Lone Star College
LSC-Tomball, TX
Job Description
Job Description
PURPOSE AND SCOPE:
The Director, Honors College acts as the principal and primary academic and budgetary officer for respective campus Honors College office. Provide positive leadership regarding Honors curricular and co-curricular course offerings and programming, Honors Faculty, and honors students' success that further the academic, programmatic, and scholarly mission of the institution in its service to the community. Support the Honors College's mission of being national leaders in honors education and promote Lone Star College as an institution of first choice. Process academic and student services related policy and procedure, determination of honors academic standards and benchmarks, participation in budgetary allocations, and assessment necessary for the development, growth and continued improvement of curricular and co-curricular honors programming. Holds direct management authority and accountability to execute policies and operational initiatives for functional area.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Provides guidance and resources to staff and faculty for professional development in an overall campus department location. Plan, develop and implement all honors curriculum, outcomes and offerings. Hold campus Honors Faculty meetings and professional development sessions for continued improvement
Implement best practice-based processes for honor registration and enrollment. Address honors-related complaints, issues and eligibility
Schedules work and activities
Organizes, plans and prioritizes work, including campus-level curricular and co-curricular activities, Honors events, long-range plans and campus evaluation and professional development
Has accountability for all duties of subordinates of Honors staff and oversees student data tracking, travel and budget
Works collaboratively with internal and external contacts. Maintains a visible role in the community and with local ISD's
Negotiates and deals with vendors and outside organizations
Analyzes and interprets detailed information to develop campus-strategic goals and provide semesterly and yearly program evaluation / curricular assessment
Develops and manages contracts and budgets and send to Associate Vice Chancellor for final approval
Responsible for overseeing Honors student advising, including personalized advising, training advisors/counselors on Honors curriculum and schedules, providing honors-related transfer and scholarship workshops
Responsible for leading honors related travel. Serve as trip leader for some student conferences and international travel. Support and oversee honors campus-affiliate field trips
Initiate and manage honors recruiting and outreach by leading recruitment drives, high school recruiting visits and events, advertising and distributing scholarships at the campus level and coordinating scholarship plans to enrollment management
Teach one honors section per semester as an adjunct
Support integration initiatives with International Programs and Civic Engagement
Responsible for other reasonable related duties as assigned
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Self-motivated, positive attitude, mature personality, and team oriented
Superior organizational skills
Strong work ethic, ready to work extremely hard executing strategic plans
Ability to effectively work with faculty, staff, and students at all skill/management levels
Ability to maintain exemplary professional relationships with internal and external contacts at all levels
Ability to maintain a positive attitude in demanding work environment
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:
The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.
WORK SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:
Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, calculator, phone and other general office equipment
Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position
Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimal exposure to safety hazards
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience must include at least 3 years in a management-level position
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Master's degree