Dean-Instruction

DEAN OF INSTRUCTION
MALCOLM X COLLEGE

The mission of Malcolm X College is to provide accessible liberal arts and health-focused education that fosters personal and professional achievement. To fulfill this mission, we focus on the following core values: accountability, community, diversity, empowerment, learning, and respect. We are currently in search for a Dean for the Office of Instruction who is a strategic, results-driven leader with a strong commitment to academic excellence, faculty development, and student success while upholding the integrity of public resources and institutional accountability.  The ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrate strong organizational and leadership skills, ensuring clear directives for associate deans and faculty while fostering a culture of accountability.
• Drive a cultural shift away from entitlement-based leadership toward a merit-based, student-centered approach that prioritizes institutional goals and initiatives over personal interests.
• Uphold fiscal responsibility, ensuring effective use of dollars while advocating for data-informed decision-making that maximizes student outcomes.
• Exhibit a high level of follow-through and accountability, ensuring that key academic initiatives, compliance measures, and strategic priorities are executed effectively and equitably.
• Possess strong technological proficiency, including Microsoft applications, data-informed decision-making, and operational efficiency tools.
• Demonstrate the ability to adapt, maneuver, and lead in a dynamic higher education environment, navigating challenges while aligning the department’s work with broader institutional and public expectations.
• Foster a climate of collaboration and transparency, ensuring that all faculty and staff understand their roles in advancing student success, accreditation, and programmatic quality.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Demonstrate strong organizational and leadership skills, ensuring clear directives for associate deans and faculty while fostering a culture of accountability.
• Drive a cultural shift away from entitlement-based leadership toward a merit-based, student-centered approach that prioritizes institutional goals and initiatives over personal interests.
• Uphold fiscal responsibility, ensuring effective use of dollars while advocating for data-informed decision-making that maximizes student outcomes.
• Exhibit a high level of follow-through and accountability, ensuring that key academic initiatives, compliance measures, and strategic priorities are executed effectively and equitably.
• Possess strong technological proficiency, including Microsoft applications, data-informed decision-making, and operational efficiency tools.
• Demonstrate the ability to adapt, maneuver, and lead in a dynamic higher education environment, navigating challenges while aligning the department’s work with broader institutional and public expectations.
• Foster a climate of collaboration and transparency, ensuring that all faculty and staff understand their roles in advancing student success, accreditation, and programmatic quality.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree from a regionally accredited institution and thirty (30) graduate hours in a related field required. Doctorate preferred.
• Five (5) years teaching in a higher education setting.
• Minimum two (2) years administrative experience as Department Chair, Associate Dean, Assistant Dean, Program Coordinator.
• Active participation or exposure to higher education accreditation procedures, articulation processes and program review.
• Experience in activities that focus on assessment of student learning.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity and multiculturalism in one’s work experience.
• Experience preferred working within a unionized setting.
• Demonstrated ability to create a learning environment that fosters student success.
• Demonstrated ability to develop a technologically integrated environment that fosters innovation within a learning organization

To be considered for this role, please submit a resume/CV and a cover letter. Your cover letter should address the following:

• Leadership & Academic Administration Experience – Provide specific examples of faculty supervision, curriculum development, accreditation, program assessment, and budget management, particularly how you hold teams accountable to institutional and student success outcomes.
• Accountability & Culture-Building – Explain how you have transformed or reshaped a department’s culture to prioritize students, institutional integrity, and the responsible use of public resources. Include examples of how you have navigated entitlement-based environments or resistance to change.
• Commitment to Student Success & Equity – Describe how you have fostered a student-centered approach while upholding public trust and responsible spending.
• Innovation & Strategic Thinking – Provide examples of how you have used educational technology, data-driven decision-making, and programmatic restructuring to enhance institutional effectiveness.
• Adaptability & Problem-Solving – Demonstrate your ability to lead through change, implement solutions to complex challenges, and align your work with institutional and public priorities.

Malcolm X College has been recognized as a Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges award winner! The award is given by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), a membership organization committed to promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching and leadership at community and technical colleges, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a leading academic publication. MXC was recognized for its best-in-class student and staff recruitment and retention practices, inclusive learning and working environments, and meaningful community service and engagement opportunities. 

WE OFFER: Excellent health benefits at a low cost; Investment plans 403(b) & 457(b); SURS Retirement Plan; Generous vacation, holidays, personal and sick days; Tuition Reimbursement and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. For a more detailed overview of benefits please visit our benefits page.

Chicago residency is required for all full-time employees within 6 months of hire. 
We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
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