What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chairperson, History and Social Sciences position at Middlesex College?
Classification Title: Chairperson, History and Social Sciences
Salary: $118,587.00 Annually (12-month position)
Department: History and Social Sciences
Pay Grade: CHB
Reports To: Dean of Liberal Arts
FLSA Status: Exempt
Unit: Administrative
Opening Date: 3/26/2026
Closing Date: 4/16/2026 11:59 p.m.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB
The Chairperson, History and Social Sciences performs managerial, professional work providing instructional leadership and administrative oversight for an array of disciplinary courses and programs at a comprehensive community college, including History, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Criminal Justice, and Education. Works collaboratively with faculty and staff and with the College’s administrative team to provide a high-quality learning environment for students.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Functions:
- Establishes a collaborative working environment and fosters effective communications within the department, division, and campus.
- Works in partnership with faculty members to develop best practices for curricula, programs, and related student services.
- Assesses learning outcomes for courses, programs, and services and implements changes, where appropriate.
- Works collaboratively with departmental faculty to develop and approve curriculum, select textbooks, implement new instructional and support materials, and assign courses.
- Hires, supervises, and evaluates full- and part-time faculty and staff.
- Develops reports and budget plans for the department.
- Oversees grant proposals and implementation.
- Participates actively on division and College committees, meetings, and public outreach efforts.
- Provides professional development opportunities for faculty.
- Develops and implements new opportunities for the College to focus on coursework essential for student success and degree attainment.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree in one of the departmental disciplines
- Three (3) years’ experience teaching at the college level
- Three (3) years’ administrative, supervisory and/or leadership experience at the post-secondary level
- Demonstrated proficiency in computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Doctoral degree
- Five (5) years’ experience teaching at the college level.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
- Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Hearing 2: Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
SCHEDULE: Twelve (12)-month position, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
RETIREMENT: Pension Eligible
NJ First Act
Any Middlesex College employee hired after September 1, 2011 will have to meet the New Jersey residency law requirement.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Middlesex College is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the armed forces of the United States, or disability.
Affirmative Action and Compliance Statement
Middlesex College is firmly committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. The College will implement this policy to assure that the educational programs, activities, services, benefits and employment opportunities offered by the College are available to all persons regardless of sex, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, nationality, color, marital status, civil union or domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, age, handicap (and/or disability), service in the armed forces, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, refusal to submit to genetic tests, or refusal to make available results of genetic tests, in accordance with State and Federal laws. All employees and students are expected to accept these principles and to reflect their spirit in everyday relationships with fellow employees and students. Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to the Affirmative Action Officer, Middlesex College, Chambers Hall, 2600 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, New Jersey 08818-3050.