Director Honors College

This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission of Lone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position. A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professional communication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect and accountability to LSC students and employees is essential.

Cultural Beliefs

• One LSC
• Student Focused
• Own It
• Foster Belonging
• Cultivate Community
• Choose Learning

The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For" is designed to recognize colleges that have been successful in creating great workplaces and to further research and understanding of the factors, dynamics and influences that have the most impact on organizational culture at higher education institutions.

Lone Star College has been recognized in multiple categories.

Lone Star College-Tomball

Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester. LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.

Founded in 1988, Lone Star College-Tomball is the third oldest college in the LSC system. LSC-Tomball offers a wide range of academic and workforce programs and is a leading college in the health sciences. LSC-Tomball is the founding college of the lifePATH program, a four-year degree for adults with cognitive disabilities. LSC-Tomball enjoys a joint library partnership with Harris County Public Library, and we offer an early college high school with the Tomball Independent School District.

Location address is 30555 Tomball Parkway, Tomball, TX 77375.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

The Director, Honors College acts as the principal and primary academic and budgetary officer for respective campus Honors College office. Provide positive leadership regarding Honors curricular and co-curricular course offerings and programming, Honors Faculty, and honors students' success that further the academic, programmatic, and scholarly mission of the institution in its service to the community. Support the Honors College's mission of being national leaders in honors education and promote Lone Star College as an institution of first choice. Process academic and student services related policy and procedure, determination of honors academic standards and benchmarks, participation in budgetary allocations, and assessment necessary for the development, growth and continued improvement of curricular and co-curricular honors programming. Holds direct management authority and accountability to execute policies and operational initiatives for functional area.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Provides guidance and resources to staff and faculty for professional development in an overall campus department location. Plan, develop and implement all honors curriculum, outcomes and offerings. Hold campus Honors Faculty meetings and professional development sessions for continued improvement
2. Implement best practice-based processes for honor registration and enrollment. Address honors-related complaints, issues and eligibility
3. Schedules work and activities
4. Organizes, plans and prioritizes work, including campus-level curricular and co-curricular activities, Honors events, long-range plans and campus evaluation and professional development
5. Has accountability for all duties of subordinates of Honors staff and oversees student data tracking, travel and budget
6. Works collaboratively with internal and external contacts. Maintains a visible role in the community and with local ISD's
7. Negotiates and deals with vendors and outside organizations
8. Analyzes and interprets detailed information to develop campus-strategic goals and provide semesterly and yearly program evaluation / curricular assessment
9. Develops and manages contracts and budgets and send to Associate Vice Chancellor for final approval
10. Responsible for overseeing Honors student advising, including personalized advising, training advisors/counselors on Honors curriculum and schedules, providing honors-related transfer and scholarship workshops
11. Responsible for leading honors related travel. Serve as trip leader for some student conferences and international travel. Support and oversee honors campus-affiliate field trips
12. Initiate and manage honors recruiting and outreach by leading recruitment drives, high school recruiting visits and events, advertising and distributing scholarships at the campus level and coordinating scholarship plans to enrollment management
13. Teach one honors section per semester as an adjunct
14. Support integration initiatives with International Programs and Civic Engagement
15. Responsible for other reasonable related duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Self-motivated, positive attitude, mature personality, and team oriented
• Superior organizational skills
• Strong work ethic, ready to work extremely hard executing strategic plans
• Ability to effectively work with faculty, staff, and students at all skill/management levels
• Ability to maintain exemplary professional relationships with internal and external contacts at all levels
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude in demanding work environment

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

WORK SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:

• Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, calculator, phone and other general office equipment
• Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position
• Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimal exposure to safety hazards

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience must include at least 3 years in a management-level position

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree

Hiring salary range is $89,399 to $102,809.

Lone Star College provides a hiring salary range for all posted full-time non-faculty positions. Where your salary offer would fall in that range is determined by your related experience and education. Should you receive an offer of employment from Lone Star College, the resume submitted in the application process will be utilized to calculate your salary offer. The information outlined below will provide the Office of Human Resources everything needed to determine an accurate starting salary.

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1. Length of time (specific months and years) of employment
2. If the position was full time or part time
3. If the position was paid or unpaid
4. Level of degree completed including date earned.
5. Unofficial transcript for highest earned degree

Additionally, any certifications listed as required or preferred in the Lone Star College job description should be included in the resume submitted.

By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a part of an organization that offers a supportive, collegial work environment and excellent work/life balance. This includes a full comprehensive and competitive benefits package, a generous number of paid holidays and vacation days, wellness programs, tuition waiver, professional development opportunities and more.

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