Dean, School Of Sciences And Health

Job Title Dean, School of Sciences and Health Classification Title Rank Tenure Information Job Description

Elizabethtown College (in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) seeks an accomplished, student-centered, and resourceful leader to serve as Dean, School of Sciences and Health, which has been newly configured, beginning July 1, 2024. Working with strong faculty and institutional leadership, the successful Dean will build on existing strength of departments and programs within the School to enhance visibility; collaboration and coordination between its programs; and student and faculty recruitment, retention, and success. The position provides an opportunity to support the College's commitment to "Educate for Service," with emphasis on relationship-centered and experiential learning inside the classroom, research, and clinical laboratories, and in partnership with community organizations through internships, placements, and community-based learning experiences.

Preparing graduates to improve health and well-being of people, animals, and the environment, the School of Sciences and Health, comprised of seven academic units, is home to 780 students and 41 full time faculty. The School offers pathways in:

• Nursing (RN to BSN)

Undergraduate degrees in:

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• Biology

• Biotechnology

• Chemistry

• Chemistry Laboratory Science

• Environmental Science

• Exercise Science

• Health Sciences

• Neuroscience

• Psychology

Graduate degrees in:

• Counseling Psychology

• Physician Assistant Studies

• Occupational Therapy

Elizabethtown College embraces values of peace, nonviolence, social justice, and human dignity. Applicants with demonstrable experience in fostering students' and colleagues' sense of belonging and equitable outcomes are especially encouraged to apply.

For full consideration, please submit: a cover letter, CV, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) statement, and contact information for three professional references who will electronically contacted to provide a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The DEI statement (one page) should discuss your experience in and continued plans for removing barriers and fostering an inclusive and equitable learning environment.

Job Duties

Reporting directly to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the School Dean:

• Develops and supports faculty and staff teams within the academic units of the School to contribute to advance College, School, and educational mission and strategic goals including those related to student recruitment, retention, persistence, and professional success;

• Fosters a collaborative, transparent, culturally aware, student-centered, and data-informed approach;

• Supports collaboration with other Schools and academic programs, Student Life, Admissions, Marketing and Communications, institutional centers, and other units on campus to enrich educational opportunities and promote equitable student success;

• Oversees and manages academic planning, assessment of student learning and program effectiveness, and educational policies and practices, including support of accredited programs and faculty in a teacher-scholar model;

• Works with the College's School for Graduate and Professional Studies to build courses, curricula, and connections for adult, graduate, and online education;

• Exercises sound fiscal stewardship of the School budget and resources;

• Develops meaningful partnerships at local, regional, and national levels;

• Contributes to fundraising efforts and donor cultivation to advance the initiatives of the School

Required Qualifications

• Terminal degree from an accredited institution in a field represented in the School.

• Five or more years of progressive leadership. Higher Education leadership strongly preferred.

• Proven ability to serve students from a wide variety of backgrounds.

• Previous experience managing complex budgets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Higher Education leadership strongly preferred.

• Experience overseeing an accredited or certified academic program or licensure process.

• Evidence of successful establishment of external partnerships, particularly within healthcare settings.

• Ability to contribute to the diversity of the School and institution, whether through personal experience, teaching, scholarship, and/or service.

• Record of teaching, scholarly activity, and service appropriate for the rank of associate or full professor.

• Experience removing barriers and fostering an inclusive and equitable learning environment for all students.

• Demonstrable success as an action-oriented, collaborative community-builder who embraces opportunities for quality enhancement.

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number F278P Open Date 12/21/2023 Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Diversity Statement

Elizabethtown College is committed to valuing and fostering the diversity reflected in our life together and in the world beyond our campus. We strive to ensure that the members of the community-students, faculty, staff, and administrators-are diverse in race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, ability, gender, gender identity and expression, age and national origin. We also seek to provide our community members, especially our students, with educational opportunities, programs, and services that are multicultural in content and expressive of a diverse life of experiences and worldviews that underrepresented groups bring to the learning environment.

About Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown College, located in southcentral Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than 60 health, science, engineering, political science business, communications, fine art and music, humanities, and education degrees. Discover more at etown.edu.

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