Description:
Professional & Personal Qualifications
The Board of Trustees seeks a new President who will make a long-term commitment to the college. He/she will have successful experience in community and civic engagement and will be an outstanding advocate for the college in the community, with legislators and within the Kansas system of public higher education.
The next President must be innovative, committed to student success and have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. Ideally, in his/her career, the next President will also have demonstrated the following:
- Successful experience in senior administration and management, preferably at a community college, working with a board of trustees, a college foundation and diverse citizens, employees, and students; an earned doctorate from a regionally accredited institution and teaching or counseling experience are preferred but not required;
- Recognition and familiarity of the nature of a comprehensive community college that has a diverse student body, traditional academic transfer and technical programs, fine arts, athletics, residential facilities, off-site campuses, on-line learning, concurrent enrollment, service learning, and childcare center;
- An entrepreneurial, visionary spirit who demonstrates a knowledge and empathy for the role education plays in the greater community and an accessible, visible leadership style that is inclusive and collaborative with an “open- door” approach;
- Demonstrated success in attracting financial support from foundations, corporations, private donors and governmental sources;
- Communication skills with the ability to listen actively; ability to use and present data clearly to make program decisions and inform stakeholders; an engaged individual who has demonstrated the ability to engender trust and respect with the various constituents on campus, within the community, business and industry, and at the state level with the legislature and Board of Regents;
- Experience in establishing relationships and partnerships with K-12 entities, business and industry, other community colleges, proprietary institutions, and four-year institutions;
- Successful experience in fiscal leadership regarding operational and capital budgets and developing strategic plans;
- A track record of building consensus while supporting the collaborative engagement of faculty, staff, administrators and students to foster diversity, creativity, and innovation;
- An appreciation and understanding of the role of shared governance and collective bargaining within the academic setting; and
- A sophisticated understanding and appreciation of the role of technology in higher education, both to support student learning on campus and at a distance, as well as for management and information.