IEC and United Education Institute is an industry leader in post-secondary career education. Working at our employee-owned company is more than just a great career - it’s an investment in yourself with mentorship, training, and career pathways in every department. Our mission is to drive personal and community transformation by empowering students to make a positive and enduring life change. Our students are making an investment in their futures, and joining the IEC team is an investment in your future.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Director of Education at our new campus in Houston. The candidate selected for this role will be responsible for managing and leading the campus education team by overseeing the delivery of quality educational programs and the development and implementation of effective academic strategies to meet campus student retention, and completion goals. 

The Role (Primary Responsibilities):

• Complying with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditor standards, and institutional policies and procedures.
• Supervising and managing faculty members and staff by providing day-to-day performance coaching advice and monthly advisements.
• Recruiting, training and developing faculty members and staff.
• Conducting classroom observations on a regular basis.
• Working with faculty members to perform curriculum reviews in order to improve the quality of instruction.
• Preparing class schedules to optimize class size for achieving an effective student learning experience.
• Ensuring all students are advised on a regular basis regarding their progress.
• Advising, coaching, and monitoring all students at risk of violating attendance or academic progress policies.
• Administering student surveys and ensuring their timely review; preparing action plans to address concerns and feedback gaged through such surveys.
• Monitoring campus level metrics related to retention, attendance, and completion outcomes to meet the campus and organizational objectives.
• Managing Education department budget, including staff, faculty, and resources allocation to ensure effective Education operations and meeting the critical targets and goals in student retention, completion, and Active Earning Population.
• Other duties as assigned.

Your Experience:

• Education. Bachelor’s degree preferred. We seek a minimum of 3 years of combined management, teaching and education administration experience.
• Teaching and Curriculum Development. The successful candidate will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of what students need to succeed in a post-secondary environment. Show us your successful track record of effective teaching, curriculum development, and education administration.
• Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including problem solving and conflict resolution.
• Modern Workforce Skills: Our workplace requires good computer skills, including the Microsoft Office platform, as well as a variety of software that you’ll use every day.
• Management: You are a proven self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit who can build a great team.

The Team
International Education Corporation (IEC) is the parent company for Florida Career College, U.S. Colleges, United Education Institute and UEI College. We are consistently searching for like-minded compassionate professionals who strive to be the best in their respective fields. Our top candidates share our commitment to helping students build the skills to create a future of which they can be proud. We operate with a vigilant focus on five strategies and drivers of success: growth, quality, regulatory compliance, one standard of excellence, and financial effectiveness. Want to join us? Apply Now!

At IEC, we don’t just embrace diversity – we crave it. We have purposefully built a team of talented people not only with different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, but professional diversity as well. We believe that a team of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences bring different perspectives and ideas to the table as we endeavor to help our students succeed. What will you bring?

The Perks
We are engaged in meaningful, purposeful work that is transforming lives and communities every day. In addition, our team members enjoy a host of perks including ownership in the company. What does that mean? IEC has a structured Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP), where employees earn shares of the company every year; the longer you’re part of our team, the more shares you earn. When you’re ready to retire, IEC buys those shares back so you can live out your retirement dreams. Other employee benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life Insurance; a generously matched 401(k) plan; and accrued paid-time-off and 10 company holidays every year. The biggest perk of all? The monumental sense of pride as you help students overcome obstacles to improve their lives. We live for that.

If life-affirming work is your career goal, we invite you to apply for this important position at International Education Corporation. What are you waiting for?