Job posting

MCTC is a two-year college located in downtown Minneapolis, serving the diverse, multicultural communities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. We provide a comprehensive offering of developmental, liberal arts, pre-professional, professional, and technical programs.

• Serve as leader, administrator and evaluator of the Science and Mathematics programs which includes Astronomy, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Physics.
• Supervise and evaluate Science and Mathematics personnel, and other personnel as assigned.
• Responsible for development and/or administration of budgets in areas of supervision.
• Serve as liaison between the Science and Mathematics programs and the college, surrounding community and community agencies, businesses and other groups, K-12, advisory committees, state and national groups.
• Supervises Geology, the faculty of the division, an office administrative assistant and other personnel as assigned.

• Master’s Degree in Science, Mathematics or related field.
• One year of teaching experience.
• Higher education, K-12 or other related leadership experience.

• PhD in Science or Educational Administration.
• One year of teaching experience at the higher education level.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and to establish and maintain a high degree of personal and departmental integrity and openness with students, faculty and staff.
• Demonstrated skill in leadership, management, and supervision of personnel.
• Demonstrated skill in working effectively with personnel conflicts and concerns.
• Experience in developing, organizing and administering budgets.
• Demonstrated experience in curriculum review, staffing and scheduling.
• Creativity in areas of curriculum planning and development including experience in alternative formats of curriculum delivery.
• Experience in grant writing and administration.
• An effective communicator, who will listen, is open to new ideas/suggestions and responds in a timely way to faculty, students and staff with response to questions or concerns.
• Demonstrated ability to seeking multiple ways in problem solving, an ability to deliver the “no” message and have a sense of humor.
• Evidence of a strong and clear commitment to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Other Special Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience in active learning, undergraduate research and interdisciplinary programming.
• Demonstrated ability to administer in a fair, thorough and thoughtful way.
• Ability to effectively organize time and complete diverse tasks.
• Will support program values of diversity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel overnight for professional meetings and attend or manage evening and weekend events.

Materials submitted electronically on or before October 16, 2009 will receive priority review.

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