Department Chair - Business, Behavioral Science, and Philosophy (SJO Online)

Department Chair - Business, Behavioral Science, and Philosophy (SJO Online)

Essential Job Functions:

Decision Making and Leadership

• Creates and approves goals for department by interpreting and supporting the goals of the institution as they relate to the department.
• Implements and/or reinforces changes based on policy decisions; interprets department policies to faculty, staff, students, and/or public.
• Initiates and maintains communication with colleagues, administrative staff, faculty, students, industry, external community, state, and national agencies.
• Informs the dean of decisions involving changes in the department and issues related to other campuses.
• Conducts meetings with faculty and staff.
• Provides the necessary research and department support to obtain/maintain external grant funds or donations, if appropriate.
• Resolve issues that arise between faculty and students.
• Keeps current on trends, issues, and initiatives in the divisions' related fields of education that affect teaching and learning within the departmental program.
• Assigns teaching loads and other departmental duties.
• Ensures faculty teaching online courses meet required training and professional development expectations (e.g., ACAdemic, online pedagogy training).
• Monitors compliance with online instructional standards, including accessibility, course presence, and required LMS components.
• Supports faculty in integrating instructional technology and digital tools consistent with college guidelines.
• Identifies best practices for department or processes in collaboration with industry and in review of educational literature and community needs.
• Monitors compliance with policies and procedures of the College.
• Attend meetings (e.g., department meetings, task forces, committees, councils).
• Meets the leadership competencies established by the College.

Department Operations - Non-Faculty Activities

• Prepares the annual department budget.
• Reviews/approves the purchases of goods and services.
• Develops and/or reviews class schedules.
• Reviews and processes textbook requests on a semester basis to ensure timely access and bookstore processing.
• Works with dual credit to meet the needs of independent school district partners.

Department Operations - Faculty Activities

• Recommends renewal of faculty contracts.
• Reviews and approves personnel changes within the department and forwards forms to the respective dean.
• Determines personnel needs in the department, makes appropriate requests in writing, and participates in hiring interviews in conjunction with the appropriate search committee.
• Performs tracking and analyzing program data, specifically student performance and enrollment data.
• Develops and implements strategies that support program completion, job placement, and/or transfer opportunities for students, when appropriate.
• Ensure department participation in student recruitment efforts.
• Supervises campus grants that provide educational programs or services to the division. Works with colleagues in college district to develop new grant applications.
• Responds to requests for faculty substitutions, class emergencies, and as a first point of contact for part-time faculty access.
• Oversees beginning-of-term learning management system checks, ensures compliance with required online course standards, facilitates distance learning course reviews, and verifies end-of-course documentation in alignment with online quality frameworks (e.g., Quality Matters, OSCQR) and accessibility expectations.

Professional Development and Performance Management

• Evaluates faculty teaching effectiveness through classroom observations, online course reviews, and analysis of student performance data, ensuring compliance with online instructional standards and accessibility requirements. Recognizes faculty who demonstrate a high level of teaching effectiveness, giving recognition for positive actions of faculty as well as offering constructive suggestions for professional growth.
• Supervises and evaluates new faculty and staff.
• Provides and/or promotes professional development opportunities to members of the department as appropriate.
• Provides coaching and support specific to effective online teaching practices, student engagement in virtual environments, and use of instructional technology.
• Meets with faculty and/or staff members to create key performance indicators that reflect the needs of the department, as well as consideration for the annual priorities of the College that affect teaching and learning.
• Provides evaluation and ongoing feedback regarding faculty and/or staff performance.
• Participates in validation meetings to review and discuss performance ratings of department members with campus leadership.

Curriculum and Assessment

• Facilitates assessment of student learning outcomes, general education outcomes, program-specific outcomes, accreditation requirements, and student performance on certificate or licensure assessments.
• Facilitates the development of curricular programs, projects, and initiatives in support of the College's mission and strategic plan.
• Works with Institutional Effectiveness.
• Participates in activities associated with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) accreditation, program accreditation, and/or program review.
• Monitors program compliance with national, state, and/or regional agencies.

Additional Job Functions:

• Administrative duties as needed to oversee departmental budgets.
  
  
  
  • Reviews departmental budgets.
  • Follows and reviews procurement activities.
  • Reviews compliance to learning management system (LMS) standards for faculty.
  • Ensures compliance with distance education regulations, including NC-SARA requirements, state authorization standards, and applicable federal guidelines related to online delivery.
  • Approves departmental payroll.
  
  
  
  
• Collaborates with program directors and faculty to develop and implement innovative partnerships, e.g., healthcare providers/agencies, industry partners, governmental agencies, and educational partners.
• Assist with the coordination of advisory committee meetings with industry and educational partners per institutional requirements and guidelines.
• Teach a minimum and maximum of one (1) class during the summer.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be available to work flexible hours as needed to support online faculty and operations, including virtual meetings. Must have excellent communication skills, demonstrated tactical leadership abilities, and proven results.
• Must show proven teaching success in higher education, preferably including experience in onlineenvironments.
• Demonstrate knowledge and achievement in curriculum management, including experience developing or overseeing online courses or programs.
• Possess effective and consistent conflict resolution, management, and organizational skills.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills, withdemonstratedcapacity to build relationships and foster collaboration across distributed teams; Demonstrate sound working knowledge of personal computer hardware/software, business management software (i.e. Banner), learning management system (i.e.,BlackboardUltra),and thebroader digital tools ecosystems supporting online education.
• Familiarity with distance education regulations and best practices, including accessibility standards (i.e., WCAG), online learning quality frameworks (i.e., Quality Matters, OSCQR), and state authorization requirements such as NC-SARA.
• Must have administrative experience, including ability to establish priorities and make difficult choices among competing demands and make decisions in a consultative and informed manner.
• Demonstrated ability toeffectively and consistently lead, support, and motivate remote faculty and staff in an online or distributed work environment.

Education:

• A master's degree in appropriate discipline from a regionally accredited institution is required.

Experience:

• Five years in community college setting to include teaching or and/or administration required, including oversight of fully online instruction. Five years teaching and three years progressive leadership or equivalent experience preferred, including fully online and face-to-face.

Salary Grade: MAST

Salary is based on the Board-approved salary schedule for the current fiscal year. See Salary Schedule

Requisition Number: req6255

Posting Close Date: 5/11/2026