Applies research on belonging, persistence, progression, and post-completion outcomes to divisional practices.

6. Budget, Resources, and Strategic Implementation

• Allocates resources and develops budget requests justified by student outcomes data, labor market evidence, and program performance.
• Monitors grants and divisional spending for alignment with strategic priorities.
• Reports on divisional performance using defined metrics.

7. External Partnerships and Community Engagement

• Actively cultivates academic and divisional relationships with community and national agencies, professional organizations, schools, businesses, colleges, and individuals.
• Maintains active relationships with NSCC advisory committees, employers, high schools, community agencies, and transfer institutions.
• Engages faculty in advisory and partnership activities connected to program quality.
• Uses these external relationships and advisory structures as ongoing sources of market intelligence to inform curriculum relevance, program viability, and divisional strategic direction.

8. Shared Governance, Culture, and Change Leadership

• Participates actively in shared governance with faculty as curriculum leaders.
• Leads change through transparent presentation of evidence, data trends, and research.
• Promotes equity-minded, student-centered practices supported by scholarship and outcomes data.
• Fosters a culture of collegiality, trust, transparency, and adaptability.

9. Other Duties as Assigned

• Performs other related duties as assigned by the Provost.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Provost

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Assistant Dean (new position to be established consistent with divisional needs); Full and part-time faculty, professional staff, classified staff, and other individuals assigned to the Division

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of an earned Master's Degree in a related field within STEM & Business; doctorate preferred.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the mission of the comprehensive community college
• Academic administration experience at the department chair level or above in a higher education setting with experience in academic planning, program development, supervision, collaborative, team-based leadership, and bridge-building across disciplines.
• Successful teaching experience in higher education, preferably in a community college.
• Demonstrated success leading a complex academic change initiative from design through implementation, including managing resistance and sustaining improvements.
• Evidence of improving in curriculum development and assessment practices through structured faculty development and program review.
• Experience expanding and assuring quality of online or hybrid programs, including faculty training, course design standards, and student support structures
• Documented pattern of transparent communication and feedback, such as regular division-wide updates, open forums, and structured one-on-ones with direct reports.
• Documented experience leading initiatives that improved retention and completion for historically underserved community college students, with measurable results
• Candidates will be required to pass a CORI/SORI and/or National background check as a condition of employment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICIATIONS:

• Experience with management in collective bargaining environment.
• Experience with workforce-aligned programs and employer partnerships.

Additional Information:

STARTING DATE: July 1, 2026

North Shore Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy or related conditions, gender identity, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits Sex-Based Harassment. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, or retaliation shall be referred to the College's Title IX Coordinator, Affirmative Action and Compliance Officer, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights: TitleIX@northshore.edu

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