Department Chair, Business

The Position

Title: Department Chair, Business

Position Type: Full time

Requisition No: 25029

Category: Faculty

Supervisor: Dean of Learning and Instruction

Last Updated: March 2025

Job Purpose: The Department Chair, in collaboration with the Dean of Learning and Instruction, ensures the workforce relevancy, quality, and continuous improvement of Calbright Business Programs.

Location: Remote, various locations throughout California

Salary Range: Faculty salary schedule placement (depending on qualification and education) + 15% $95,830.65 - $132,067.15

** The first review of the application shall occur approximately on 03/26/2025 **

Position Overview

The Department Chair position supports Calbright College's mission of offering competency-based, workforce-relevant programs for the adult learner through high-impact andrological practices in online, skills-based curriculum and assessment practices. In collaboration with the Dean of Learning and Instruction, the Department Chair ensures program quality, workforce relevancy, and continuous improvement of the Business Programs.

The Department Chair provides domain-level leadership to cross-functional faculty teams, applies data-driven program oversight, and ensures alignment with industry standards, accreditation requirements, and workforce needs. This role requires curriculum planning and analysis skills, faculty development, data reporting, and program effectiveness while leading efforts in workforce alignment, competency-based education, and data-informed decision-making.

The Department Chair will foster internal and external relationships, including academic advisory council members, subject matter experts, industry experts, and other partners to enhance student success, program innovation, and institutional growth. The Department Chair will work with cross-functional leadership to help establish operational objectives and to positively impact student outcomes, program quality, enrollment growth, and overall program performance. The Department Chair is also responsible for ensuring student success and meeting key program performance outcomes.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

The duties below are representative of the role and are not intended to cover all of the duties performed within the scope of work.

• Ensures program initiatives and decisions are aligned with and serve Calbright's mission and vision.
• Leads regular program-level meetings to review program quality, continuous improvement, and student success metrics and data.
• Support Adjunct Faculty in setting annual SMART goals to support student success.
• Ensure programs meet accreditation standards, state/federal regulations, and institutional policies.
• Qualified to teach in the appropriate and approved disciplines. Ability to provide coverage and content expertise to the department's programs as needed.
• Oversee adjunct faculty in the assigned department area, including performing quarterly and annual reviews, approving timesheets, training, mentorship, referring student cases, and assisting with escalations.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and improve the student experience using an equity-centered design approach.
• Reviews and monitors student and course feedback to ensure the student voice is represented and provides content and program improvement recommendations.
• Ensure programs incorporate support structures that enhance student retention and completion rates.
• Lead the program review process by overseeing review cycles, collecting and analyzing data, engaging stakeholders for input, and preparing comprehensive reports to support continuous improvement and informed decision-making.
• Leads with a data-informed mindset to validate quality, analyze student outcomes data, and contribute to trend analysis and metric tracking across programs.
• Works with cross-functional teams (including program faculty and staff) to ensure program outcomes, assessment measures, and course content are rigorous, responsive, and relevant to workforce skills and needs.
• Ensure full-time and part-time faculty are prepared to support both a pilot and public launch of respective programs.
• Establish program expectations for faculty for quality and effective engagement with students.
• Lead external advisory councils and industry experts to ensure program alignment with workforce skills and national certifications.
• Maintain relevancy in the discipline, including but not limited to certifications, professional development, networking, etc.
• Selects subject matter experts (external professionals) to serve on curriculum and program development projects.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned that support the objective of the position.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• In-depth knowledge in one or more department program areas.
• Knowledge of and commitment to competency-based education and assessment forward design.
• Knowledge of program review processes, outcomes assessment, and key performance metrics.
• Working knowledge of program development/design and performance metrics
• Collaboration and ability to work across teams toward a unified goal.
• Effective communicator and resolution-oriented towards students if/as appropriate within the program(s).
• Effectively communicates and collaborates with fellow faculty members within and across disciplines and programs.
  • An innovative and student-centric thought leader in discipline and industry practice.
  • Capable of leading and promoting change management.
    • Demonstrate understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disability, and sexual orientation of community college students, staff, and faculty.

Minimum Qualifications

• Baccalaureate degree in one or more Business discipline areas and 3 years of industry experience.
• Remains current in the discipline area, holding relevant certifications as appropriate.

Desired Qualifications

• Master's degree in one or more Business discipline areas and 3 years of industry experience.
• Experience with skill-based or competency-based curriculum.
• Knowledge of adult learning theory or online teaching experience.
• A combination of three years of increasingly responsible experience in learning and instruction or an industry-relevant position, including two years of administrative or supervisory responsibility.

Working Conditions and Travel

• Calbright College is a statewide online college where all instruction and support are done via various online technologies both in person and remotely. Calbright College has administrative offices in Sacramento available for use. When working remotely, employees should be able and willing to use digital communication tools as used by the college, and have the ability to work on a computer for extended periods of time. Although this is a primarily remote position, there may be instances in which you will be required to attend meetings or travel to in-person events.
• Regular attendance is considered an essential job function; the inability to meet attendance requirements may preclude the employee from retaining employment.
• The person holding this position is considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in Calbright College policies, procedures, and Title IX.
• Calbright College celebrates all forms of diversity and is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment within which students, staff, administrators, and faculty thrive. Individuals interested in advancing Calbright College's strategic diversity goals are strongly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.
• Requires the ability to function in a remote online instructional environment performing work of primarily a sedentary nature. Requires the ability to use hearing and speech to make presentations to groups and carry on conversations over the phone and in-person. Requires speaking skills to communicate with staff and students in one-on-one and small group settings, on the phone, and to distinguish sound prompts from various types of equipment. Requires near visual acuity to read printed materials and computer screens. Requires sufficient hand/arm/finger dexterity to retrieve work materials, operate a personal computer keyboard, and operate standard office equipment. Requires the ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Work is performed indoors where minimal safety considerations exist.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Calbright College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Calbright College complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

Who We Are

Calbright College is one of California's newest community colleges – the first statewide, online campus designed to bridge the gap between employers with unfilled positions and students who don't have either the time or money to attend a traditional school. Our mission is to increase economic mobility and close equity gaps for working adults who lack easy access to traditional forms of higher education by offering online, flexible, affordable skills-based programs that provide tangible economic value for both working adults and hiring managers.