Job Description

Full Time Instructor - Department Head of Humanities

The Blinn College District is searching for a Full Time Instructor - Department Head of Humanities at our Bryan Campus.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities are listed below:

Job Summary

The Department Head supports the Dean and Assistant Dean in the oversight, coordination, and continuous improvement of assigned academic programs and instructional areas. The Department Head facilitates key academic operations, including admissions, registration, scheduling, faculty support, assessment processes, accreditation compliance, curriculum development, and graduation activities to ensure student success and institutional effectiveness. The Department Head serves as a liaison among faculty, staff, campuses, and disciplines, promoting collaboration, resolving issues, and supporting program quality through evaluation, Quality Matters oversight, and SACSCOC compliance activities. Additionally, the Department Head provides leadership in faculty onboarding, mentoring, part-time faculty evaluations, and implementation of initiatives that enhance teaching, learning, and student outcomes.

Principal Accountabilities

• Works with the Dean and Assistant Dean in the areas of coordination, admissions, registration, database maintenance, textbook ordering, curriculum resource team meetings, and graduation activities in response to service area needs, for a defined instructional area.
• Assists in the promotion of activities, strategies, and processes that prepare students for success while meeting the requirements of all internal and external accreditation entities.
• Coordinates the specific academic areas assigned – in terms of planning, development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Monitor web site for changes and updates and communicate the changes back to the Dean and Assistant Dean.
• Work with the Dean/Assistant Dean to prepare schedules that meet student needs.
• Collaborate with the Dean, Assistant Dean, CRT, and faculty members to develop or improve new programs and program-improvement initiatives.
• Mediate faculty-student conflict and communicate with Dean/ Assistant Dean.
• Ensure that new faculty have the proper documentation, orientation, and mentoring to successfully meet student needs.
• Support Dean/Assistant Dean in the interview process.
• Serve on College Committees as assigned, to include appeals committees.
• Oversee online and Quality Matters approval and re-approval process
• Facilitate decision-making between campuses and disciplines.
• Collect assessment documents and ensure that these are turned in to the CRTs and Assessment Coordinators on time.
• Evaluates part time faculty members of their assigned department, including part time faculty teaching in high school settings.
• Implement Student Perceptions of Instruction (SPOIs) and oversee data entry and analysis.
• Inspect rooms and equipment for repairs and maintenance.
• Coordinate substitute for absent faculty and ensure paperwork submitted in a timely manner.
• Assign mentors to newly hired faculty.
• Works with Division Operations Coordinator to ensure proper supplies are available for faculty and staff.
• Performs educational review for SACSCOC compliance.
• Accepts other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications/ Required Degree, License or Certifications

• Masters degree in English or Philosophy
• Experience teaching college-level English or Philosophy courses
• Experience teaching at a community college or two-year college
• A current Blinn College Faculty Member in the Humanities Division
• Ability to travel to all Blinn campuses and dual credit sites as needed

Minimum Competencies

• Experience using D2L/Brightspace
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Adobe Acrobat
• Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership experience
• Experience mentoring new faculty
• Quality Matters training
• Experience developing and reviewing online courses
• Experience working with dual credit students

Preferred Competencies

• Experience Using:
• Banner
• ChromeRiver Travel and Expense
• Concourse
• Cornerstone
• Degree Audit
• Employee Self Service

Special Notes To Applicants

Must include a Cover Letter and CV

This is a 10-month, benefits-eligible position. Blinn College pays 100% of health insurance for full-time employees, 50% for dependents, and two times your annual salary in life insurance benefits. Optional coverage can begin on your first active duty date. If you would like to review insurance benefits in advance, you can access the New Employee Benefits Guide online, http://www.ers.state.tx.us/New-Employee/Insurance/.

Yearly leave time includes:

16 hours personal

8 hours sick each month.

Paid leave for college designated holiday’s, spring break, Thanksgiving, and Christmas break (approx. 25 days per year)

Credentials

The College assigns appropriately credentialed faculty members in support of educational quality and the mission of the College, in keeping with Board policy DBA LOCAL-X (Employment Requirements and Restrictions – Credentials and Records: Credentials). College policy is consistent with sound educational practice and SACSCOC guidelines. Primary consideration is given to the highest degree earned in the discipline. Furthermore, Blinn College’s Faculty Credentialing Guidelines table specifies recommended credentials for each rubric within the college’s course inventory. http://www.blinn.edu/academic_affairs/Faculty_Credentialing_Guidelines.pdf

Job Type: Full Time

Employment Type: Exempt

Compensation: Annual Salary

Salary or Wage: Per Faculty Schedule

Grade: FAC

Division: Academic Affairs

Department: Humanities

Location: Bryan Campus

Target Hire Date: 1/11/2027

The Blinn College District provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.