Job DescriptionClassification Title: Chairperson, Business
Salary: $120,366.00 Annually (12-month position)
Department: Business
Pay Grade: CHB
Reports To: Dean, Business and STEM
FLSA Status: Exempt
Unit: Administrative
Opening Date: 10/1/2026
Closing Date: 10/31/2026 11:59 p.m.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOBThe Chairperson, Business performs executive, advanced professional work providing instructional leadership and administrative oversight for an array of disciplinary courses and programs at a comprehensive community college, including Accounting, Business Administration, Culinary Arts, Economics, Fashion Merchandising and Retail Management, Hospitality Management, Management, Marketing, Paralegal Studies, Small Business Management/Entrepreneurial Studies and Supply Chain and Logistics Management. The Chairperson, Business works collaboratively with faculty and staff and with the College's administrative team to provide a high-quality learning environment for students.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESEssential Functions:
- Establishes a collaborative working environment and fosters effective communications within the department, division, and campus.
- Provides a student-centered environment where students can express concerns and suggestions associated with the department and monitors student progression, retention, and completion to support student success.
- Hires, supervises, mentors and evaluates full- and part-time faculty and staff and supports ongoing professional development.
- Prepares reports and maintains records related to departmental activities, develops budget plans for the department, and oversees budget spending throughout the year.
- Determines the courses offered and assigns the associated faculty for each semester.
- Works with departmental faculty to develop and approve curricula, select textbooks, implement new instructional and support materials, and assign courses.
- Advises Division Dean on all matters pertaining to departmental facilities, curriculum, assessment outcomes, enrollment trends, and staff needs for use in short- and long-range planning for the Division.
- Oversees departmental assessment activities, including program learning outcomes and continuous improvement, implements changes as needed, and reports progress to Division Dean.
- Prepares grant funding proposals to supplement the existing budget when appropriate. Fosters the implementation and oversees the budget for all departmental grants.
- Works with departments that provide student services to efficiently deliver those services to students.
- Pursues cooperative agreements with area secondary schools and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions.
- Develops, maintains, and oversees community contacts, including departmental advisory committees, and fosters a collaborative learning environment for students in the department, including internship and apprenticeship opportunities for students in local and/or regional industries.
- Supports institutional accreditation process and program review activities.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS- Master's degree in one of the Business-related disciplines
- Three (3) years' experience teaching at the college level
- Demonstrated proficiency in computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Doctoral degree in at least one of the departmental disciplines
- Five (5) years' experience teaching at the college level
- Three (3) years' administrative and supervisory experience
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATIONSCHEDULE: Twelve (12)-month position, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
RETIREMENT: Pension eligible
NJ First ActAny Middlesex College employee hired after September 1, 2011 will have to meet the New Jersey residency law requirement.
