Interim Director (School Of Health Sciences) (Internal Search)

Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU Carbondale) invites nominations and applications for Interim Director of the School of Health Sciences (SHeS). We seek a talented academic leader to provide direction and leadership for the School of Health Sciences for the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. This is a full-time, 12-month administrative position.  This position will provide leadership for SHeS while a national search is underway for the permanent Director who would potentially start on July 1, 2025.  The Interim Director will not be a candidate for the permanent position.

The Interim Director of the School of Health Sciences is the chief administrative and academic officer of the school and reports to the Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences.

This search is internal to the School of Health Sciences. Review of applications will begin March 27, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.  For additional information, please contact Dr. Robert Morgan (robert.d.morgan@siu.edu), Dean, College of Health and Human Sciences. The director will assume administrative responsibility for directing the school's faculty/staff hiring, annual reviews, budgeting, course planning, curriculum, student recruitment and retention, and other academic duties, be committed to the professional development of faculty, staff, and students, and foster collaborations within the school and with other appropriate college and campus constituencies.

Specific responsibilities include: 

• planning, development, coordination, review, and administration of undergraduate and graduate instructional programs to enhance learning outcomes of enrolled students;
• providing leadership in fostering an environment that advances University goals regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion;
• ensuring faculty and staff excellence through effective recruitment, retention, and evaluation of personnel;
• enhancing recruitment, retention, and degree completion rates of students;
• providing educational leadership, fostering excellence, and creating a culture of increased research, scholarship, and creative activity among faculty; 
• developing and recommending budgets, as well as administering approved budgets and controlling expenditures within the unit;    
• promoting alumni relations and representing the school to various constituencies;    
• teaching in the director's disciplinary area, as assigned by the Dean.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be a tenured Associate or Full Professor in the School of Health Sciences.