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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Vice Chancellor, Facilities Management

Job Description Summary:

To direct and administer the College’s facilities planning, construction and maintenance functions, including real estate; new construction; remodeling; furnishings; building and grounds maintenance and operations; and the College’s sustainability program.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Provides leadership and oversight of staff, coaches, directs, mentors, evaluates, and counsels personnel while adhering to organizational human resource policies and procedures as well as related employment laws. Recommends hire and termination personnel actions for positions managed.

• Develops and oversees long-range facilities and real estate planning, and development of new capital improvement programs.

• Develops and maintains design standards for facilities and furnishings.

• Administers operational and capital budgets in support of planning and construction activities.

• Oversees the planning and execution of construction projects, which includes all aspects of project development through construction and occupancy. Collaborates with other departments ensuring that work planned by Facilities meets user needs.

• Responsible for the College’s maintenance functions: MEPF, Maintenance, Grounds, Custodial, and Building Management.

• Oversees planning and implementation of environmental stewardship efforts, including reduction in the use of energy and potable water, reduction in the production of waste and greenhouse gases, increases in recycling, the use of renewable energy, and recycled products. Promotes the integration of these sustainability efforts into the district's operations.

• Coordinates with regulatory authorities and city and state advisory committees regarding issues such as land use, building code/safety issues, accessibility issues, historic landmark requirements, and others.

• Represents the district on external community planning advisory bodies.

• Coordinates issues related to infrastructure capacity such as transportation and utilities, and future plans for such capacity.

• Evaluates properties for acquisition or disposition; manages the process of such transactions.

• Coordinates contracts and other legal issues including development of standard contracts, negotiating and administering contracts for services; assesses legal implications relating to other work activities.

Knowledge

• Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Design, planning, project management, and construction practices and techniques.

• Technical aspects of facilities planning and construction.

• Laws and ordinances regulating building construction and operation.

• Budget preparation, bid and purchasing procedures, and expense control.

• Regulations regarding accessibility and handling of hazardous materials in building materials.

• Principles of environmental stewardship, including energy use, water use, transportation, recycling, air quality, etc.

• Real estate acquisition, management, and disposition.

• Handling the demands and requirements of senior-level management in higher education.

• Understanding of the community college philosophy and mission.

• Effective management and leadership models and techniques, including Servant-Leadership Principles.

Skills

• Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships and working in a collaborative manner.

• Collaborating effectively with diverse constituencies.

• Maintaining an established work schedule.

• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

• Preparing budgets and monitoring the disbursement of funds.

• Effectively managing, leading, and delegating tasks and authority.

• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills, including tact and diplomacy.

• Effectively using organizational and planning skills.

• Analyzing highly conceptual issues and problems and providing creative solutions.

• Meeting deadlines and handling multiple projects.

• Providing leadership to all levels of the college.

• Delivering effective presentations.

Technology Skills

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, scheduling, and presentation software including facility management software.

Required Work Experience

• Five years related work experience, including managerial experience.

Preferred Work Experience

• Ten or more years related work experience , including five years of managerial experience.

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Engineering or a related field. Experience cannot be substituted for required, applicable educational level.

Preferred Education

• Master’s Degree and/or other relevant certifications or licenses.

Special Requirements

• Reliable transportation for local Austin area travel.

Physical Requirements

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment with frequent work at a keyboard or sitting in an office.

• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment.

• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.

• Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

• Must be able to travel.

Safety

• Supervise the safe operation of the unit. Facilitate safety inspections. Take reasonable and prudent actions to eliminate identified hazards. Ensure employees receive appropriate safety training and foster a workplace safety culture.

Salary

Salary is commensurate of experience.

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

January 6, 2025

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.