Assistant Director, English as a Second Language (ESL)

Position Description

Hudson County Community College

Assistant Director, English as a Second Language (ESL)

School: Humanities and Social Sciences

Office: English as a Second Language (ESL)

Jersey City, New Jersey

Salary Grade: 113

Internal Consideration

“Hudson is Home”

“Hudson is Home” is about our people. Hudson County Community College truly cares about our faculty, staff, students and community. At HCCC, you will be respected, supported, and valued! Our caring, collaborative, and diverse culture is what defines us and together we can and will achieve our dreams!

Our Perks

HCCC provides full-time employees with a strong, comprehensive benefits package that includes: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Retirement Plans, and up to $9,000 per year invested in your tuition assistance. Additionally, we also offer employee assistance programs, flexibles spending accounts, flexible hybrid schedules (depending on the position), employee discount marketplace, auto and home insurance discounts and more.

About This Role

The Assistant Director, ESL serves as the primary coordinator of ESL student onboarding, placement, and progression processes. This position ensures that multilingual learners are accurately placed, successfully registered, and efficiently advanced through the ESL pathway by providing individualized support, managing placement and mobility processes, and coordinating interventions that promote student persistence and completion.

Working collaboratively with faculty, advising, testing, enrollment services, and academic affairs, the Assistant Director, ESL monitors student progression from application submission through ESL Proficiency Certificate completion and transition into college-level coursework. The role leads multilingual student engagement initiatives, oversees early advancement and intervention processes, supports strategic enrollment efforts, and uses data-informed practices to improve registration yield, retention, placement accuracy, and time-to-completion.

Through proactive student mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and student-centered support, the Assistant Director strengthens enrollment outcomes, maximizes student success, and advances the College's goals for access, persistence, and completion among multilingual learners.

Summary Of Duties

What You’ll Do:

• Work with Office of Testing & Assessment to determine appropriate and final placement for all new incoming students. Uses pipeline to make recommendations to Director of ESL and ESL Coordinators to ensure appropriate quantity of sections needed. In collaboration, establishes or refreshes score equivalencies for ESL Standardized exams (i.e. DET, IELTS, TOEFL).
• In collaboration with ESL faculty, identify students who demonstrate superior performance through diagnostic exams and instructor recommendations for early ESL Exit testing, allowing for accelerated progression. Provides individualized white-glove support to ensure students successfully register according to their recommended placement or outcome.
• Coordinate with faculty and proctor student make-up exams during the semester, final exam period and post-semester ‘incomplete’ periods on both campuses to ensure successful completion of coursework.
• Work collaboratively with ESL Faculty, the Director of ESL and Academic Foundations English, the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Office of Academic Affairs to assess outcomes related to ESL enrollment, placement and registration and create action plans based on relevant metrics.
• Design, update, and execute a communication plan to students consisting of regular correspondences to inform of important dates and action steps regarding registration. Create and manage progress reports from faculty via Student Improvement Program by informing students of their academic progress and providing recommendations for improvement.
• Coordinate the promotion, registration and sections for ESL Enrichment Workshops and Bridge Program and report on outcomes of student success.
• Collaborate with Associate Dean of Academic Affairs to determine need and schedule learning communities. Lead efforts in promotion of 100-level Learning Communities and ESL variation courses (i.e. CSS-100) to ESL Student Body each semester
• Provide targeted ESL language supports for students with identified need.
• Attend ESL Celebration Graduation Event, Open House, and other recruitment activities supporting the outcomes of the ESL Program.
• Participate in college committees and events to increase visibility for the program, gain knowledge, and build partnerships across the College. Lead internal cross-departmental communication and strategies between advising, placement and enrollment on updates to ESL program.
• Remain current and communicate the latest research on ESL enrollment, placement and registration best practices to the department.
  
  

Qualifications

What You’ll Need:

Education And Experience (Required)

• Bachelor of Arts or Sciences
• Certificate in TESOL or a minimum of 2 years' experience working in ESL/Bilingual Education context.
  
  

Competencies And Skills

• Advanced Proficiency in Spanish or Arabic (CEFR C1 Advanced).
• Strong written, verbal, and effective communication skills in English.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask.
• Ability to work in a team environment and maintain excellent working relationships.
• Excellent oral presentation skills and the ability to speak in small and large groups are required.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive and respectful working relationships with students, staff, and faculty.
• Demonstrate commitment to supporting students from diverse multilingual urban contexts
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Canvas, Colleague, EAB Navigate, CourseDog or other school-wide databases.
  
  

Supplemental Information

Review Of Applications To Begin

Immediately

Application Submission

For full consideration, please send resume, cover letter, salary expectations, and a list of three professional references when making your application submission.

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Hccc Employee Benefits

We value and appreciate all employees and acknowledge the importance of a comprehensive benefit program. Below is a brief glance of HCCC benefits, perks, and discounts offered to employees. For more detailed information about employee benefits please visit: https://www.hccc.edu/administration/hr/benefits-pensions.html

As a New Jersey First Act Employer, new employees must establish a primary residence in New Jersey within one year unless an exemption applies.

HCCC is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment. Decisions on employment are made on the basis of the qualifications of an individual for the particular position being filled. Women, veterans and minorities are encouraged to apply.