Dean, College of Business & Industry
About The Position
The Dean of the College of Business & Industry provides leadership and advocacy for strategic and fiscal planning; enrollment and curricular management; student recruitment and retention; program review and accreditation; faculty and staff recruitment, professional development, evaluation, and retention; excellence in teaching, scholarship, creative activity, research, and professional application; and university and community relations. The Dean will foster interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaborations within the College, across campus, and in the community. This position provides the opportunity to set and execute the strategic direction for the College, ensuring program compliance with state and national accreditation guidelines. Critical to success is a history of working with a dynamic and diverse team of university administrators, faculty, staff, and key stakeholders to implement and advance the University’s academic and research goals, and other associated initiatives and priorities. The position reports to the Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs.
Requirements
- Earned terminal degree from a regionally accredited institution in one of the disciplines in the College.
- Experience as a dean or associate dean, or a minimum five years of experience in a department head or related higher educational administrative position supervising faculty in Business or Engineering.
- Experience with programmatic accreditation, either AACSB or ABET.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to articulate the College’s mission, goals, accomplishments, and needs to a broad range of external constituencies.
- Proficiency in budget management
- Ability to lead by consensus and with transparency.
- Adeptness in working within a multidisciplinary environment.
- Awareness of current local, national, and international trends and opportunities in education to advance the College including performance-based formula funding models.
- Excellent understanding of assessment and accreditation
- Strong commitment to equity and inclusion in the recruitment and retention of faculty, staff, and students
Nice To Haves
- Record of professional accomplishments and scholarship that meets the qualifications for appointment to the rank of professor in one of the programs in the College.
- Experience developing, implementing, and evaluating an academic strategic plan.
- Record of promoting growth of research, scholarship, and creative activity among the faculty.
- Experience in selecting, leading, mentoring, and evaluating department leadership as well as non-faculty staff members.
- Record of supporting high impact teaching practices, experiential learning, and innovative pedagogy.
- Experience securing and stewarding a major gift.
Responsibilities
- Provides inspiring intellectual leadership and an innovative vision for how to achieve the mission of the College.
- Fosters partnerships and programs to advance the College's and University's goals.
- Supervises department chairs/directors and faculty in formulating and implementing College goals and policy.
- Effectively interfaces and collaborates with other academic leadership including Deans of other colleges across campus.
- Oversees recruiting, hiring and retention efforts for a highly qualified faculty and staff.
- Leads faculty in governance, promoting a culture of excellence, ethics, service, and continuous improvement.
- Fosters a climate of research and innovation to impact educational outcomes in all levels of education.
- Directs accreditation, certification, assessment, and ongoing program development of academic programs.
- Promotes professional development and innovation to ensure competence and effectiveness of the College.
- Partners with university advancement to identify, expand, and support public and private funding for the College.
- Serves as the professional liaison with public schools, government, and professional agencies and associations.
- Represents the university in community economic and cultural partnership.
- Engages and strengthens College alumni relationships.
- Leads budget planning for the College and its academic programs to ensure effective and efficient resource allocation and sound budget management.
- Supports the effective utilization and management of college facilities and capital, both on-campus and in the community.
- Promotes recruitment, retention, and timely graduation across all student populations.
- Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner to foster teamwork and by providing leadership to subordinates.
- Requires consistent on-time attendance.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- university contributions to health, dental, life, and disability insurance
- tuition waivers for employees and their families
- 12 official holidays
- immediate leave accrual
- a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10 percent of employee salary
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
