Director of Operations

UAF Community and Technical College is recruiting for a Director of Operations to take the lead in strategic, operational, and facilities management efforts. 

This role serves as a strategic and operational advisor to the Dean and Associate Deans, translating high-level priorities into effective workflows, organizational structures, and resource plans. The position leads cross-departmental initiatives, evaluates centralized services like IT and administration, and delivers data-driven analyses to guide executive decision-making.

Additionally, the role oversees physical facilities across all college locations, serving as the primary liaison to university-wide services, custodial teams, and campus safety. It coordinates space allocation, leases, maintenance, renovations, and branding to ensure safe, functional environments, while escalating critical facility risks to leadership.

As a direct supervisor, the position leads mission-critical IT and administrative teams—handling recruitment, performance management, workload distribution, and process optimization. The role bridge-communicates between leadership and staff to align operations with institutional goals.

Financially, it directs roughly $110,000 in annual IT funds and maintains strict compliance for department Procurement Cards (Procards), managing coverage gaps and serving as primary custodian for the central custodial Procard.

The successful candidate will bring their knowledge of BOR policies and UA regulations, UA protocol, academic guidelines, and their experience working with UA management, faculty and staff at all levels, as this will be essential to effectively carry out this role. The ability to collaborate with others throughout the university and to synthesize information from multiple sources to create comprehensive reports and recommend appropriate course of action is critical in this role.

In this position you will also use your skills to create and implement effective long range and strategic plans, develop and recommend programs/projects, and balance the needs of programs, the college and the broader university. To be most successful in the role you will come with experience managing budgets, personnel and facilities.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or higher in higher education administration, business administration, or related field and a minimum of six years progressively responsible experience in higher education administration, with supervisory experience, OR an equivalent combination of training and experience.

A valid driver's license and clean driving record in compliance with UA Safe Driving Criteria.

Position Details:

This is an in-person, on-site position located in the Michele Stalder Building of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Community and Technical College campus. This is a full-time, exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 82, based on education and experience.

This recruitment is open internally to current UA employees or those otherwise eligible to apply to internal postings.

To complete your application packet please attach:

• A comprehensive resume.
• Cover letter outlining your qualifications.
• Three professional references. (Include the name, address, email and phone number for each reference as they may be contacted during the selection process.  Written reference letters are not required in order to apply).

Application review will begin immediately. We review applications on a rolling basis. Because we may close the posting once a sufficient pool of qualified candidates is established, we encourage early submission. Please note that once a viable pool is identified, further applications may not be reviewed.

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☎️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Dianna James, UAF CTC Director of Administrative Services at [email protected] or 907-455-2863.

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.  Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact the ADA team at [email protected].

The University of Alaska (www.alaska.edu) is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Educational Institution.  The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination (www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or [email protected] / 907-786-1214 or [email protected]. 

UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or [email protected].

UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing [email protected].