Department: Academics Reports To: President

Work Schedule: Varies, some weekends/evenings Amount of Travel Required: Occasional

Job Status: Full-Time, 40+ hours per week Positions Supervised: Associate Dean, Registrar, Faculty,

Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Librarian.

 

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the Dallas Christian College (DCC) President, the Vice President of Academics is a

member of the President’s Cabinet, will have faculty status, and oversees academics with the

following primary areas of focus:

• Student learning and success

• Curriculum and degree programs

• Faculty

• Library and learning resources

• Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness

• Registrar’s Office

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Joining DCC as it approaches an exciting new era, the VPA will help promote and advance the

mission of DCC to “…educate and mentor students to be people of influence” by creating

transformative learning experiences that prepare them to be leaders and influencers through the

curricular offerings of the College integrated with co-curricular learning efforts of the Student

Development area. This role will develop and enhance programs that empower and equip

students across learning modalities (traditional, residential, commuter, online, and non-traditional

students, competency-based theological education) and levels (undergraduate and graduate) to

lead and live enriched lives, thereby affirming and strengthening their callings to engage in “the

work of Christ in the Church and in the world.”

 

The VPA also serves as a key champion of the biblical and theological commitments of DCC by

serving as a voice to all College constituents (internal and external) on such matters and leading

in the integration of a biblical worldview in all aspects of the student experience.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

• As a member of the executive team, the VPA provides leadership and vision for the student

academic experience, advances a cross-unit agenda devoted to strengthening academic,

church, business partnerships, student leadership development, cultural engagement,

community/civic engagement, and student intervention, support, and advocacy.

• Utilizing evidence-based decision making, the VPA, together with the executive team,

through continuous improvement, will establish policy, processes, services, and programs.

• The VPA will actively guide DCC’s impact on student learning and development, create a

climate conducive to the learning of all students, address critical and timely student issues

and incidents, and prepare students to be lifelong leaders and influencers.

• The VPA will be responsible for developing, enhancing, and implementing academic

programs in collaboration with co-curricular Student Development programs.• The VPA will lead in protecting and articulating biblical and theological commitments to

internal and external constituents in order to maintain and enhance the position of DCC

and its mission with the Church and the culture, while preserving and enriching such

commitments as they are integrated in the learning experiences of every student.

 

Specific Oversight and Duties

The Vice President of Academics…

1. leads in faculty recruitment, employment, evaluation, advancement, and retention.

2. plans, develops, coordinates, and evaluates all instructional programs.

3. champions student success, retention, and graduation.

4. oversees curriculum development and course offerings.

5. oversee the work of the faculty (full time and adjunct) and all academic administration

and staff including the Director of Crawford Library, Director of Institutional

Effectiveness, Associate Dean, and Registrar.

6. oversees department chairs in the recruitment and oversight of adjunct faculty.

7. acts in an advisory role to the Vice President for Student Development.

8. prepares reports on academic matters, as requested by the president.

9. oversees reporting and relationships with accrediting bodies and national and state

agencies.

10. champions the quality of instruction and general academic life through holistic faculty

development.

11. chairs and leads Faculty and Academic Council meetings.

12. oversees academic advising of students.

13. exercises wise fiscal management in the development and administration of academic

budgets.

14. promotes DCC by appropriate involvement with various organizations.

15. performs other duties assigned by the president.

 

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Required:

o Earned doctoral degree in higher education/educational administration/higher

education leadership or a teaching discipline aligned with the College’s instructional

program, or a closely-related field

o Earned degrees that provided a significant, formal, theological/biblical education

• Preferred:

o Undergraduate and/or graduate degree(s) earned from a Bible college, Christian

college/university, and/or seminary, especially in the Restoration Movement. (The

exemplary candidate will be a direct beneficiary of education within biblical higher

education.)

