Senior associate vice chancellor, workforce and continuing education

Applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. CT on the day before the listed closing date.

Weekly Work Hours

40

Compensation Range

A91

Salary Minimum

$201,272.00 Annually

FLSA

United States of America (Exempt)

Work Location

All positions are considered on-site roles. After six months of employment, some positions may be eligible to apply for a hybrid work arrangement based on job responsibilities, operational needs, supervisor approval, and Dallas College policy. Academic (Faculty) positions require an on-campus presence, even when teaching online courses, in accordance with state law.

Position Type

Administrator

Dallas College is seeking an accomplished, forward-thinking workforce education leader to serve as Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Continuing Education. This executive leadership opportunity will help shape the future of workforce development, continuing education, professional training, adult education, and accelerated career pathways across Dallas College.

The Senior Associate Vice Chancellor will provide strategic leadership for a comprehensive portfolio of workforce education initiatives designed to respond to evolving industry demands, strengthen economic mobility, and expand access to high-value credentials, certifications, and lifelong learning opportunities. The role combines strategy with execution, leading efforts across workforce programming, industry engagement, operational performance, resource stewardship, credential attainment, and workforce outcomes.

Why This Role Matters

Workforce needs continue to evolve, creating new opportunities for Dallas College to connect individuals with the education, skills, credentials, and training needed to advance their careers while helping employers develop the talent required for a changing economy.

In this role, the Senior Associate Vice Chancellor will have the opportunity to:

• Shape workforce education strategy by aligning programs with labor market demand, economic development priorities, workforce trends, and institutional goals.
• Expand access to high-value career pathways through continuing education, professional education, integrated adult education, fast-track programs, credentials, certifications, licenses, upskilling, and reskilling opportunities.
• Strengthen industry talent pipelines across sectors including Aerospace, Automotive, Business and Finance, Construction Trades, Healthcare, Information Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Logistics, and other emerging workforce sectors.
• Build meaningful employer and community partnerships that support customized training, contract education, apprenticeships, workforce grants, and pathways to employment.
• Advance economic mobility by creating flexible, responsive educational pathways that accelerate workforce entry, career advancement, and lifelong learning.
• Drive sustainable growth and performance through enrollment growth, revenue generation, resource stewardship, workforce funding strategies, and data-informed decision-making.

The Leadership Opportunity

Workforce Strategy & Innovation

Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Workforce Continuing Education programs, professional education, integrated adult education, and accelerated career pathways. Drive long-range workforce planning and identify opportunities to expand credential attainment, incumbent-worker upskilling, reskilling, and career advancement.

Industry & Employer Partnerships

Develop and sustain relationships with employers, industry associations, workforce boards, governmental agencies, community organizations, and economic development entities. Translate current and emerging employer talent needs into responsive education and training solutions.

Workforce Programs & Pathways

Provide strategic oversight for a broad portfolio of Workforce Continuing Education programs and help advance curriculum, work-based learning, apprenticeships, and training models that connect education with employment and career advancement.

Growth & Resource Stewardship

Provide executive oversight for budgets, resource allocation, financial performance, revenue generation, enrollment growth, expense management, and established workforce education performance metrics. Lead funding strategies involving Workforce Pell initiatives, grants, and state and federal funding opportunities.

Organizational Leadership

Lead and develop teams while establishing clear performance expectations and accountability. Build leadership capacity and foster a culture centered on trust, engagement, collaboration, innovation, service excellence, professional development, and continuous improvement.

Ideal Leadership Profile

The successful candidate will be an experienced workforce education executive who understands the intersection of education, industry, workforce development, and economic opportunity. This leader will bring the ability to:

• Anticipate emerging workforce and labor market needs and translate those needs into scalable education and career pathways.
• Develop and execute complex workforce strategies while balancing long-term priorities with operational demands.
• Build strong partnerships across employers, government, workforce boards, communities, and educational institutions.
• Use labor market intelligence, enrollment, financial, workforce, and performance data to inform strategy and measure results.
• Lead organizational change and continuous improvement across a complex, multi-functional workforce education environment.
• Communicate, negotiate, influence, and build consensus with executive leaders, boards, elected officials, employers, community stakeholders, faculty, staff, and students.

