Associate Dean for Instructional Operations - Littleton

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ACC Careers: · Where You Can Move Mountains · Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains sits one of the oldest community colleges in Colorado, Arapahoe Community College. · With a rich history of educational excellence, ACC embraces a culture that values diversity, individu ...
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ACC Careers:
Where You Can Move Mountains


Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains sits one of the oldest community colleges in Colorado, Arapahoe Community College.

With a rich history of educational excellence, ACC embraces a culture that values diversity, individualized support, and unwavering commitment to student success, without exception.

Job Summary


The Associate Dean of Instructional Operations plays a key leadership role in advancing the mission, vision, and strategic direction of Instruction at Arapahoe Community College, ensuring alignment with the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) and its goals.

This highly visible position represents the College to internal and external stakeholders and actively cultivates partnerships that support student success.

The ideal candidate is an experienced, collaborative leader who is recognized by colleagues as an advocate for students and is known for integrity, empathy, humility, and a strong commitment to continuous improvement and lifelong learning.

Working closely with faculty, staff, and students across divisions, the Associate Dean helps shape instructional priorities and contributes to the future direction of academic programs based on emerging needs.


The Associate Dean oversees key operational functions that drive instructional excellence, including strategic schedule production, program development and approval, catalog maintenance, academic plans, academic rooming, and Faculty Load and Compensation (FLAC).

The role serves as liaison between the ACC Curriculum Committee and CCCS, tracking and submitting curriculum changes, and acts as the College's CTE Director to ensure all career and technical programs comply with state policies and guidelines.

Additionally, the Associate Dean serves as Principal Investigator for the Perkins grant, ensuring strategic and compliant use of funds, and functions as the College's credentialing officer.

This position supervises the Instructional Operations team—including project, support, scheduling, and administrative staff—and fosters best practices and efficiencies to support high-quality instructional operations.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and support instructional programs to ensure quality, compliance, and alignment with college goals.
Supervise and develop the Instructional Operations team, including hiring, training, and performance management.
Oversee core academic operations, including scheduling, catalog updates, rooming, FLAC, and faculty credentialing.
Manage CTE and Perkins grant compliance, ensuring strategic use of funds and adherence to state and federal requirements.
Build partnerships and support continuous improvement, including accreditation activities, assessment practices, and community engagement.

Qualifications

Master's degree in a relevant field or a bachelor's degree and two years' relevant experience may substitute but will not count towards the experience requirement below
Three years' relevant experience
supervisory experience including hiring, training, and evaluating staff
Demonstrated experience in a teaching & learning environment
Experience in budget preparation and management
Familiarity with both General Education (GE) and Career Technical Education (CTE) programs
Knowledge of trends impacting Career and Technical Education and/or compliance with Perkins legislation

Preferred

Experience with the accreditation process
Experience developing schedules and catalogs in education
Demonstrated knowledge of issues and trends in higher education that affect budgets, policies, student services, tuition models, and instructional strategies
Experience teaching in a postsecondary environment
Experience integrating current technology to enhance productivity and facilitate learning
Demonstrated success in curriculum and program development incorporating adult learning theory
Extensive experience in developing, maintaining, and strengthening partnerships with external organizations and agencies especially other postsecondary institutions and accreditation/regulatory agencies
Grant management experience

Application Instructions

All Applicants Must Submit

Resume
Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement. Please include any experiences you may haveembeddingequity and inclusion in your work, see below.


At ACC, we seek to hire candidates who are committed to fostering respectful, welcoming, and supportive environments for all individuals.

In your cover letter, please describe how you have worked to create such environments in your current or previous roles, and share what this commitment means to you in your professional practice.

Reach out to us at if you have any questions.


ACC seeks applicants who understand and have first-hand experience working with diverse populations, which may include but are not limited to, historically marginalized populations such as people of color, LGBTQ+ community members, veterans, first generation graduates, and people with disabilities.

Notice to all Applicants


Final candidate will be subject to successful completion of a background check, and, if applicable, a motor vehicle record review.

Former employees of the Colorado Community College System, or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information in their application material.

Final candidate may be required to submit unofficial transcripts to verify education.
Direct deposit of payroll is a condition of employment.
Arapahoe Community College participates in E-Verify.

All ACC employees, except student employees, contribute to Colorado PERA at a fixed percentage of their earnings and do not contribute to Social Security.

Finalist must be willing to make Colorado their primary workplace.

CCCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer


The Colorado Community College System believes when all human qualities are regarded with dignity and respect and when everyone has access to the individualized support they need, all will have the opportunity to thrive.

In all aspects of the employment process, decisions are made based on merit, competence, performance and business need without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

Our Accommodations and Non-Discrimination policies, plus other helpful information, can be found publicly at

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Arapahoe Community College provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process or during the course of employment contact Angela Johnson, Executive Director of Human Resources, at or


For information regarding Arapahoe Community College Security, including Clery Act / Crime Statistics for the campuses and surrounding area, please see the Arapahoe Community College Annual Security Report.

For a hard copy report, please contact the ACC Campus Police Department at , , or Room M2600 at 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80120.

Benefits

At ACC, we value and uphold a commitment to a workplace that focuses on employees.

Our mission is to provide innovative and responsive educational and economic opportunities in an accessible, inclusive environment that promotes success for students, employees, and the communities we serve.

In addition to rewarding and meaningful work, we offer a comprehensive selection of benefits to support our employees, including:

Strong, flexible retirement benefits including Colorado PERA's Defined Benefit Plan or Defined Contribution Plan. A Supplemental retirement plans are also available including 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plans.
Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and flexible savings benefits.

Employee assistance services such as counseling, professional coaching, financial planning, and more, are available to you and members of your household at no cost through the Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP).

Generous paid time off benefits including up to 15 hours of annual leave and 10 hours of sick leave per month, 10 paid holidays per year, and up to 18 hours for academic and volunteer activities.

Tuition assistance for employees and their eligible dependents at any community college within the Colorado Community College System or CCCOnline.

State employees are eligible to participate in BenefitHub which offers discounts for retailers and services and other benefits resources.
Employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Additional information about this program can be found on the Colorado Division of Human Resources website.

New hires for full-time positions may be eligible for a relocation assistance benefit if relocating at least 100 miles to work at ACC.

Information about this can be found in AP 3-160.

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