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The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) invites nominations and applications for the position of Director of the Shared Services Center (SSC). This senior leadership role provides visionary, strategic, and operational leadership for the SSC, and is located in scenic Daleville, Virginia, just north of Roanoke, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This position offers the opportunity to lead meaningful organizational transformation within higher education while directly supporting institutions that change lives.

The Shared Services Center supports the 23 community colleges within the VCCS by delivering high-quality, efficient, and standardized administrative services that enable the colleges and the system office to focus their resources on teaching, learning, and student success.

The Director is responsible for ensuring efficient and effective delivery of shared administrative services including procurement, accounts payable, payroll, employee onboarding, time and labor, and customer services, in alignment with the mission and strategic priorities of the VCCS.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic and service-oriented leader with a master’s degree and extensive experience managing large-scale administrative operations, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to navigate governance structures and drive systemwide innovation.

The impact that VCCS has on the entire Commonwealth of Virginia is hard to overstate. Widely recognized as a top system in the country, Virginia’s community colleges have a 50-year track record of educational excellence and innovation in serving the needs of students and communities and in strengthening the commonwealth’s economy. The successful candidate will join an organization with strong mission alignment, established infrastructure, and the potential to become a national model for shared services excellence.

For additional information about this opportunity, please review the position profile which includes information about the position, requirements, and application process. It can be accessed at www.academicsearch.org/DirectorSSC.

The Virginia Community College System is being assisted by Academic Search. Confidential discussions about this opportunity may be arranged by contacting senior consultants Dr. Shirley Robinson Pippins at shirley.pippins@academicsearch.org, or consultant Disa Mason at disa.mason@academicsearch.org. Nominations and expressions of interest can be submitted in confidence, to: DirectorSSC@academicsearch.org.

Applications must be submitted through the VCCS online recruitment system using this link: https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/88848. The job id is 88848. The application should consist of a substantive cover letter that addresses the expectations discussed in this search profile, a resume, and a list of five professional references with name, title/organization, relationship to applicant, and email address. No other documents or supporting documents are requested.

Note that references will not be contacted without the explicit permission of the candidate. Comprehensive background checks will be conducted for candidates who advance to the later stages of the search process.

The search committee will begin reviewing applications on October 9, and materials received by Monday, October 20, 2025 can be assured full consideration.

The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors.

The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), to provide, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested.