Associate Dean for Student Success and Outreach, College of the Arts

Position : Associate Dean for Student Success and Outreach, College of the Arts

Effective Date : On or about July 1, 2025

Classification : Administrator III

Salary Range : The Administrator III (12-Month) classification salary is $82,692 - $265,428 / per year. The anticipated hiring range may be up to $163,000 per year, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Reports To : Dean, College of the Arts

Application : Review of applications to begin January 15, 2025. Position open until filled (or recruitment canceled).

The mission of the College of the Arts () is to provide a dynamic, contemporary learning environment that honors and examines tradition, embraces, and cultivates diversity, inspires invention and innovation, and strives for and is recognized for excellence. Our faculty of artists, educators, performers, and scholars is committed to challenging students intellectually, creatively, and professionally, while encouraging them to find and to enrich their individual artistic voices. The College produces and brings to our community the highest level of art and design in making, teaching, scholarship, and public engagement in the form of concerts, exhibitions and installations, films, performances, publications, emerging media, creative consultations, travel opportunities, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

COTA at California State University, Long Beach is California’s largest and most comprehensive publicly funded school for the arts, with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It includes the Departments of Cinematic Arts, Dance, Design, and Theatre Arts, as well as the School of Art, the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, and the Carpenter Performing Arts Center (CPAC).

About the Position

The CSULB College of the Arts (COTA) welcomes applications for a college-level administrative position focusing on student success. The Associate Dean for Student Success and Outreach position provides strategic direction and guidance on the deployment and utilization of existing and new CSU and campus educational policies and procedures to achieve a high-quality, supportive, and inclusive educational environment. The incumbent in this position also leads process improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness, and they serve as a co-chair of COTA’s Strategic Planning Committee. The Associate Dean of Student Success and Outreach also employs project management skills to facilitate operational educational objectives and generates and oversees required statistical data and budgeting in collaboration with the Dean, the Associate Dean of Faculty, Curriculum and Instruction, and the Administrative Services Manager of the College.

Required Qualifications :

• Appropriate terminal degree, with successful university teaching experience, service, and a record of scholarly / creative activity suitable for a tenured, full professor faculty appointment in one of the College of the Arts’ six academic departments
• Demonstrated effectiveness in a leadership position or role that includes customer and / or student support services
• Demonstrated experience collaborating and coordinating effectively with academic units, colleges, and various other campus units and / or constituencies within an arts environment
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively to set long-term objectives, goals, and priorities
• Experience with budget management including equitable allocation of funds in alignment with disciplinary needs
• Experience with outreach initiatives in the community and K-12 learning environments to build stronger partnerships and enrollment for the programs in the College of the Arts
• Demonstrated strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and initiatives
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with diverse student, faculty, and staff populations

Preferred Qualifications :

Duties :

The College of the Arts at CSULB seeks to recruit faculty, staff, and administrators who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first-generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexualities and gender expression. CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.