 

Experience

• Required:

o Increasingly responsible management and supervisory experience in one or more

areas of academics at the higher education level, in such positions as VPA, Provost,

Dean, or other senior academic administrator

o Demonstrated experience in accreditation work with DOE and CHEA recognized

accrediting bodies at the higher education level

o Demonstrated success as a teacher at the higher education level

• Preferred:

o A minimum of ten years increasingly responsible management and supervisory

experience in higher education as chief academic officer

o Exemplary record as a teacher and scholaro Experience in Christian higher education and specific familiarity with the distinctives

of biblical higher education

o Extensive, successful experience in accreditation efforts with institutional

accrediting bodies, including the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE),

the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

(SACSCOC) or equivalent agency

o Experience in areas including church ministry, para-church ministry, non-profit

management, and global missions, especially those associated with the Restoration

Movement

 

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Technical skills

• Strong computer skills; skills in technological support and delivery of academic and

student programs and services; knowledge and skill in the use of integrated software

systems

 

General knowledge and abilities

• Demonstrated understanding of, and a commitment to: the mission of biblical higher

education; teaching and learning; high academic standards; student success

• Commitment to the ideals of the Restoration Movement (Independent Christian

Churches and Churches of Christ)

• Long-term commitment to, and involvement with, Restoration Movement churches

and organizations

• Ability to articulate a mature, robust biblical worldview in line with DCC’s statement of

faith

• Familiarity with churches and Church leaders of the Restoration Movement, especially

in the Southwest, as well as the wider range of church traditions from which DCC

students come

• Demonstrated ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality

• Demonstrated record in making difficult decisions for the sake of the mission of

organizations (e.g. higher education institutions, churches, businesses, non-profits)

• Knowledge and understanding of educational theory and programs; knowledge of

student due process policies/procedures; knowledge and understanding of the current

issues and trends in academic affairs

• Knowledge and understanding of evaluation techniques and methods; skill in

supervisory practices and techniques

• Knowledge of mediation and/or conflict resolution strategies and methods; skill in

mediating disputes between students/staff, and students/staff and students/parents

and community representatives

• Demonstrated record of highly effective work with a leadership team

• Track record of exhibiting Christ-like character while engaging in challenging

leadership roles

• Skill in establishing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with all

segments of the College; ability to develop collaboration among diverse groups; ability

to think ‘outside of the box’ and to lead and manage change

• Ability to communicate effectively; skilled in presenting ideas and concepts orally and in

writing

• Ability to work effectively with ethnic, cultural, and socially diverse student populations

• Expertise and experience with the assessment of student learning outcomes and

institutional effectiveness

• Experience with strategic planning and implementation, resource development and

allocation, personnel, and faculty development, management, and initiation of change

• Demonstrated wise financial management• Knowledge and experience with accreditation and state department of education

requirements and processes

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Exposure to standard office conditions, including but not limited to extended sitting and/or

standing, reading, writing, typing, speaking, and use of technology. Able to climb stairs.

 

STATEMENT OF FAITH

All Trustees, employees, and any other persons acting as recognized representatives of Dallas

Christian College shall be willing to affirm the following statement of faith which includes the

statements on sexuality, marriage and the sanctity of human life:

 

“That the Bible, or Holy Scriptures, alone is the divinely inspired Word of God, and therein is

contained the revelation of the deity of Jesus Christ, the plan of salvation for mankind, and the

faith and work of the Church; furthermore, that the testimony of such Scriptures testifies to

prophecy concerning His advent, virgin birth, miraculous life, blood atonement, bodily

resurrection, ascension into heaven, and final return, and is expressly and historically true in the

commonly accepted meaning of the terms; in addition, that the Church of the New Testament

ought everywhere to be restored with its divine plan of admission: faith, repentance, and baptism,

with consequent godly life; and finally, that the Scriptures are wholly sufficient to build the

kingdom of God.”

 

Statement on Sexuality

We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These

two distinct, complementary sexes together reflect the image and nature of God (Gen. 1:26-27).

Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.

 

Statement on Marriage

We believe the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in

a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture (Gen. 2:18-25). We believe that marriage

between one man and one woman, for life, uniquely reflects Christ’s relationship with His rescue

mission (Eph. 5:21-33). We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man

and a woman who are married to each other (1 Cor. 6:18; 7:2-5; Heb. 13:4). We believe that God has

commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man

and a woman.

 

We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, cohabitation, fornication,

homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, or use of pornography) is sinful and

offensive to God (Matt. 15:18-20; 1 Cor. 6:9-10).

 

Statement on the Sanctity of Human Life

We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of

inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or

mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death.

We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life. (Ps. 139)

 

TO APPLY:

1. Please send cover letter, resume/CV, and three references to hr@dallas.edu.

2. Applicants must also complete the online survey.

 

 

Updated: March 2025