Dean, College of Public Health and Health Professions

University of Florida • Gainesville, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Dean of the College of Public Health and Health Professions is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the College's stature by ensuring it remains at the forefront of research and education. This includes upholding high standards in faculty recruitment, promotion, and tenure to support excellence in research, teaching, and clinical practice. The Dean will act as a catalyst for innovative research and, in collaboration with other University of Florida (UF) and UF Health entities, will develop and implement exceptional educational, research, clinical practice, and service programs. A key focus will be fostering a student-centered culture that promotes effective teaching, student engagement in research, a diverse and inclusive learning environment, strong relationships within the College community, and leadership development. Additionally, the Dean will manage the College's financial health, engage with state entities, and secure support from individuals, foundations, and corporations for various College initiatives. The desired outcomes include developing a forward-looking strategic plan, growing research output, enhancing educational programs, strengthening the College's national reputation, and attracting top faculty and staff through best-in-class hiring and development practices.

Requirements

• Academic Leadership in a Multidisciplinary Setting
• Progressive executive management experience in a leading academic or multidisciplinary institution affiliated with public health and/or health professions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across the diverse disciplines represented in the College, and to integrate the College's contributions within a broader academic health center.
• Recruitment, Retention, and Development of Talent
• Demonstrated success recruiting, retaining, and developing outstanding cohorts of faculty, staff, and students across a range of disciplines and career stages.
• Substantive experience leading faculty appointment, promotion, and tenure processes; building robust mentoring and professional development pathways; and supporting the engagement and advancement of all members of the College community.
• Research Enterprise Growth
• Proven ability to grow and sustain a high-performing research enterprise, including substantive experience competing for and managing NIH and other federal funding portfolios.
• Demonstrated success developing interdisciplinary research programs, supporting early-career investigators, and leveraging shared resources to advance translational impact at scale.
• Fundraising Success generating resources through foundation grants, corporate partnerships, and philanthropic outreach.
• An earned doctoral or terminal degree with achievements commensurate with appointment at the full Professor level in a discipline represented within the College, with a preference for a public health professional.
• Strategic Vision
• Develop a clear vision and strategy consistent with the University of Florida and UF Health’s mission and best practices.
• Demonstrating a commitment to excellence in, and innovative approaches to, education, research, training, and service in the College’s mission areas.
• Demonstrating commitment to interdisciplinary activities.
• Adapting strategies and goals to political realities and institutional constraints, engaging broadly and seeking to bring a range of opinions and approaches to solve systemic and emerging issues.
• Collaborating and Influencing
• Possessing superior communication skills and the ability to connect with a variety of audiences; clear and effective written and oral presentation; and the experience, ability, and enthusiasm to be an energetic representative and spokesperson for the College.
• Maintaining effective liaisons with internal and external stakeholders.
• Leading People
• Inspire, motivate, and direct the College’s senior leadership team, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders to their Dean’s individual team, as well as colleagues, stakeholders, and influencers throughout the organization.
• Motivating and empowering direct reports and other team members to initiate and develop projects or strategic objectives.
• Providing vision, leadership, and management for the academic enterprise.
• Setting clear expectations and targets for scholastic and administrative contributions in collaboration with University of Florida and UF Health leaders, department chairs, and individual faculty members.

Nice To Haves

• Preference for a public health professional for the doctoral or terminal degree.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance the stature of the College by ensuring it continues to be at the forefront of research and in educating students who are prepared to be outstanding practitioners and leaders in public health and the health professions.
• Maintain high standards in faculty recruitment, appointment, promotion, and tenure in order to support excellence in research, teaching, and clinical practice in the professions supported by the College.
• Serve as a catalyst and advocate for innovative and impactful research.
• In collaboration with other UF and UF Health entities, create and implement exceptional and innovative programs of education, research, clinical practice, and service.
• Foster a student-centered culture that enhances effective teaching, engages students in faculty research, maintains a diverse and inclusive learning environment, builds strong relationships between students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and promotes leadership development.
• Maintain and enhance the financial health of the College through active representation with applicable state of Florida entities and raise the College’s visibility and obtain financial and other types of support from individuals, foundations, and corporations for initiatives, programmatic efforts, research, public service, faculty and student projects, student support, and discretionary activities.

Benefits

• Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.
• Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida’s Sunshine Law.
• As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the University is committed to non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations, genetic information, and veteran status in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree