This is a full-time, interim, exempt position that reports to the Board of Trustees and is located at the Quincy Campus in Quincy, Illinois with some travel across all JWCC locations and service district. The anticipated appointment of the Interim President is July 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025.
John Wood Community College (JWCC) seeks a visionary, collaborative, and student-centered leader to serve as Interim President during a period of transition. The Interim President will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, ensuring institutional stability, and advancing the College’s mission, vision, and values. This individual will work closely with the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students, and community partners to sustain academic excellence and operational effectiveness.
The Interim President serves as the acting chief executive officer of John Wood Community College and provides strategic leadership responsibility of overall administration and operations of the College while initiating, guiding, leading and directing all relevant components which are necessary to fulfill the mission of a comprehensive community college. The Interim President is responsible for performing those duties and responsibilities expected of public community college presidents in the State of Illinois, the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and/or those additional duties and responsibilities, consistent with the position, determined or assigned by the Board of Trustees. The Interim President reports directly to the Board of Trustees performing all duties required by law, policies, regulations and directives from the Board.
JOHN WOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
John Wood Community College is the educational link between business and community in the West Central Illinois Region. JWCC collaboratively creates innovative and relevant academic and training programs with business leaders to educate people and the workforce for today’s needs and tomorrow’s opportunities. JWCC has centers in Quincy, Pittsfield, Baylis and Mt. Sterling, Illinois. Programs include a comprehensive baccalaureate transfer curriculum, customized business training, and career/technical degrees and certificates.
John Wood Community College is an educational leader in comprehensive community college education in West Central Illinois and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Established in 1974, the College’s main campus and administrative center is in Quincy, Illinois. The main campus opened in January 2002 and is located on 150-acres of beautiful, sprawling landscape. The College operates four branch campuses: the Workforce Development Center in Quincy, the Southeast Education Center in Pittsfield, the Agricultural Sciences Education Center in Baylis, and the Mt. Sterling Education Center in Mt. Sterling.
John Wood serves an average fall enrollment of 1,800 students across a nine-county area of Western Illinois. As a catalyst for innovation both on-campus and in the local community, John Wood Community College specializes in traditional education, workforce training, and professional development. The College is committed to student success and programmatic excellence based on the core values of excellence, accountability, integrity, servant leadership, and lifelong learning.
John Wood Community College enriches lives through learning by providing accessible educational opportunities and services at exceptional value.
John Wood Community College is an open-admission, comprehensive, public community college that seeks to enhance the lives of those it serves by striving for academic excellence, integrity, accountability, and flexibility. Recognizing and respecting each person’s uniqueness, potential, and value, the College offers a variety of programs, curricula, and educational delivery systems and schedules to accommodate students’ requirements and different learning needs. Further, the College seeks to stimulate students’ intellectual, academic, personal, and social development as productive, engaged, and responsible citizens supporting the community.
JWCC is accredited and recognized by the following organizations:
– The Higher Learning Commission
– North Central Association
– Illinois Community College Board
– Illinois Board of Higher Education
Board, Employee, and Student Relations
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Compliance (HLC, ICCCB – Accreditation)
Professional and Leadership Development
Fundraising and Friend Raising
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JWCC offers a competitive benefits package!
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