Executive Vice Chancellor, Administrative Services (Interim Assignment)

Executive Vice Chancellor, Administrative Services (Interim Assignment)

Posting Number: 0002360
Location: District Office
Salary: Contract to be negotiated

Position Definition:
Under the general direction of the Chancellor, the Executive Vice Chancellor, Administrative Services provides leadership and administrative oversight of all aspects of financial services, human resources, and purchasing in the District. The position serves as a member of Chancellor's Cabinet and fosters a culture of collaboration, mutual respect, innovation, and continuous improvement throughout the District.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Examples of Duties/Essential Functions:
Serves as the chief advisor to the Chancellor on strategic matters related to budget development, finance administration, human resources management, organizational development, diversity, employer relations, purchasing and other administrative concerns.

Oversees the development and implementation of the District administrative, business, and human resources policies and procedures, and participates in the formulation of organizational objectives, plans and strategies in accordance with the District's mission.

Implements processes, strategies and feasibility planning to ensure District financial and human resources needs are met.

Coordinates and directs the administrative services team and ensures the departments are effective and efficient.

Integrates and provides overall leadership in budget development.

Provides overall leadership in labor relations.

Coordinates college and District diversity and staff development initiatives.

Encourages professional excellence among the staff and promotes an organizational culture of customer service, innovation and quality services.

Provides effective leadership in employee dispute resolutions, investigations, and disciplinary actions.

Represents the District in legal and labor relations actions.

Develops effective administrative support systems to promote foundations, grant writing, auxiliary services and other initiatives.

Actively participates in and supports District shared governance components and activities and other collaborative processes.

Prepares long-range projections to develop a financial strategy for the District.

Coordinates support for college business offices regarding financial and human resources procedures and management.

Works directly with College Presidents to assure quality administrative support systems and effective organization of business services.

Counsels, confers, and advises District and site personnel and members of the educational community pertaining to various operational problems, issues, and concerns.

Ensures continuous improvement of administrative services through re-engineering, organizational change management, new technology solutions, assessment of best practices, and feedback from internal users and external customers to increase productivity and effectiveness.

Reviews and approves expenditures of funds for administrative services.

Reviews pending legislation, legal mandates regulations, and guidelines which may affect district programs, functions and activities.

Develops legislative materials, analysis and strategies for reporting, decision-making and presentation purposes.

Complies with all District, county, state and federal requirements.

Represents the District on local, state and national committees as required.

Performs other duties assigned or delegated by the Chancellor.

Minimum Qualifications:
Education/Experience:
An earned master's degree from an accredited college or university.

Five years of senior management experience in a financial, human resources, or related administrative position.

Demonstrated sensitivity to, and knowledge and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, gender, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of the students served by the District, and sensitivity to, and knowledge and understanding of, groups historically underrepresented, and groups who may have experienced discrimination.

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Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience with collective bargaining, interest-based bargaining and/or collaborative approaches to labor relations.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work with diverse populations, including students, faculty, staff, managers, trustees, and community representatives in an ethical and transparent manner.
• Exhibits strength of personal character including high ethics and integrity; objective and fair approach to decision-making; tact, patience, and diplomacy in all actions and communication; expectation for accountability in self and others; and courage to lead effectively and expeditiously in an environment with competing needs and perspectives.
• Experience effectively managing in environments both centralized and decentralized administration, preferably in a multi-site institution of higher education.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, interpret and successfully articulate budgets in an environment with competing priorities.
• Demonstrated experience with change management and successfully working through transition.
• Experience with analyzing and revising policies and procedures for organizational improvement.
• Experience with identifying operational inefficiencies, making recommendation for improvement, and successfully implementing recommended changes.
• Experience with risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders in assessing district and college needs.
• Demonstrated ability to translate vision and strategy into action.

Special Instructions:
Note: This interim executive assignment duration is from 1/2/27-7/31/27. Interview meetings will be held in-person on 11/6/26 and 11/9/26 from 1:00pm- 5:00pm in the District Office located in Martinez, California.

Job Close Date: 10/26/2026
Open Until Filled: No