Associate Chairperson, English - Edison

Classification Title: Associate Chairperson, English · Salary: $79,243.00 Annually (12-month position) · Department: English · Pay Grade: CHC · Reports To: Chairperson, English · FLSA Status: Exempt · Unit: Administrative · Opening Date: 1/22/2026 · Closing Date: 2/22/202 ...

Job description

Classification Title: Associate Chairperson, English

Salary: $79,243.00 Annually (12-month position)

Department: English

Pay Grade: CHC

Reports To: Chairperson, English

FLSA Status: Exempt

Unit: Administrative

Opening Date: 1/22/2026

Closing Date: 2/22/2026 11:59 p.m.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

The Associate Chair supports the Department Chair in leading high-quality, student-centered learning across all English programs. The ideal candidate brings a strong record of effective teaching and academic service in a community college setting; experience in curriculum and assessment; collaborative leadership; commitment to equity, access, and inclusion; and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. This is a 12-month position with a work schedule that may include limited evening/weekend obligations to meet program needs and support student services/events.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

1. In collaboration with the Chair, recruits, hires, onboards, mentors, and evaluates adjunct faculty; coordinates adjunct assignments and professional development aligned to departmental needs and student outcomes.

1. Provides departmental services to students, including advising students regarding coursework, approving student course schedules, program changes, and course substitutions, resolving student conflict issues, and participating in student recruitment activities with department chair and Admissions/Recruitment staff.

1. Provides student-facing services: academic advising within discipline pathways; reviews of substitutions and program changes; participation in orientation and recruitment events.
2. Helps resolve student concerns, grade appeals, and student-faculty conflicts using fair, consistent, policy-aligned processes; refers to support services as appropriate.

1. Assists and supports department coordinators and the department chair in curriculum management and development: new course/program proposals, revisions, modality changes, and alignment with transfer partners and workforce needs.
2. Assists in the development and implementation of departmental and divisional assessment activities, including course and program assessment.
3. Assists the department chair in planning, implementing, and monitoring departmental operating and capital budgets.
4. Participates in the development, implementation, and evaluation of strategic plans and procedures for the department.
5. Serves on departmental, divisional, and college-wide committees and initiatives, including Division Council and College Assembly.
6. Assists in coordinating with the Testing Center and Advising Center, respectively, on placement issues, such as those involving multiple measures and placement testing.
7. Assists in working with regional high school partners on dual-enrollment issues, curriculum and grading alignment, and faculty evaluation.
8. Assists in working with Writing Center staff/tutors and the Library staff to coordinate resources in these areas with student needs in their respective English courses.
9. Supports term scheduling and student pathway progress.
10. Assists in community outreach with department chair.

1. Contributes to grant development and implementation, including data collection and reporting.

1. Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in English or closely related field
• Two (2) years' teaching experience at the college level
• One (1) year of administrative or supervisory experience
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
• Skill in using small office equipment and computers

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctoral degree
• Three (3) years' experience teaching at the college level
• Experience teaching college composition
• Graduate coursework in composition and rhetoric

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing 1: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Talking 1: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Visual Acuity 1: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday, 11:00a.m. - 7:00p.m., may include limited evening/weekend obligations to meet program needs and support student services/events

CONDITIONS:

RETIREMENT: Pension eligible

NJ First Act

Any Middlesex College employee hired after September 1, 2011 will have to meet the New Jersey residency law requirement.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Middlesex College is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the armed forces of the United States, or disability.

Affirmative Action and Compliance Statement

Middlesex College is firmly committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. The College will implement this policy to assure that the educational programs, activities, services, benefits and employment opportunities offered by the College are available to all persons regardless of sex, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, nationality, color, marital status, civil union or domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, age, handicap (and/or disability), service in the armed forces, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, refusal to submit to genetic tests, or refusal to make available results of genetic tests, in accordance with State and Federal laws. All employees and students are expected to accept these principles and to reflect their spirit in everyday relationships with fellow employees and students. Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to the Affirmative Action Officer, Middlesex College, Chambers Hall, 2600 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, New Jersey