Job description

The President of BridgeValley Community and Technical College serves as the chief executive officer of the institution and is responsible for advancing the College’s mission to deliver accessible, high-quality education that leads to meaningful careers, workforce advancement, and further education. Reporting to the Board of Governors, the President provides visionary, transparent, and accountable leadership that strengthens student success, workforce alignment, institutional sustainability, and regional economic development.

The President will lead the implementation of BridgeValley’s newly adopted 2026–2030 Strategic Plan, ensuring measurable progress in enrollment growth, student retention and completion, institutional effectiveness, and community and industry partnership expansion. The role requires a leader who understands workforce education, skilled trades, early college models, and the evolving role of technology, including artificial intelligence, in both instruction and institutional operations.

Examples of Duties:

Strategic Leadership and Institutional Direction

• Lead the execution and continuous refinement of the College’s 2026–2030 Strategic Plan, aligning resources, policies, and performance metrics to institutional goals.
• Translate Board priorities, state policy, and regional workforce needs into clear operational strategies and accountable outcomes.
• Foster a culture of transparency, continuous improvement, and data-informed decision-making across the institution.
• Provide regular, clear, and accessible reports to the Board, campus community, and external stakeholders on institutional performance and progress.

Student Success, Enrollment, and Completion

• Advance a student-centered educational model that prioritizes enrollment growth, retention, completion, and post-completion outcomes.
• Strengthen early college, dual enrollment, and bridge programs, including the WIN Academy, to build sustainable pipelines into workforce and transfer programs.
• Ensure the delivery of holistic student support systems through BridgeValley ASAP, including advising, financial aid access, mental health resources, transportation supports, and academic services.
• Champion work-based learning, Learn and Earn models, apprenticeships, and employer-connected pathways across academic programs.

Workforce, Skilled Trades, and Economic Development

• Position BridgeValley as the region’s leading provider of workforce education, skilled trades training, and customized employer solutions.
• Maintain active, visible engagement with business, industry, labor, chambers of commerce, and economic development organizations across the service area.
• Ensure academic programs and credentials align with regional labor market demand, licensure requirements, and evolving industry standards.
• Support innovation in continuing education, upskilling, and reskilling to meet the needs of incumbent workers and employers.

Academic Excellence and Innovation

• Promote high-quality academic programs that integrate workforce relevance, transfer pathways, and stackable credentials.
• Encourage thoughtful adoption of instructional technologies, including artificial intelligence, to enhance teaching, learning, and workforce readiness.
• Support faculty leadership, shared governance, and meaningful engagement through Faculty Senate and academic councils.
• Ensure alignment between curriculum, learning outcomes, and career or transfer success.

Institutional Effectiveness and Financial Sustainability

• Ensure sound fiscal management, long-term financial sustainability, and responsible stewardship of public and private resources.
• Expand non-tuition revenue through grants, partnerships, customized training, philanthropy, and Foundation development.
• Oversee facilities, infrastructure, and campus environments to ensure safety, accessibility, and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate and deploy technologies, including AI-enabled tools, to improve institutional effectiveness and administrative efficiency.

Community Engagement and External Relations

• Serve as the chief ambassador and spokesperson for BridgeValley at the local, state, and national levels.
• Build and sustain strong relationships with K–12 partners, universities, civic organizations, government agencies, and community leaders.
• Strengthen transfer pathways through 2+2 agreements and collaborative relationships with four-year institutions.
• Promote alumni engagement as workforce partners, mentors, advocates, and ambassadors.

Leadership, Culture, and Governance

• Lead and support an effective executive team, fostering accountability, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Promote a campus culture that values respect, belonging, morale, and a safe, supportive working and learning environment.
• Ensure compliance with accreditation standards, state and federal regulations, and Board policies.
• Work collaboratively with the Board of Governors, supporting strong governance, ethical leadership, and institutional integrity.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Senior-level leadership experience in an institution of higher education or workforce organization.
• Experience leading institutional strategy, budget management, and organizational change.
• Strong record of engagement with employers, industry partners, and community stakeholders.
• Demonstrated commitment to transparency, shared governance, and inclusive leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Earned doctorate from a regionally accredited institution.
• Demonstrated success in enrollment growth, student retention and completion, and workforce-aligned education.
• Presidential or CEO-level experience in a community or technical college.
• Experience with early college, dual enrollment, skilled trades, apprenticeships, or customized workforce training.
• Success securing grants, contracts, or alternative revenue streams.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies, including AI, and their application in education and institutional operations.
• Experience working in rural or mixed urban-rural regions and economically transitioning communities.

How to apply

BridgeValley will not accept incomplete applications. Please fill out the application completely, even though the resume may include the same information.

Employment is subject to satisfactory results on background check.

Copies of transcripts may be sent but originals must be available prior to hire.

This posting does not reflect the entire job description and may be changed and/or modified, at any time, without notice.
We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor candidates requiring a visa.

BridgeValley Community and Technical College promotes student success, prepares a skilled workforce, and builds tomorrow’s leaders by providing access to quality education.

BridgeValley Community & Technical College is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, religion, color, ancestry, or national origin in admission, employment, educational programs or activities; nor does it discriminate on the basis of genetic information in employment or employee health benefits.

Please contact the Human Resources office at 304-205-6606  if you need assistance or reasonable accommodation in the hiring process.