Yuba Community College District

Director, Student Support Programs

Yuba Community College District$113K — $152K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree from an accredited institution
  • Experience in educational administration, preferably in community colleges
  • Sensitivity to diverse backgrounds of community college students
  • Knowledge of ACCJC Accreditation regulations and California Education Code
  • Experience with HSI (Hispanic Serving Institutions) colleges

Responsibilities

  • Lead the hiring and evaluation process for staff and faculty
  • Establish networks with students and high schools in the service area
  • Manage program budgets ensuring compliance with district and federal guidelines
  • Identify and recruit eligible students for various programs
  • Collaborate with academic departments and support services to implement strategic objectives

Benefits

  • Participation in a telework program with remote or hybrid flexibility
  • Access to management benefits overview encompassing health and retirement plans
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
Full Job Description
Posting Details

Position Information

Job Title
Director, Student Support Programs

Location
Woodland Community College - Woodland, CA

Job Description

BASIC FUNCTION: Under the direction of the College Vice President of Student Services, The Director of Student Support Programs will plan, implement, develop, organize, and ensure that student access, retention and success objectives are accomplished as outlined in the college Educational Master plan, Strategic Plan, and Equity Plan with the goal of eliminating disproportionate impact.

Essential Duties Summary

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Initiate and lead the interviewing, hiring and evaluation process of staff, including faculty and peer tutors, according to District policies and procedures.
  • Develop a strong working network with staff, students, and parents of all high schools within the service area as described in each program goals.
  • Develop, implement, and monitor all program budgets and ensure district and federal budgetary compliance.
  • Execute all budget transfers, review all budget proposals, and maintain all expenditures within the allocated budget guidelines.
  • Identify, recruit, select, and maintain an enrollment of the specified number of eligible students per the requirements of the various programs and initiatives.
  • Develop applications, brochures, and program forms relative to the outreach needs of the identified Programs.
  • Work with Academic Departments, the Director of Financial Aid, The Director of Enrollment Services, and with programs such as the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOP&S), CalWORKs, Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS), in the development, preparation, and implementation of short and long term objectives as outlined in the program goals.
  • Review and consistently assess the programs and initiatives, their goals and objectives to ensure a timely and effective implementation.
  • Develop, coordinate, and implement services need assessment process to identify individual student needs, including academic strengths and weaknesses, educational goals, career goals, and course placement.
  • Implement strategies to provide comprehensive academic tutoring and expanded writing and math services to eligible student participants.
  • Develop support systems and mechanisms to achieve program component goals. such as increasing student retention.
  • Graduation, career placement and transfer rates as outlined in the program proposals.
  • Collaborate with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness to continually assess the quality of services programs and initiatives.
  • Develop, coordinate and implement workshops and events to meet the objectives of the program or initiatives.
  • Develop and implement program procedures that will follow district, federal, and state guidelines.
  • Develop and coordinate student field trips, per the program objectives.
  • Develop implement and maintain student tracking systems.
  • Use a team-approach process to carry out the program's goals and objectives.

KNOWLEDGE OF:
  • Adopted: Knowledge of ACCJC Accreditation regulations
  • Knowledge of California Education Code and Title V
  • Knowledge of working with HSI (Hispanic Serving Institutions) colleges
  • Work collaboratively with diverse constituencies. both internal and external
  • Build and manage division-wide consensus;
  • Effectively communicate orally and in writing;
  • Be a strong and articulate proponent of higher education.
  • Experience working in a shared-governance environment;
  • Teaching, counseling, or administrative experience in higher education, preferably in a community college setting.

ABILITY TO:
  • Communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing.
  • Relate effectively with a wide variety of students, faculty, staff and community members.
  • Demonstrate sensitivity to and respect for a diverse student population.
  • Supervise assigned staff, assign workload and provide staff training as required.
  • Apply interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
  • Operate a variety of office equipment, including computer, appropriate software and audio- visual equipment.
  • Plan, organize, manage, and evaluate workflow;
  • analyze systems, recognize problems, and develop alternative solutions.
  • Work independently and effectively;
  • supervise multiple operations.
  • Establish positive community, staff and student relations.
  • Maintain records and prepare reports.
  • Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
  • Prioritize, plan and organize work.
  • Meet schedules and timelines. Read, interpret, apply and explain rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
  • Train, supervise and evaluate personnel.
  • Multitask effectively and be detail oriented.
  • Have sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse and underrepresented, low-income, academic socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of the community college students.


Required Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: minimum qualifications for Educational Administrators at California Community Colleges, Possession of a master's degree from an accredited institution and one year of formal training. internship, or leadership experience reasonably related to the administrator's administrative assignment. Sensitivity and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic background of community college students and the student population served by area program(s).

Desired/Preferred Qualifications

Physical Demands

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:
  • Communicating to exchange information
  • Reading various materials
  • Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard Sitting for extended periods of time
  • Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching
  • Drive to required sites Reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally.
  • Lifting moderately heavy objects.


Range/Step
Range 33, Step 1-9

Salary Range
$113,531 - $152,885 Annually (Management Salary Schedule)

Benefits Information

Additional Resources:
- About The Yuba Community College District

- Management Benefits Overview- Management Salary Schedule

- Telework Program - Some classifications may have the ability to work remotely or within a hybrid schedule

Board Policies
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Commitment to Diversity

Posting Detail Information

Internal vs. External

Posting Number
AS934P

Open Date
07/07/2026

Close Date
08/07/2026

Review Start Date

Open Until Filled

Special Instructions to Applicants

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Pre-employment Requirements1. Education Code §87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination within the past sixty (60) days to determine that he/she/they is free of active tuberculosis.

2. As a condition of employment, the position you are applying for will require that you provide fingerprints to the local police department. The fees charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI for the fingerprint report is the employee's responsibility.

Fingerprint clearance must be received prior to the employee's first day on the job.

Sponsorship
The District does not provide sponsorship for authorization to work in the United States. Work authorization should be established at the time of application submission.

About Yuba Community College District

Yuba Community College District is a community college district with a flagship campus, Yuba College, in Marysville, California, United States. It now[when?] has a second college, Woodland Community College in the county seat of Yolo County, California. The Yuba Community College District is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and recognized as a fully accredited two-year community college by the University of California, the California Community Colleges, and the United States Department of Education.
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