Dean-Academic Affairs Research, Assessment and Planning

Category: : Administrators
Subscribe: :
Department: : Academic & Student Affairs
Locations: : Boston, MA
Posted: : Jul 21, 2025
Closes: : Aug 12, 2025 - 11:59 PM EDT
Type: : Full-time
Ref. No.: : NUP
Position ID: : 190663

About Bunker Hill Community College:

With more than 50 years of academic excellence, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is one of Massachusetts' largest community colleges, serving approximately 16,000 students annually. With campuses in Charlestown and Chelsea, BHCC offers a broad range of educational opportunities throughout Greater Boston. BHCC fosters a welcoming and supportive learning environment for students by offering associate degrees and certificates, early college and dual enrollment, community education, corporate training, and industry-specific programs.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Provost / Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, the Dean of Academic Affairs overseeing Research, Assessment and Planning is part of the academic leadership team whose shared focus is the promotion of student access, success and achievement. The individual in this role will support the development and implementation of innovative academic programs and initiatives by ensuring the institution's ability to access and make available relevant and timely data. With this goal in mind, the Dean is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction in the following areas:

Research and Assessment

• Oversee the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning to sustain relevant, high-quality data collection and analysis, research and evaluation.
• Provide leadership and supervision of the office that supports the team and the institution's mission and strategic goals.
• In partnership with the Provost and other college stakeholders, lead the development and implementation of an integrated planning, assessment and evaluation system across the institution.
• Collaborate with division and program leaders in the development and execution of academic and non-academic program assessment plans and processes.
• Oversee and assure accurate and timely institutional reporting to external constituencies and maintenance of data systems where necessary.
• Utilize analytical tools to respond to internal and external requests for information, monitor institutional performance against local, regional and national benchmarks, conduct analyses to support college planning, enrollment management, program review and assessment.
• Lead and coordinate on-going accreditation activities and continuous improvement efforts.
• Serve as institutional representative in statewide research and assessment committees.
• Support the college's IRB, and provide guidance in the development and assessment of grant and institutionally-funded research projects.
• Perform other related tasks as required.

Institutional Planning

• Serve as a strategic partner in the creation of an environment that promotes and supports using research and data analysis to guide decision making and institutional improvement through innovative and professional leadership in the college planning process, operational effectiveness and policy formation.
• Coordinate and support institutional planning activities and projects
• Coordinate and monitor the collection of strategic plan metrics and progress.

Requirements:

• Master's Degree in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience; Doctorate preferred.
• Minimum 5-7 years of progressively responsible experience including management of personnel and budgets, including effective management of professional staff and collaboration with faculty.
• Proven leadership of a client-oriented service function at an institution of higher education.
• Strong analytical skills and quantitative and qualitative research knowledge and experience.
• Demonstrated experience proactively utilizing data and research to identify and make recommendations on institutional issues.
• Excellent interpersonal and written and oral communication skills with the ability to shape complex information into presentations that are understandable to diverse audiences.
• Current knowledge of federal and state higher education policies, issues, regulations and trends.
• Successful track-record in managing accreditation activities.
• Experience working with faculty in a shared governance environment.

Additional Information:

Salary Range: $153,000 - $163,000. Actual Salary Will Be Commensurate With Education and Experience. Non-Unit Professional position. Full state Benefits.

• Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as noted above are encouraged to put in writing precisely how their background and experience has prepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.
• Please note that as a condition of employment, the final candidate will undergo Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) and Sex Offender Registry Information (SORI) background screenings in accordance with state regulations. The results of these screenings may impact the hiring decision.

Application Instructions:

To be considered for this position please upload the following documents to your account:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Please be sure to address the Required Qualifications in your documents.

If you need assistance applying through this website please contact our online Help Desk HERE

#J-18808-Ljbffr