Unclassified Employment Opportunities

Position: Program Chair/Instructor— Culinary Entrepreneurship and Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism
Department: Career and Technical Education
Reports to: Dean of Instruction

Position Summary

This 10-month position oversees all programs in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism; Culinary Arts and Culinary Entrepreneurship. Appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Education, Training, and Student Success, or the appropriate dean, the Program Chair is a teaching, full-time faculty member in the content area of at least one of the programs over which the Chair supervises. The Program Chair is responsible for the coordination of all degrees awarded in these programs. The Chair provides administrative leadership, facilitation, and direction to all members of the Chair’s program(s) and ensures that those faculty members with expertise and credentials in disciplines other than the Chair’s own will provide curricular oversight of their respective academic areas.

The Program Chair will supervise the following programs:

Associate of Applied Science, Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Concentration
Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Admin, Career and Technical Certificate
Baker, Career and Technical Certificate
Entry Level Cook, Career and Technical Certificate
Food Service Manager, Career and Technical Certificate
Culinary Arts, Certificate of Technical Studies
Culinary Entrepreneurship, Technical Diploma

Demonstrated Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The ideal candidate must have the ability to promote an inclusive environment that reflects the broad diversity and backgrounds represented by our students, employees, and our local community, one in which every individual feels respected and valued. The Chairperson must demonstrate cultural humility and the ability to work with a college community with diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, including those with disabilities and veterans.

Qualifications

Required Education

  • Associate or Bachelor’s degree in one of the three fields overseen by the Program Chair (Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism, Culinary Arts, Culinary Entrepreneurship, or a related field) or relevant industry experience.

Required Experience

  • Three to five years of industry experience; post-secondary teaching experience preferred. Additional industry-based certifications will be considered.
  • Demonstrated success in training or education.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Extensive knowledge of the content area and the ability to teach it effectively.
  • Effective classroom management, including maintaining a positive learning environment.
  • Records Management.
  • Knowledge and commitment to institutional mission and values and the ability to work with stakeholders across the college to achieve and uphold them

Duties and Responsibilities

Teaching and Advising

  • Teach 12 teaching load-equivalent units (TLEs) each fall and spring semester..
  • Assist program students with academic advising, course selection, and career-related advice.

Supervisory/Management

  • Provide immediate supervision and leadership for faculty, adjunct faculty, and staff.
  • Attend standing training meetings to learn and understand Program Chair expectations and requirements.
  • Facilitate and complete required program accreditation and endorsements.
  • Work with faculty to ensure programs meet regulatory and/or accrediting body compliance.
  • Request needed equipment and supplies for instructional programs.
  • Responsible for setting up equipment in instructional setting and oversight of all equipment used.
  • Responsible for maintaining cleanliness of program facilities.
  • Responsible for ordering program textbooks each semester.
  • Review and recommend changes to student course fees.
  • Conduct program faculty evaluations.
  • Support, observe, and evaluate dual enrollment Culinary faculty teaching on partnering high school campuses. 
  • Actively participate in interview and selection processes for new full-time and adjunct program faculty.
  • Adhere to operational deadlines published on College Academic Calendar and Administrative Calendar.

Curriculum Development and Management

  • Develop and recommend new courses and programs of study when the need arises.
  • Responsible for reviewing and submitting changes of curriculum and courses related to program.
  • Work with program faculty, other chairs, and deans to schedule program-specific courses and consult with other departments and programs on scheduling of shared and related courses.
  • Responsible for reviewing college catalog and submitting changes or updates for program.
  • Responsible for SACSCOC assessment, including program assessments and learning outcomes and other related SACSCOC requirements. Program viability must be evaluated annually using the Program Health Index (PHI) and the assessment process.

Engagement Activities

  • Participate in registration and recruiting events.
  • Actively participate in two College committees per academic year.
  • Attend the LCTCS annual conference.
  • Manage Program Advisory Board, including scheduling meetings, creating agendas, and selection of board, with a minimum of two meetings per academic year.
  • Track and maintain program-related business and industry partners according to LCTCS guidelines.
  • Other duties as assigned by the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor for Education, Training and Student Success or respective dean.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

To apply, send cover letter, resume, unofficial transcripts if applicable, and contact information for three professional references to: resumes@nunez.edu (put Chair and Fulltime Instructor, Culinary Arts in the subject line)

All applications are confidential, and references will not be contacted without the expressed authorization of the applicant.

It is the policy of Nunez Community College not to discriminate based on sex, creed, color, race, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability in its educational programs, activities, or employment policies as required by Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments and other Federal and State anti- discrimination laws.

Incomplete applications will not be forwarded for review.

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