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Job DescriptionDean, School of Business, Hospitality and Public ServicesThis position will be
Open Until Filled. *For full consideration, all application related materials should be submitted by April 22, 2026. The College of Southern Nevada (CSN) is seeking a visionary and dynamic leader to serve as the Dean of the CSN School of Business, Hospitality and Public Services. The Dean serves as the senior academic leader for the School, overseeing four academic departments: Accounting & Finance, Business Administration, Criminal Justice and Hospitality Management.
The Dean leads nearly 200 full-time and part-time faculty and staff across CSN's multi-campus environment and ensures academic excellence, workforce alignment, fiscal stewardship, student success outcomes, and compliance with CSN, NSHE, accreditation, and collective bargaining requirements. The Dean supports approximately 9,000 students who have declared majors and/or take classes in programs offered by this School each year. The School serves a diverse student population pursuing transfer degrees, applied workforce credentials, stackable certificates, industry certifications, and professional advancement.
The Dean provides strategic direction for the School, fostering an environment of innovation and excellence in teaching, research, and service. Responsibilities include budget management, faculty and staff oversight, community representation, and ensuring program relevance and quality. The Dean will also lead the development of the School's Academic Master Plan and work closely with faculty to promote continuous improvement and student success.
The Dean also provides executive leadership oversight for Russell's Restaurant, CSN's community-facing, student-operated restaurant that serves as a capstone experiential learning environment for culinary and hospitality students. This venue functions as both a teaching laboratory and a public engagement platform, requiring strong operational oversight, fiscal accountability, community relations leadership, and alignment with instructional objectives.
In addition, the Dean provides institutional leadership support and academic coordination for the Southern Nevada Regional Police Academy, which CSN supports as part of its public safety program. This includes collaboration with law enforcement agencies, oversight of CSN alignment, and ensuring high standards of training, compliance, and community partnership.
Key Responsibilities:• Provide visionary leadership in curriculum development, program review, and strategic planning for accounting, business, hospitality and culinary, as well as criminal justice disciplines.
• Provide executive oversight of Russell's Restaurant as a community-facing instructional enterprise, ensuring operational excellence, fiscal responsibility, student learning integration, and positive public engagement.
• Support and coordinate institutional leadership responsibilities related to the Southern Nevada Regional Police Academy in partnership with regional law enforcement agencies.
• Ensure alignment of programs with workforce needs, regional economic priorities, and transfer articulation agreements.
• Ensure annual assessment of student learning outcomes and curricular review occurs at the course, program and institutional learning outcome levels.
• Strengthen partnerships with industry leaders, hospitality enterprises, chambers of commerce, economic development agencies, public sector organizations, and public safety agencies.
• Manage budgetary planning and fiscal operations, including state funds, self-support revenue (where applicable), grants, and philanthropic contributions.
• Support grant development, workforce training contracts, and industry-sponsored initiatives.
• Oversee School personnel recommendations to include but not limited to faculty hiring, evaluation, tenure review, professional development, grievance review, discipline, and collective bargaining compliance.
• Ensure high-quality delivery of in-person, hybrid, online, accelerated, and alternative instructional modalities.
• Lead development and execution of the School's Academic Master Plan in alignment with CSN's Strategic Plans.
This position requires a leader who understands the unique intersection of business innovation, hospitality and tourism economies, culinary excellence, public service professions, law enforcement training, workforce development, and transfer pathways within one of the nation's most dynamic metropolitan regions. The Dean reports to the CSN Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs (Chief Academic Officer) and serves as a member of the CSN Senior Academic Leadership Team.
Required Qualifications- Master's Degree from a regionally accredited institution in any program field that is offered within the School of Business, Hospitality, and Public Services and/or consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position, such as Higher Education Leadership, Educational Leadership, Business Administration, Public Administration or Policy.
- Six (6) years of full-time experience at a higher education institution to include at least two years of full-time teaching experience at the post-secondary education level in a discipline currently offered at CSN within the School of Business, Hospitality and Public Services.
- Three (3) years of experience in an academic leadership and/or supervisory role in higher education.
Preferred Qualifications- Doctorate Degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Experience working in a multi-site community college.
- Experience with the development, evaluation and expansion of programs and degrees that meet workforce and industry needs and/or lead to seamless transfer.
- Experience with the development, evaluation and expansion of distance education and/or alternative modes of instructional delivery.
- Experience with grant writing and management of grant funds.
- Experience promoting diversity, multiculturalism, equity, inclusion, belonging and internationalism in a community college environment in support of the college's mission, goals and strategies.
- Experience in student learning outcomes assessment and data-informed program review and assessment, including budget management.
- Experience successfully collaborating with stakeholders in creating a positive work and learning environment in support of the college's mission, goals and strategies.
- Experience with accreditation processes and requirements in the post-secondary environment.
- Experience working in a collective bargaining environment.
The ideal candidate should possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:- Proficiency in use of a personal computer and current software applications including but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Expertise in curriculum development and revision, particularly in stackable credentials.
- Proficiency in assessing student learning outcomes and utilizing data for decision-making.
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Ability to engage effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- High emotional intelligence, ethical decision-making, and sound judgment.
- Proven ability to establish and maintain partnerships with local business and industry leaders.
Salary InformationAdministrative Faculty E - The Starting Salary is $156,195.00
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This position is contingent upon ongoing and available funding.ExemptYes
Full-Time Equivalent 100.0%
Required Attachment(s)To be considered for this position, please upload the following documents to your application:
- Resume/CV
- Cover Letter
- Contact information for three professional references (Name, email and phone number)
- Unofficial Academic Transcripts (Applicants who have earned their degrees outside of the United States must have their educational transcripts evaluated by an approved evaluator if their college or university is not listed in the most recent edition of the Higher Education Directory, published by Higher Education Publications, Inc. If you have any questions regarding this, please reach out to the Human Resources, Talent Acquisition & Classification team).
Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications. The search committee will use this information during the initial review of application materials.
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