INTERNAL POSTING ONLY: Associate Dean for Career & Technical Education

INTERNAL POSTING

(Current Hawkeye Employees Only)

Associate Dean for Career & Technical Education

Internal Posting Application Deadline: Sunday, July 12, 2026

Reports to: Dean, School of Science and Health Sciences

Job Summary

Hawkeye Community College is looking for a full-time Associate Dean for Career and Technical Education to join our team.

The Associate Dean for Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides critical academic leadership, ensuring cohesion and consistency across career and technical programs. Supervisory responsibilities include assisting the deans in supervising adjunct faculty.

Additionally, the Associate Dean will offer support for various duties, including attending and reporting out for statewide meetings such as IDOE meetings, Guided Pathways Convening, discipline specific deans’ meetings, OER, etc. Furthermore, this role participates in college committee assignments, academic program review and assisting with accreditation: IDOE, HLC and NACEP as well as other duties as assigned.

Hawkeye Community College is a comprehensive community college focused on meeting the needs of the community by providing quality, affordable learning experiences for a wide array of students through our Adult Learning Center, Business and Community Education Department as well as through more than 50 career and technical programs and liberal arts transfer programs. Hawkeye Community College’s mission is about empowering students, strengthening businesses and enriching communities with a vision to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve.

Essential Job Functions

The Associate Dean’s duties focus on, but are not limited to, these main areas of academic administration:

Academic Programs and Curriculum (Compliance and Coordination)

• Program Development: Under the Dean’s direction, assists with the administrative logistics of new academic programs and program revisions.

• Assessment and Curriculum: Works closely with the Associate Director of Curriculum and Assessment and connected standing committees to build and strengthen assessment initiatives and curriculum revisions.

• Accreditation Support: Assists faculty and Deans in providing data and information needed for key accreditation bodies, including NACEP, Iowa DOE, and the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).

• Workforce Initiatives: Serves as a college representative on statewide committees related to CTE such as career academies, Guided Pathways Convening and Statewide Transfer/Private College Transfer initiatives.

• Program Review: Consults with and assists faculty and Deans to complete the academic program review process efficiently for applicable programs.

• NACEP Management: Acts as a department contact for High School Partnerships to help manage and track NACEP faculty liaison responsibilities ensuring compliance for concurrent and Hawkeye instructors as well as curricular requirements.

• Assists with a variety of CTE special projects: Such as Hands on Scene in health, Global Ag and Career Fairs, as well as creating new projects for collaboration.

• Helps recruit or suggest faculty for the Adjunct Academy– a select professional development opportunity designed for adjunct faculty.

Student Success (Retention Focus)

• Data-Driven Planning: Collaborates with the Associate Director of Curriculum and Assessment to create a student progress plan tracking key metrics like retention, persistence, and graduation for various programs and transfer majors across the colleges.

• Student Support Partnership: Partners with the Student Tutoring Center (STC) to assist faculty with creating student support opportunities, including supplemental instruction and peer tutoring.

Faculty Affairs (Onboarding and Evaluation Support)

• New Faculty Support: Assists Deans with the orientation and onboarding of new full-time faculty and works with the Brobst Center to coordinate faculty mentoring programs.

• Professional Development: Offers insight and recommendations regarding faculty professional development that aligns with college strategic priorities.

• Co-chairs the Faculty In-service Committee with the Liberal Arts Associate Dean.

• Co-chairs the Adjunct In-service Committee with the Liberal Arts Associate Dean.

Cross-College and Institutional Activities

• Committee Representation: Represents the Deans on critical Academic Standing committees, including Academic Standards, Curriculum, Assessment, and Vision and Innovation.

• Strategic Planning: Supports the execution and tracking of goals related to the college strategic plan and aids with administrative succession planning.

• Contingency Operations: In a Dean’s absence, ensures continuity of routine administrative operations.

• External Representation: Available to represent the Deans on other state committees and institutional initiatives as required.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Unless otherwise approved under Hawkeye’s remote work policy, regular on campus and/or onsite attendance is considered an essential function of the position.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field.

• At least five years post-secondary teaching experience.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and inclusively as a team member and with a wide array of students.

• Organizational and planning skills, attention to detail, ability to work independently and function professionally under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisory experience.

• Curriculum development experience.

• Work experience in a community college environment.

Working Conditions

Anticipated schedule is Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. with occasional evening or weekends based on business need.

Work is performed either in or a combination of an office setting and/or classroom setting using technology. Requires good hand-eye coordination including visual acuity to use a keyboard and read technical information; arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp. Sit, stand, bend, lift and move frequently during working hours. During course of day, interact with students, faculty and staff in person, by telephone and computers.

Employment Status

Full-time, exempt position with comprehensive or competitive benefits program including health, dental, vision, life, and LTD insurance, a Section 125 plan for medical and dependent care expenses; holiday, personal, sick, and vacation leave; tuition reimbursement / tuition remission; and a choice of retirement programs—IPERS (defined benefit) or TIAA (defined contribution).

• Salary will be determined based on the candidate’s education and experience and internal equity.

• The salary range for this position begins at $82,503.

Current Hawkeye Employees Only: Application Procedure

• Complete an online application at www.hawkeyecollege.edu/employment

  • Submit/upload a cover letter.

  • Submit/upload a resume.

  • Submit/upload 3 professional references with a minimum of 1 being from a current/past supervisor.

• Application deadline: Sunday, July 12, 2026

• Priority Screening begins on: Monday, July 13, 2026

• Completed applications received after the priority screening date will be considered at the discretion of the college.

All application materials must be submitted by Sunday, July 12, 2026 by 11:59 PM CST.

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Hawkeye Community College is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to equity and diversity in its educational services and employment practices. It is the policy of Hawkeye Community College not to discriminate in its programs, activities, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, creed, religion, and actual or potential family, parental or marital status. If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this policy, please contact the Equity and Title IX Coordinator, Hawkeye Community College, 1501 East Orange Road, P.O. Box 8015, Waterloo, Iowa 50704-8015, 319-296-4405, email equity-titleIX@hawkeyecollege.edu or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building, 1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204-3582, Telephone: 303-844-5695 FAX: 303-844-4303, TDD 800-877-8339, email OCR.Denver@ed.gov.3.

If any applicant is in need of a reasonable accommodation in completing the application process, please notify a member of Human Resource Services.