What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness and Planning position at Butte-Glenn Community College?
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND PLANNING
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MSC Range 26 ; Full-time/Exempt; 40 hours per week; 12 months per year
Projected Recruitment Timeline
Anticipated Application Screening Period: May 27-29, 2026
Tentative First Interview Dates: June 8-9, 2026 (Zoom)
Tentative Second Interview Date: June 15, 2026 (In Person)
Anticipated Start Date: August 2026
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
The Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning provides leadership and coordination for the development, review, and implementation of institutional policies, procedures, and planning documents. This position oversees key institutional processes including accreditation reporting, strategic planning, and participatory governance alignment, and serves as a primary resource for ensuring institutional effectiveness across the College. This position oversees institutional research and serves as the College's accreditation liaison officer.
Work Schedule
The work schedule is Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. As an exempt position, hours may vary based on departmental needs.
Minimum Qualifications
Diversity Qualifications
Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity and sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and staff.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
All applicants, including current Butte College employees, must complete and submit an online application with all required attachments to move forward. All fields within the application should be completely and thoroughly filled out. Do not skip application fields by inputting "see resume."
Required Attachments
REQUIRED UPON HIRE
Transcripts of academic work are not a required attachment with the application but may be required upon hire.
PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR APPLICANTS
Application Tips for Success
For helpful tips and guidance on navigating our application submission and recruitment process, please refer to the document below.
Travel and Relocation Accommodations
For candidates traveling more than 80 miles to attend an onsite interview at Butte College, you may be eligible for travel reimbursement. And if hired, consider our relocation incentives below.
Butte Glenn Community College District (BGCCD) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER : To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Butte Glenn Community College District is committed to creating a diverse workforce focused on equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all faculty, staff, administrators, managers, and students. The District is dedicated to building an environment that supports our diverse student populations providing opportunities to mentor, encourage, and prepare our students to be successful in the world and expose them to global perspectives. Our District community of professionals is devoted to enriching our students' lives by bringing to light a variety of ways to engage and discover their individual and collective paths through education.
BGCCD is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the District’s policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunities and are not subject to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, gender, color, language, accent, citizenship status, ancestry national origin, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics.
The eligible list established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancy and possibly future vacancies for positions with the same class specification.
The District reserves the right to modify, rescind or re-advertise this announcement without notification or to delay indefinitely the employment of a person for the position.
Closing Date/Time: Tue, 26 May 2026
Click here for the full Job Description/Classification Specification
MSC Range 26 ; Full-time/Exempt; 40 hours per week; 12 months per year
Projected Recruitment Timeline
Anticipated Application Screening Period: May 27-29, 2026
Tentative First Interview Dates: June 8-9, 2026 (Zoom)
Tentative Second Interview Date: June 15, 2026 (In Person)
Anticipated Start Date: August 2026
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
The Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning provides leadership and coordination for the development, review, and implementation of institutional policies, procedures, and planning documents. This position oversees key institutional processes including accreditation reporting, strategic planning, and participatory governance alignment, and serves as a primary resource for ensuring institutional effectiveness across the College. This position oversees institutional research and serves as the College's accreditation liaison officer.
Work Schedule
The work schedule is Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. As an exempt position, hours may vary based on departmental needs.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree* from a regionally accredited institution; AND
- One (1) year of experience with governance, policy, institutional planning, or accreditation processes; OR
- Bachelor’s degree* from an accredited institution; AND
- Five (5) years of experience with governance, policy, institutional planning, or accreditation processes; OR
- Any combination of education and experience which would provide the required qualifications for the position.
*Bachelor’s and master’s degree education equivalency is a 1 to 1 equivalency, one year of responsible work experience related to the classification for each full year (24-30 units) of college.
Diversity Qualifications
Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity and sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and staff.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
All applicants, including current Butte College employees, must complete and submit an online application with all required attachments to move forward. All fields within the application should be completely and thoroughly filled out. Do not skip application fields by inputting "see resume."
Required Attachments
- Resume or Vita: Attach a resume that aligns with the information provided in your application.
- Diversity Essay: The Butte-Glenn Community College District has a very diverse staff and student population with respect to academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds. In your Diversity Essay, please describe your skills, education, professional development, community involvement, and professional experience working with these diverse groups.
REQUIRED UPON HIRE
Transcripts of academic work are not a required attachment with the application but may be required upon hire.
- Offers of employment are contingent upon the submission of official transcripts showing completion of the degree, and proof of other requirements of the position, that minimally qualified the applicant.
- If the position has an education equivalency component within the minimum qualifications and the applicant qualified under equivalency, transcripts may not be required upon hire.
- Foreign transcripts must include a U.S. evaluation and translation. For list of agencies that provide this service click here (Download PDF reader) .
PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
- The successful applicant will be required to complete a medical history questionnaire and must agree to undergo and pass a pre-employment physical examination, based on the physical requirements of the position, prior to employment. The physician will be selected and paid for by the District. Disabilities not related to the essential physical job requirements will not preclude the applicant from being hired.
- Education Code § 87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination within the past sixty (60) days to determine that they are free of active tuberculosis.
- As a condition of employment, the District requires that you provide fingerprints prior to beginning work. You may be fingerprinted at Butte College Human Resources by appointment, or you may be fingerprinted at another agency. Should you be fingerprinted at another agency, the rolling fee charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the fingerprint report is the employee's responsibility at the time of printing.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR APPLICANTS
Application Tips for Success
For helpful tips and guidance on navigating our application submission and recruitment process, please refer to the document below.
- Application Tips for Success
Travel and Relocation Accommodations
For candidates traveling more than 80 miles to attend an onsite interview at Butte College, you may be eligible for travel reimbursement. And if hired, consider our relocation incentives below.
- Travel Reimbursement for Interviews
- Relocation Incentive
- Housing Resources
Butte Glenn Community College District (BGCCD) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER : To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Butte Glenn Community College District is committed to creating a diverse workforce focused on equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all faculty, staff, administrators, managers, and students. The District is dedicated to building an environment that supports our diverse student populations providing opportunities to mentor, encourage, and prepare our students to be successful in the world and expose them to global perspectives. Our District community of professionals is devoted to enriching our students' lives by bringing to light a variety of ways to engage and discover their individual and collective paths through education.
BGCCD is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the District’s policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunities and are not subject to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, gender, color, language, accent, citizenship status, ancestry national origin, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics.
The eligible list established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancy and possibly future vacancies for positions with the same class specification.
The District reserves the right to modify, rescind or re-advertise this announcement without notification or to delay indefinitely the employment of a person for the position.
Closing Date/Time: Tue, 26 May 2026