Requisition Number: FTFR000064
Division/College: Bouve College of Health Sciences
FT/PT: Full Time
Position Summary:
The Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Professor [Associate/Full] in Bouvé College of Health Sciences is responsible for providing leadership, under the direction of the Dean of the College, for oversight of faculty affairs as related to recruitment, hiring, tenure, promotion, and the sabbatical process. The Associate Dean facilitates mentorship of assistant and associate level faculty in relation to research and scholarship and serves in an advisory capacity as to faculty policy and procedures. As a member of the Dean's senior leadership team, the Associate Dean assists with strategic planning for the College.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Associate Dean works with the Dean of the College, college administrators involved with personnel, as well as with department chairs, to oversee all aspects of the faculty recruitment and hiring process. The AD works with search committee chairs to facilitate the process of advertising for and interviewing faculty candidates, as well as bringing searches to closure. The AD facilitates communication among the search committees, department chairs, Dean, and appropriate Dean's Office personnel to assist in all aspects of the hiring process. The AD advises faculty on research and scholarship as it relates to tenure and promotion and works with departments on effective mentoring for assistant and associate level faculty to facilitate successful tenure and promotion. Also serves in an advisory capacity on issues of faculty evaluation and sabbaticals. The Associate Dean represents the College on university committees related to faculty affairs, as well as at Vice-Provost led university-wide meetings of associate deans for faculty affairs.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have a PhD or appropriate advanced professional degree and have the rank of tenured associate professor or full professor; appropriate experiences commensurate with the position requirements specifically in a university setting. The candidate will be eligible for a faculty appointment at the appropriate rank in the relevant academic department of the College. The candidate will demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to work effectively with faculty and administrators. A demonstrated ability in leadership and management is required.
Additional Information:
Bouvé College of Health Sciences has a faculty of 276, with approximately 2,100 undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students. It is the leading national model for education and research in the health, psychosocial and biomedical sciences and supports the University's mission of educating students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and creating and translating knowledge to meet global and societal needs. Within Bouvé, the Behrakis Health Sciences Center houses a state of the art human performance and exercise laboratory with teaching and research space, including fully equipped exercise stress testing stations, metabolic carts, Lunar DEXA machine, an underwater weighing tank, Cybex and Keiser strength and power equipment, wet lab facilities for blood processing and muscle biopsies.
Northeastern University is on an exciting trajectory of growth and innovation. The University is a leader in inter-disciplinary research, urban engagement, experiential learning, and the integration of classroom learning with real-world experience.
Northeastern University is home to 20,000 students and to the nation's premier cooperative education program. The past decade has witnessed a dramatic increase in Northeastern's international reputation for research and innovative educational programs. A heightened focus on interdisciplinary research and scholarship is driving a faculty hiring initiative at Northeastern, advancing its position amongst the nation's top research universities.
Northeastern University is situated on the Avenue of the Arts in Boston's historic Back Bay, four blocks from the Longwood Medical Area, encompassing Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and eight blocks from the Boston Medical Center.
