Job description
Reporting to the Dean, the associate dean provides support and leadership to the department chairs, program directors, and faculty and staff in the college.
This position is central to sustaining an environment of academic and professional excellence for students, faculty, and staff within the college, as well as a collaborative working environment among team members. The Associate Dean supports an intellectually rigorous and ethically sound academic community in the College of Health Sciences and serves as a college leader for initiatives surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence.
Duties and Responsibilities
This position is central to sustaining an environment of academic and professional excellence for students, faculty, and staff within the college, as well as a collaborative working environment among team members. The Associate Dean supports an intellectually rigorous and ethically sound academic community in the College of Health Sciences and serves as a college leader for initiatives surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence.
1. New program development – Lead development of new programs designed and based on input from relevant constituencies, needs analyses, and cost projections. Provides academic and administrative leadership for the development, implementation, and evaluation of academic programs and the Plan for College Assessment.
2. Faculty Management – Supervise, mentor, and support the growth and development of department chairs/program directors. Supports College units on developing job descriptions, recruitment strategies and search processes for faculty. Maintain the personal and professional development plan and portfolio via the Faculty Activity Database (FAD) for all faculty in the College of Health Sciences. Ability to resolve inquiries and complaints from CHS personnel, employees, students, regulatory agencies, or members of the academic or business community.
3. Program Management – serves as college liaison to the CHS academic units on accreditation and program reviews processes. Meet regularly with program/department faculty and other administrators to discuss and coordinate program operations, development, and assessment/review activities. Contribute materials to university ad hoc reports and accreditation needs as requested by university offices. Work with the Dean and Assistant Dean to resolve conflict situations related to student appeals, petitions, grading, academic misconduct, program dismissal, faculty/student issues, etc.
4. College Planning – Work with academic departments, Director for Business Affairs, and Dean to strengthen, coordinate, integrate, and implement strategic goals of the College. Assist the Dean and Director of Business Affairs in the preparation and implementation of the college budget as needed.
5. Serve as a member of College and University committees as assigned by the Dean including oversight in collaboration with the Dean, college representation on all university committees.
6. Work closely with the Office of University Relations to develop and implement a comprehensive communication plan that includes web-based content, social media, print, and other internal and external promotional materials. Work closely with University Advancement including responsibility for CHS alumni board. Functions in the role of Dean when Dean is absent.
7. Perform other duties and responsibilities as required, assigned, or requested.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Terminal degree in health sciences or higher education leadership. If terminal degree is higher education leadership, a bachelor’s or master’s degree must be in the field of health sciences.
A minimum of 5 years of collegiate professional and/or academic experience relevant to performing the responsibilities of the associate dean position
Strong commitment to quality academic programing, student achievement, faculty development and overall college and university success.
Strong commitment to quality academic programing, student achievement, faculty development and overall college and university success.
Demonstrated leadership (department chair, program coordinator, committee chair, etc.) is required.
Proven experience and/or potential for scholarly productivity and data analytical skills.
Curriculum design/development and assessment experience needed as well as broad knowledge of university-level management and governance structures.
Proficient with Microsoft office suite and all University systems (CheckMarq, Business Intelligence)
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Department College of Health Science Posting Date 05/05/2023 Closing Date Special Instructions to Applicants
Please ask three references to submit letters of recommendation addressed to Dr. William Cullinan sent to michelle.raclawski@marquette.edu. Mrs. Raclawski will be organizing all documentation for Dr. Cullinan.
EOE Statement
It is the policy of Marquette University to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable federal or state-protected classification.
Required Documents
Required Documents
Optional Documents
- Cover Letter/Letter of Application
- Curriculum Vitae
- References
- Unofficial Transcripts
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