Job description

Fayetteville Technical Community College is recruiting for a new member to join our Math & Sciences department and is now accepting applications for a full-time Department Chair of Mathematics!

The Department Chair will plan, organize, and coordinate the activities of an assigned curriculum department and to provide highly responsible academic and administrative support to the assigned Division Chair and/or Academic Dean.

We offer a valuable benefits package that includes the following:

NC State Health Plan

NC State Retirement Plan

Paid Leave

Paid Holidays

Cafeteria Plan (IRS Code Section 125)

Educational Benefits

Longevity

TRICARE Supplement Benefits

Full-time employee benefitsDuties

Essential Duties-Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Participate in the development, planning, and implementation of goals and objectives related to assigned curriculum department.
• Perform overall coordination duties for the department, including coordination of curriculum development and review activities.
• Assist the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean in the marketing of assigned curriculum; provide input on marketing materials and literature for distribution to potential students; make presentations to schools, organizations, and other contacts.
• Coordinate the program advisory committee for the department and ensure subordinate program coordinators are also effectively managing their advisory committees.
• Coordinate with faculty and staff to discuss and possibly implement procedures and suggestions by the Program Advisory Board Membership for progressive improvements.
• Provide input to the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean on program budget needs to include part-time salaries, supplies, equipment, travel, and other costs.
• Monitor all expenditures for cost effectiveness and efficiency of departmental operations.
• Develop, review, and recommend new or modified course outlines, supplies, materials, and textbooks; maintain currency of instructional techniques and methods.
• Provide to the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean proposed revisions and updates of course outlines and syllabi for approval/retention.
• Assist the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean with the identification and recruitment of potential faculty and lab technicians for the curriculum; participate in interview selection committees; provide initial departmental orientation and training to new hires.
• Assist the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean with the scheduling and staffing for all classes in the department, including monitoring classes for effectiveness and efficiency of operations.
• Provide written input to the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean on the evaluation of faculty, staff, and lab technicians assigned within the department.
• Recommend to the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean courses that could be offered via distance learning techniques, including eArmyu, and coordinate with faculty members to teach the new courses; coordinate with faculty for enrollment into DOC training; coordinate for development of Attachment E document on new courses to be offered and submit to the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean.
• Coordinate and assist in the maintenance and security of equipment, as appropriate.
• Submit a Personal and Professional Development Plan to the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean on an annual basis and ensure faculty assigned to the department also provide a well-thought-out plan.
• Maintain departmental activities within SACSCOC criterion on a daily basis.
• Participate in student advisement and registration processes.
• Make appropriate recommendations to the Division Chair and/or Academic Dean on student graduation readiness.
• Resolve complaints or problems among faculty, staff, and students within the department and advise Division Chair and/or Academic Dean of potential escalation of problems, as appropriate.
• Verify accuracy and timely submission of 10% rosters and final grade rosters for faculty members assigned to the department.
• Comply with the instructional responsibilities, as explained in the job description for instructional faculty.
• Perform other duties as assigned for curriculum department as a part of the administrative responsibilities for teaching faculty.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree in Mathematics or a closely related field with at least 18 graduate-level credit hours in mathematicsNumber of Months: 12

Posting Number: F18-26

Close Date: 06/05/2026

Open Until Filled: No

How to apply

Apply now

Screening of applications will begin immediately, with an anticipated hire date of July 1st, 2026.

Please include all relevant, well-documented experience related to this position in your application. This is very important because that experience is used during evaluations to determine your initial salary. Please note, there is 10 years maximum experience cap in the evaluation to determine initial salary.

NOTE: All applicants under consideration for employment at Fayetteville Technical Community College will be required to complete a consent form that allows FTCC to conduct a criminal background check on your behalf so that you may be considered further for the position for which you have applied.

” Please note, Fayetteville Technical Community College will not support an application for a new work visa, such as an H-1B, and will not sponsor the STEM OPT extension.”