Chairperson, Natural Sciences

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establishes a collaborative working environment and fosters effective communications within the department, division, and campus.
• Provides a student-centered environment where students can express concerns and suggestions associated with the department.
• Hires, supervises, and evaluates full- and part-time faculty and staff.
• Prepares reports and maintains records related to departmental activities, develops budget plans for the department, and oversees budget spending throughout the year.
• Determines the courses offered and the associated faculty for each semester.
• Works with departmental faculty to develop and approve curricula, select textbooks, implement new instructional and support materials, and assign courses.
• Advises Division Dean on all matters pertaining to departmental facilities, curriculum, and staff needs for use in short- and long-range planning for the Division.
• Oversees departmental assessment activities, implements changes as needed, and reports progress to Division Dean.
• Prepares grant funding proposals to supplement the existing budget when appropriate. Fosters the implementation and oversees the budget for all departmental grants.
• Works with departments that provide student services to efficiently deliver those services to students.
• Pursues cooperative agreements with area secondary schools and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions.
• Develops, maintains, and oversees community contacts, including departmental advisory committees, and fosters a collaborative learning environment for students in the department, including internship and apprenticeship opportunities for students in local and/or regional industries.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree in at least one of the departmental disciplines;
• Three years’ experience teaching at the college level;
• Three years’ administrative and supervisory experience;
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office; and
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Doctoral degree in at least one of the departmental disciplines; and
• Five years’ experience teaching at the college level.

• Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Visual Acuity 1: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Hearing 1: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Talking 1: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.