Executive Director, Administrative Services

The Executive Director, Administrative Services, reports directly to the College President to provide fiscal and financial assistance and manage the business and auxiliary functions including, College-level budget preparation and administration, maintenance and operations, public safety, bookstore, food service, printing, graphics, and mailroom.

 

Examples of Duties

Oversee development and monitoring of College budgets consistent with District goals and applicable laws; advises the President on fiscal implications of budgetary decisions.  Prepare, edit, manage, and reconcile budgets for all programs supervised; provide for the internal allocation and regulation of funds though requisitions and internal adjustment of funds.  Conduct and coordinate financial analysis.  Participate in policy development in matters of fiscal management and business operations.  Manage operations and provide innovative leadership for the following College functions: maintenance and operations, public safety, bookstore, food service, printing, graphics, and mailroom.  Select, train, supervise, and evaluate managers and other staff; coordinate the work of Administrative Services with other major College units.  Coordinate the planning, development, and implementation of innovative approaches to fiscal management, and technology, and/or other areas.  Oversee the purchase, maintenance, and repair of relevant equipment and facilities.  Provide personnel support and supervision.  Act as liaison with District facilities planning and construction.  Oversee budgets in areas of responsibility.  Participate in appropriate committees, conferences, seminars, and workshops.  Perform other duties as assigned.



Minimum Qualifications

~Master’s degree, preferably in Business Administration, Public Administration, or equivalent.  ~Five years experience in a managerial capacity involving college business and auxiliary services.  ~Demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, and disability backgrounds of community college.



 

Knowledge and Abilities

~Knowledge of: Budget-related administrative assignments.  Leadership and managerial techniques. Contemporary issues in higher education. Personnel and budget management.  ~Ability to:  Exercise leadership and maintain good working relationships with faculty, students, and staff.  Effectively manage priorities in large, complex, and diverse operational units.  Effectively communicate orally and in writing. Perform short-and-long range budget, financial and operational planning.  Work collaboratively and productively with faculty, students, administrators, support staff, and the community.  Effectively work within a system of participatory governance.  Effectively work with academic, occupational, developmental, and entrepreneurial programs in a multi-campus environment.  Facilitate change in a productive and positive manner.  Foster teamwork and to establish consensus.  Effectively represent the college in the community.

 

 

 

Salary:  $87,731 - $125,314

Deadline:  Thursday, May 15, 2008

 

 

Application Procedures

 

Applications are available in the Human Resources Office and will be mailed upon request by calling Pam Whitley at (661) 336-5109. Application packets are to be returned to Human Resources, Attention Pam Whitley, 2100 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301.

 

Applications are available on the Internet at www.kccd.edu.

 

In order for an application file to be considered complete it must include the following:

~Signed Letter of Interest. ~Completed and signed Kern Community College District Management Team Application. ~Current Resume. ~Legible copies of unofficial transcripts verifying degrees, certificates and coursework required for the position. (Hiring is subject to verification of official transcripts.)  ~Provide a list of names, titles, business and home telephone numbers of five (5) references consisting of supervisors, peers, and subordinates. (References from either current or former institutions are acceptable and references will only be contacted for final candidates.)

 

An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer