Academic Dean for Business and Computing Technology

Who We Are

With three campuses along Colorado’s Front Range, Front Range Community College is the state’s largest community college. We enroll close to 28,000 students annually from our diverse service area, which offers a variety of cultural and recreational activities.

Each year approximately 5,000 FRCC students transfer to four-year universities.   FRCC offers more than 36 career training programs that prepare students for immediate employment and rewarding careers. Last year, more than 5,000 high school students took concurrent enrollment classes with us, earning college credit without having to pay college tuition. And we were recently ranked as one of the “Top Online Colleges” in the country by Newsweek.

One of FRCC’s main goals is to offer educational excellence for everyone. The college’s strong commitment to student success means we start by creating an inclusive and equitable environment—one where both students and employees feel they belong and are supported. FRCC’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is woven into the fabric of our college conversations and decision-making processes. We are actively seeking to hire a workforce that reflects the diversity of our student body. 

The college is also an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution. For us, becoming an HSI is an intentional commitment to being a college where our Latinx (and other historically marginalized) students thrive.

FRCC employees and leaders work hard to create a culture of collaboration, innovation and pride. We’re looking to hire people who share these values—along with our commitment to student success, equity and excellence. 

Who You Are

As the Academic Dean for Business and Computing Technology reporting to the Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA), you engage in energetic, visionary, and inclusive leadership to advance the College’s mission and strategic goals and ensure academic excellence. You demonstrate a strong commitment to student success and completion while supporting a fully diverse and inclusive educational environment.

In this role, you provide leadership to faculty and staff, set the direction for programs and provide overall direction of program curricula and operations for Accounting, Business, Hospitality, Computer Networking, Programming, Computer Science, and Computer Information Systems.

You provide forward-thinking and inclusive leadership for faculty and staff to help them achieve excellence and innovation in teaching and learning, student success, faculty and staff development, and community engagement.  As a key member of the VPAA’s Senior Leadership Team, you help set the direction for college programs and initiatives to ensure instructional quality and student success.  As a member of this team, you provide leadership on initiatives, serve on the Expanded Leadership Team and interact frequently with local K-12, university, business, and community partners.

This position has the opportunity for occasional remote work opportunities and has a substantial on-campus presence needed for our Larimer, Boulder County and Westminster Campuses.   

Please note: You need to be a Colorado resident on your first day of employment. Also, Front Range Community College is an E-Verify employer.

SALARY: $105,857-$111,150 annually

The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum starting salary for the position.  When determining the starting salary for a new employee, FRCC takes into consideration a combination of the selected candidate's education, training and experience as it relates to the requirements of the position, as well as the position's scope and complexity, internal pay equity and external market value.

BENEFITS: Please click here to find more information about APT & Faculty Benefits

SELECTION PROCESS: Position will remain open until filled with a priority deadline of July 30, 2025. This posting may be used to fill multiple or similar positions. 

Preliminary screening will be made on the basis of completed application package submitted by candidate. In your application, please include a resume and cover letter that specifically addresses how your background and experience align with requirements, qualification and responsibilities of the Dean of Business and Computing Technology. 

Primary Duties

• Lead with Purpose Across Campuses: Collaborate with faculty and department chairs across the School of Business & Computing Technology to shape high-quality, future-ready programs that reflect the unique needs of each campus community.
• Advance Equity and Student-Centered Learning: Remove barriers to success by supporting inclusive curriculum design, culturally responsive instruction, and academic pathways that reflect the diverse lived experiences of our students.
• Support and Empower Faculty and Staff: Create conditions for instructional excellence by supporting professional growth, fostering collaboration, and building a culture of belonging, innovation, and shared leadership.
• Cultivate Strong Community and Industry Partnerships: Strengthen relationships with local businesses, K-12 partners, and universities to align programs with workforce needs and expand access through concurrent enrollment, internships, and applied learning opportunities.
• Contribute to Institutional Vision and Strategy: Be a strategic thought partner on the Expanded Leadership Team, shaping college-wide initiatives, launching new programs (including BAS degrees), and supporting continuous improvement.
• Steward Resources Responsibly: Collaborate on budget planning to ensure resources are aligned with program goals and student needs, balancing innovation with sustainability.
• Champion Workforce-Ready, Future-Focused Education: Guide programs to remain responsive to evolving industry demands through accreditation processes, advisory boards, and innovative delivery formats including online, hybrid, and competency-based education.

Required Competencies

• Commitment to Values: Articulate a thorough understanding, appreciation, and commitment to the comprehensive community college
• People Leadership and Team Building: Demonstrate the dedication to recruitment, retention, and success of faculty, staff and students. Hire appropriate faculty and staff, support and mentor department chairs, build a chair team that innovates and collaborates, directly address conflicts and poor performance. Enhance a culture that promotes student success through actively seeking feedback, recognizing employee successes, and communicating frequently.
• Workforce, Community Relations and Partnership Development: Have an on-campus presence at all FRCC campuses and be visible in the community through participation on committees and/or associations. Participate in partnerships with school districts, universities, businesses, cities, economic development agencies, and non-profits to develop and maintain non-credit and for-credit academic programs that meet key workforce needs and support students.
• Communication: Demonstrate clear and persuasive written and oral communication skills; commit to transparency and dialog with college constituents. Provide regular written updates to areas supervised; present at college in-service meetings and community events, make presentations to project teams and to Cabinet. Ensure timely sharing of key information to college constituents.
• Collaboration: Deans demonstrate collaborative leadership across faculty, student, staff, administrative and community groups. Collectively, deans develop instructional plans, policies and practices that support academic excellence and student success.
• Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity: Champion equity through reducing or eliminating barriers within department practices, policies and processes. Support department chairs in engaging faculty in developing inclusive pedagogy and work with Human Resources to develop increased diversity in staff and faculty.
• Innovation and Initiative: Promote the viability of programs within areas of responsibility. Develop new programs and partnerships with a strong focus on curriculum design and instructional pedagogy; support program-specific accreditation processes as applicable to areas of responsibility. Help the college create new ways of approaching workforce development (e.g. competency-based learning, micro-credentials, apprenticeships, condensed programs) and incorporate a variety of delivery methods including mobile labs, online and video conferencing.
• Planning and Budgeting: Collaborate to develop college annual and strategic plan and academic affairs implementation plans, including program development plans; create and monitor yearly departmental budgets.
• Student Success Focus: Makes decisions that support a student-first culture.
• Project Management: Lead project teams for program development and other strategic initiatives.
• Integrity: Demonstrate academic and personal integrity in advocating for students, faculty and staff.

Qualifications

Required Education/Training & Work Experience:

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of two years college teaching experience or related training experience.
• Minimum of three years leadership experience in higher education, a related field, in business/industry, or any combination of the three areas.

Minimum of one year with supervisory responsibilities.

Basic knowledge of computer applications (e.g., Microsoft Office) to accomplish managerial tasks.

Welcoming. Respectful. Inclusive. Together, we are FRCC.

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