FT Staff: Dean - Arts, Sciences, and Humanities

Do you love working in an academic environment? Do you love mentoring faculty, helping to shape the future? If so, come check us out! Shaw University seeks an exceptional, forward-thinking and enthusiastic leader to serve as the Dean for the School of Humanities, Arts and Sciences.

Reporting to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean serves as the administrator for academic programs in Biology, Exercise Science (Fitness & Wellness / Pre-Athletic Training), Interdisciplinary Studies, Mass Communications, Music, Psychology, General Education (English, Mathematics, and Religion & Philosophy).

The Dean is responsible for ensuring innovative and transformative teaching, research, and scholarship in the College of Humanities, Arts and Science.

The Dean will guide curricular revision and programmatic assessment, foster and encourage strong scholarship. The Dean will guide curricular revision, programmatic assessment, foster and encourage strong scholarship.

The Dean is accountable for ensuring internal / external client satisfaction through effective personal management of subordinate personnel, projects, materials, budgets, fundraising, and corporate / stakeholder relationships.

Job Summary :

The Dean is responsible for ensuring innovative and transformative teaching, research, and scholarship in the School of Arts Sciences and the Humanities.

The Dean will guide curricular revision and programmatic assessment, foster and encourage strong scholarship. The Dean will guide curricular revision, programmatic assessment, foster and encourage strong scholarship.

The Dean is accountable for ensuring internal / external client satisfaction through effective personal management of subordinate personnel, projects, materials, budgets, fundraising, and corporate / stakeholder relationships.

The nature and diversity of the job is to promote continue improvement, dedication and commitment.

Essential Job Functions :

• Provide leadership in advocating for excellence in higher education by encouraging and facilitating high standards of academic quality through the appointment of appropriately credentialed faculty, admission of qualified students, and high expectations for student achievement and program assessment.
• Provide leadership in the execution of the strategic vision for comprehensive academic planning and programming, student recruitment and retention initiatives, and policy development as it pertains to the university.
• Inspire leadership and assure continued prominence of the faculty by prioritizing the recruitment, continued development, and retention of faculty that will promote and enhance a strong research agenda and inspire excellence in teaching and learning best practices.
• Ensure compliance with university policies and procedures.
• Engage corporate and external stakeholders in academic program evaluation to enhance student preparedness for job placement.
• Secure external funding from federal agencies, corporations, foundations, and interested donors to support the university’s mission and develop relevant industry and professional partnerships.
• Effectively apply knowledge and understanding of the assigned academic programs and activities, as they relate to the development of effective strategic objectives, to create and manage appropriate outcomes-based assessment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of institutional structure and development at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Promote, coordinate and support cross discipline-specific activities within the college, such as research efforts, funding possibilities, joint symposia, speaker series, and other activities.
• Serve to advise the Vice President on matters of academic policy, personnel, and budget.
• Relate to people in a manner as to win confidence, support, and understanding in the purposes, programs, and fundraising goals of the University.
• Work effectively with faculty in the development of their Professional Development Plan (PDP) to set teaching, research and service goals for the upcoming academic year;

perform timely coaching, counseling, and evaluation of job performance; and address areas needing improvement from prior evaluations.

Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities

FT Faculty; PT-Adjunct Faculty (Main site & Adult Degree Sites); Program Directors and Administrative Support Personnel

Required Education and / or Experience

• Earned Doctorate from an accredited institution of higher learning in Biology, Exercise Science (Fitness & Wellness / Pre-Athletic Training), Mass Communications, Music, Psychology, or General Education (English, Mathematics, or Religion & Philosophy)
• Five years of progressive experience including a combination of college-level teaching and administrative experience required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with faculty and staff at all levels in the University as both a facilitator and a leader.
• Strong innovative and collaborative skills with an exceptional capacity for working as part of a team.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to prioritize and oversee multiple projects simultaneously.
• Prior supervisory experience at the Department Chair, Division Head or Dean level.
• Strong research skills, including design, implementation, and reporting.
• Minimum of three years of university teaching experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of federal grant regulations.
• Proven track record of securing external funding.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Must possess the minimum credential standards of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), which normally includes at least 18 graduate semester credit hours in the subject area or suitable approved justifications.

Preferred Education and / or Experience

• Strong time-management, project management, decision-making, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, set priorities and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated understanding and a strong commitment to cultural diversity.
• Experience with publishing and / or presenting research.
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
• Industry Experience.

Certificates, Licenses, or Registrations

Must possess the minimum credential standards of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), which normally includes at least 18 graduate semester credit hours in the subject area or suitable approved justifications.

Other Competencies

Must have a philosophy that is consistent with the Mission, Vision and Core Values of the organization. Vision, commitment, and experience in achieving goals and pursuing excellence are critical.

Strong oral and written presentation skills. Ability to work well independently and as a member of a team. Excellence in organization, decision-making, problem-solving, and creating a collaborative environment.

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Must be able to read, write and speak fluently in English.

Five Specific Competencies

Achieving Results

Sets challenging goals, tracks progress towards them, solves performance problems, and demonstrates urgency and drive towards achieving them.

Collaboration

Builds constructive working relationships with clients / customers, other work units, community organizations and others to meet mutual goals and objectives.

Behaves professionally and supportively when working with individuals from a variety of ethnic, social and educational backgrounds.

Communication

Clearly and respectfully conveys and receives information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the listener, helps them understand and retain the message, and invites response and feedback.

Keeps others informed as appropriate. Demonstrates good written, oral, and listening skills.

Customer Service

Makes customers / clients and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; shows interest in and understanding of the needs and expectations of internal and external customers (including direct reports);

gains customer trust and respect; meets or exceeds customer expectations.

Strategic Focus

Understands how an organization must change in light of internal and external trends and influences; keeps the big, long range picture in mind;

builds a shared long-range organizational vision with others. Committed to course of action to achieve long-range goals and influences others to translate vision into action.

For employment consideration, a candidate who meets job opening qualifications must provide all the following with their application :

• A current, fully complete resume or curriculum vitae
• An unofficial transcript
• An application cover letter with statements of teaching philosophy and research interests
• Three current letters of reference.

Any potential hire is contingent upon the FINALIST candidate’s ordering OFFICIAL transcripts of the highest graduate-level degree(s) awarded to be sent DIRECTLY FROM the awarding institution(s) DIRECTLY TO the Shaw University Human Resources Department at 118 E.

South Street, Raleigh, NC 27601. Hand-delivered sealed transcripts will not be considered as official they must be received directly from the awarding institution(s).

Candidates are personally responsible for any potential travel and / or relocation expenses incurred.

We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.