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Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College

Dean of Technical Programs/Manager II - Academic Support

🇺🇸 Cumberland, KY 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $60K 💻 Project Management 🗓️ June 10th, 2026

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Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College is hiring a Dean of Technical Programs/Manager II - Academic Support. The role involves managing technical programs, providing academic leadership and operational management for credit and non-credit Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs across six campuses, overseeing faculty evaluation, curriculum development, budget, and accreditation. The position also leads grant and resource development efforts, including Perkins funding.

Highlights
  • Manage and provide leadership for technical programs across multiple campuses.
  • Oversee faculty hiring, evaluation, and retention to maintain instructional quality.
  • Coordinate curriculum review, development, and innovation.
  • Represent the college in community organizations and participate in college committees.
  • Lead efforts to expand community partnerships to enhance technical and clinical programs.
  • Minimum qualification: Bachelor's degree with 2-4 years of leadership experience in higher education.
  • Preferred qualification: Master's degree with similar leadership experience.
  • Experience or knowledge of higher education accreditation, articulation, assessment, and program review is requested.
  • Salary: $60,000 annually with a 12-month contract and 37.5 standard hours per week.
  • Benefits include health, dental, vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, retirement plan with employer match, paid holidays, vacation/sick time, and employee assistance program.

Dean of Technical Programs/Manager II - Academic Support Full Description

Title: Dean of Technical Programs/Manager II - Academic Support 
Salary: $60,000.00
Contract Term Length: 12 Months
Standard Hours: 37.5
Work Location: On-Site
FLSA Status: Exempt
College: Southeast KY Community & Technical College
Campus Location: Southeast Cumberland C.C.
Department: Technical Programs

Total Rewards
Southeast KY Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:
  • Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
  • Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
  • 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
  • Vacation/Sick Time
  • Work-Life Balance
  • 9.5 Paid Holidays
  • 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
  • Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary
Responsible for managing the Technical Programs. Provides academic leadership and operational management for credit and non-credit programs in CTE. Accountable for developing and administering instructional programs; faculty hiring and evaluation; budget development and oversight; maintaining programmatic accreditations; and strengthening the delivery of instruction and the quality of the learning environment to ensure student success. This position also plays a lead role in key grants and resource development for the college, including Perkins.

Job Duties:
• Evaluates full-time and part-time faculty to ensure continuity of quality classroom instruction. Recommends enhancement, retention or non-retention.
• Coordinates and directs the evaluation, review, and implementation of innovative curriculum additions and revisions. Reviews course outlines and syllabi and offers feedback and assistance.
• Represents the college to community organizations and agencies and participates in college wide committees.
• Provide strategic leadership to expand and enhance community partnerships for technical and clinical programs, leveraging interdisciplinary expertise throughout the college, to allow the college to have greater community impact.
• Performs other duties as required.
This position serves all six Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College campuses—Cumberland, Harlan, Knox, Middlesboro, Pineville, and Whitesburg. The individual selected for this role will be on the Cumberland Campus; however, travel to other campuses is required. The designated home campus may be reassessed and adjusted in the future as institutional needs evolve.

Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree with 2-4 years of experience in leadership in higher eductions setting.
Preferred Qualifications:Master's degree with 2-4 years of experience in leadership in higher eductions setting.

Additional Skills Requested:
• Training, participation and/or knowledge of higher education accreditation procedures, articulation process, assessment and program review.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve student complaints and recommend appropriate procedures for resolution. Preferred/ desirable qualifications:
• Experience working in a community college and instructional experience are highly preferred.

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Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.