Orange Coast College Presidential Profile

The Coast Community College District Board of Trustees is seeking nominations and applications for the President of Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA. The position reports to the Chancellor of the Coast Community College District.

Opportunities and Challenges

The President of Orange Coast College will be a leader committed to successfully addressing the following opportunities and challenges:

• Providing a vision to unify the College as it advances educational excellence in an increasingly diverse and complex environment;
• Sustaining hallmark quality transfer programs;
• Expanding services to meet the workforce training and occupations needs of the community;
• Addressing the technology and infrastructure needs of the College.

Leadership Qualities and Characteristics

Orange Coast College seeks an exemplary, experienced and visionary leader who embraces the community college mission and is:

• Collaborative and comfortable reaching out across the many sectors of a diverse community;
• An experienced educator committed to student success and the comprehensive community college mission;
• Supportive of shared governance and academic freedom;
• An excellent communicator;
• Approachable, inclusive, and visible on campus and in the community;
• Valuing of and supportive of the strong tradition of active student life, including nationally recognized extracurricular involvement and activities;
• Open, transparent, and inclusive, in both decision making and providing explanations of those decisions;
• Informative with faculty and staff regarding the challenges faced by the College, sharing the innovations or solutions being taken to address those challenges;
• A partner with the local and larger community to foster integrated economic development and to improve the community’s quality of life;
• A scholar and practitioner of effective leadership in organizational and group dynamics;
• An agent of change who rallies support for the expansion of the College;
• Celebratory of the rich traditions of the College and acknowledging of the successes and contributions of the exemplary programs, faculty, staff, and students;
• Capable of establishing new directions during a period of diminished state resources;
• A proven administrator and manager with demonstrated fiscal and fundraising experience, who is committed to good stewardship of college funds/taxpayer’s monies;
• A team builder who cultivates leadership within the institution.

Professional Experiences

Orange Coast College seeks a leader with professional experiences and demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities who:

• Understands how to run an enterprise in a manner that minimizes “cuts” to education;
• Supports faculty interests and concerns;
• Is an experienced technology master planner;
• Has experience with accreditation (i.e., chaired an accreditation team or chaired a self-study committee, or served as an accreditation liaison officer);
• Has experience or working knowledge of student services programs and values the important roles these programs play on a campus;
• Is skilled and experienced in a collective bargaining environment, including working with labor unions and multiple representative groups in collective bargaining and grievance resolution processes.
• Has a service-driven focus and ensures that students receive a fundamentally sound education.
  

Minimum Qualifications

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