About Dallas College

Dallas College is one of the largest community college systems in Texas, committed to transforming lives and communities through higher education. The College provides accessible, affordable, and high-quality education designed to empower students to achieve their academic and career goals. Dallas College's core values include integrity, respect, opportunity, collaboration, accountability, engagement, and support.

Join Us

This is an opportunity to help shape the future of workforce education at Dallas College and strengthen the connection among education, industry, career opportunity, and economic mobility. If you are an accomplished workforce leader energized by building industry partnerships, developing innovative workforce and continuing education solutions, expanding access to high-value credentials, and creating pathways that help individuals and communities thrive, we invite you to consider joining Dallas College.

Position / Job Summary

The Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Continuing Education provides executive leadership for the planning, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of workforce education, professional training, adult education, and accelerated career pathway programs. Reporting to the Vice Chancellor, Workforce Education, this position supports the division's strategic direction and leads a comprehensive portfolio of workforce development initiatives designed to address evolving industry demands, strengthen economic mobility, and expand access to high-value credentials, certifications, and lifelong learning opportunities. This role collaborates closely with academic, workforce, industry, community, and governmental stakeholders to develop innovative training solutions, workforce partnerships, and talent development strategies that align education with labor market needs. The Senior Associate Vice Chancellor oversees program effectiveness, operational performance, workforce outcomes, and resource stewardship while advancing the College's mission to deliver responsive, industry-driven education that prepares individuals for in-demand careers and supports regional economic growth.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership and Workforce Education Strategy

Provides leadership for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Workforce Continuing Education programs, professional education, integrated adult education, and fast-track career pathways. Establishes and executes a comprehensive workforce education strategy aligned with labor market demand, economic development priorities, workforce trends, and institutional goals. Leads long-range planning to expand workforce training, credential attainment, incumbent worker upskilling, reskilling, and career advancement opportunities throughout the region. Drives innovation and growth in workforce programming to support industry talent pipelines and enhance economic mobility for students and communities.

Workforce Program and Academic Operations Leadership

Provides strategic oversight of Workforce Continuing Education program portfolios, including Community Lifelong Learning and open enrollment continuing education programs in Aerospace, Automotive, Business and Finance, Construction Trades, Healthcare, Information Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Logistics, and other emerging workforce sectors. Directs workforce curriculum development, program evaluation, compliance, class scheduling, operational effectiveness, and continuous improvement activities to ensure quality, scalability, and student success. Oversees integrated work-based learning initiatives, apprenticeships, and workforce training models that accelerate transitions from education to employment. Ensures workforce programs meet accreditation, regulatory, state, federal, and institutional requirements.

Industry Partnerships and External Engagement

Cultivates and sustains strategic partnerships with employers, industry associations, workforce boards, governmental agencies, community organizations, and economic development entities. Leads industry engagement strategies that align workforce education offerings with current and emerging talent needs across key sectors. Expands employer partnerships that support customized training, contract education, apprenticeships, workforce grants, and employment pathways. Represents the College in regional, state, and national workforce development initiatives and forums.

Collaboration and Enterprise Alignment

Partners with Campus Presidents, Academic Schools, Student Services, the Global Ascend Institute, and other institutional leaders to develop coordinated workforce solutions that meet community, student, and employer needs. Collaborates across the institution to align workforce education initiatives with strategic priorities, student success goals, and workforce development objectives. Facilitates district-wide workforce education initiatives that strengthen collaboration across campuses, centers, and workforce training locations.

Financial, Resource, and Performance Management

Provides executive oversight of divisional budgets, resource allocation, and financial performance to ensure fiscal sustainability and operational excellence. Accountable for revenue generation, enrollment growth, expense management, and achievement of established workforce education performance metrics. Leads workforce funding strategies, including Workforce Pell initiatives, state and federal funding opportunities, grants management, and performance-based funding programs. Utilizes workforce analytics, labor market intelligence, and performance data to inform decision-making and measure organizational effectiveness.

Credential Attainment and Workforce Outcomes

Leads strategies that increase participation, completion, and attainment of workforce credentials, certifications, licenses, and industry-recognized certifications. Advances integrated workforce and adult education models that improve student success, career readiness, and employment outcomes. Oversees initiatives designed to accelerate workforce entry, career advancement, and lifelong learning through flexible and innovative education pathways.

People Leadership

Provide leadership and direction by establishing clear performance expectations, accountability measures, conduct performance management activities and ensures alignment of individual and team goals with divisional and institutional priorities. Develops leadership bench strength and talent development strategies to support organizational sustainability and growth. Leads, coaches, develops, and evaluates leadership teams and employees to foster a culture of trust & engagement, collaboration, innovation, service excellence, continuous improvement, and professional development.

Required Dallas College Professional Development Hours per Academic Year

All employees are required to complete a minimum of 19 hours. Employees in people leader positions or positions that include supervisory duties must complete an additional 16 hours of leadership development.

Other

Support the Vice Chancellor, Workforce Continuing Education with WCE adjacent projects to ensure the success of initiatives critical to the Office of the Vice Chancellor. Encourage stakeholder investment and involvement in Best Place to Work initiatives, and other institutional activities that drive appropriate transformational changes to achieve the College's mission. Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum and Preferred – Education, Experience, and/or Certifications

Minimum Requirements for Position

Doctorate degree in a related field. Ten (10) years of executive leadership experience in contract negotiations, educational partnerships, higher education workforce development, continuing education, adult education, grant development and implementation, and corporate training. Strong and proven positive track record background in industry partnerships, budgeting, and regulatory compliance. Current and valid Texas driver's license required. Bilingual or multilingual preferred. Official transcripts required.

Other Preferred Qualifications for Role (not mandatory, but advantageous)

*** Will be subject to a criminal background check. Some positions may be subject to a fingerprint check. ***

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Required Qualifications for Role

Knowledge

• Knowledge of workforce development trends, labor market intelligence, and regional economic development strategies.
• Knowledge of workforce education, continuing education, adult education, professional development, credentialing, and industry certification programs.
• Knowledge of state and federal workforce funding programs, grants management, and compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of higher education administration, program development, and student success principles.
• Knowledge of budget development, financial management, and revenue-generating business models.

Skills

• Skill in developing and executing complex strategic plans that align workforce education with institutional priorities and workforce demands.
• Skill in building and sustaining partnerships with industry, governmental agencies, workforce boards, community organizations, and educational institutions.
• Skill in analyzing workforce, labor market, enrollment, financial, and performance data to support strategic decision-making.
• Skill in leading large-scale organizational change, continuous improvement, and operational transformation initiatives.
• Skill in communicating effectively with executive leaders, boards, elected officials, employers, community stakeholders, faculty, staff, and students.
• Skill in negotiating, influencing, and building consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.

Abilities

• Ability to provide visionary leadership for a complex, multi-functional workforce education division while balancing strategic priorities and operational demands.
• Ability to lead, develop, and performance manage leaders, faculty, and staff through coaching, accountability, succession planning, and professional development.
• Ability to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement across geographically dispersed teams.
• Ability to identify emerging workforce needs and translate them into scalable, market-responsive educational programs and career pathways.
• Ability to manage multiple high-profile initiatives simultaneously while ensuring quality, compliance, fiscal responsibility, and achievement of organizational goals.

Other Preferred Qualifications for Role

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferred

Competencies

Dallas College seeks to identify core and professional competencies for each role and level which helps define the level of expertise needed and desired to demonstrate success in the role.

Work Condition Environment / Physical Requirements

Normal physical job functions performed within a standard office environment. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to individuals with physical challenges to perform the essential duties and responsibilities. This position requires regular on-site presence to fulfill essential duties that cannot be performed remotely. Duties must be executed in-person to ensure effective collaboration, supervision, and service delivery, in accordance with Texas SB 2615. If physical presence is not essential: this position may be eligible for remote work only under conditions permitted by Texas SB 2615, including temporary illness, disability accommodations, or assignment to approved remote instruction programs.

Applications Deadline

November 5, 2026