Location : NorthwestMaryville campus in Maryville, MO
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 300110
Department: College of Arts & Sciences
Opening Date: 06/21/2024
PRIMARY DUTY: The Dean serves as the College's chief academic and administrative officer. The Dean is charged with ensuring the College's academic programs, research, faculty development, and student outcomes are of the highest quality and continue to grow. The Dean must bring administrative acumen and nimbleness in strategically allocating resources to advance the College's mission. The Dean also serves as chief external representative to the broader community, with donors and alumni, and with other University leaders. The Dean will lead a vision that leverages its diverse strengths; manages the College organizationally and financially; supports faculty and staff; is actively engaged in building community relationships and advocating for the College within the University; continues and enhances its fundraising success; and effectively builds a strong collaborative group of faculty and staff. The Dean leads and collaborates on student enrollment, retention, graduation, assessment, and accreditations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• The Dean will be expected to bring vision, creativity, and a vibrant leadership style to the College and contribute to the development and execution of Northwest's strategic plan.
• Apply innovation and focus the College's academic disciplines, curriculum, and student programming on the university's academic vision
• Drive Northwest's commitment to student success by supporting and nurturing faculty excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.
• Lead program review and improvement within the college of Arts and Sciences through a commitment to using authentic, problem-solving methodologies, including technology, to enhance learning and program delivery within Northwest's profession-based learning model.
• Understand and support the needs of a diverse collection of departments and faculty, including not only the traditional areas, but also interdisciplinary programming shared with the professional schools.
• Manage the fiscal affairs of the College.
• Oversee the Honors program.
• Collaborate with the Faculty Senate in guiding the Northwest Core general education program in serving as the curricular foundation at Northwest Missouri State University for developing broadly educated professionals and citizens
• Collaborate with University Advancement to secure a strong resource base through fundraising and strategic relationships.
• Interact with community colleges and other post-secondary institutions to develop enhanced educational opportunities for students.
• Ensure that departments in the college work with faculty, students, professional advisory boards, and other stakeholders in achieving excellence.
• Collaborate with the chairs in oversight area to administer the academic program review process.
• Work with chairs in oversight area to ensure undergraduate student learning outcomes (SLO's) are in place for all programs at all levels and are used to assess program effectiveness and to foster continuous improvement of academic programs.
• Collaborate with Academic Affairs leadership in all matters of academic recruitment, performance, interdepartmental cooperation (including interdisciplinary activities and programs), and meeting the strategic goals and objections of the institution.
• Work with the provost on development of new/proposed academic policies as assigned by the provost as well as review of current policies considering flexibility and growth.
• Provide planning and operations assistance to executive management through active participation and leadership on task forces, committees and councils.
• Provide effective management of resources including fiscal responsibility for assigned budgets and overall supervisory authority for the budget process in the division.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the provost.

REQUIREMENTS:
Education: terminal degree in a higher education related field
Certification/License: n/a
Experience: minimum three to five years extensive experience in undergraduate programming and supervision of academic operations.
Skills: leadership, innovation, communication, strategic thinking
WORKING CONDITIONS: This position will work in an office environment; may require additional night and weekend hours.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Chair Natural Sciences
• Chair Mathematics and Statistics
• Chair Language, Literature, and Writing
• Chair Fine and Performing Arts
• Chair Humanities and Social Sciences
• Executive Assistant

EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS USED: Personal computer, printer, photocopier, Microsoft Office Suite

TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS: light work, 20 pounds lifting or carrying on an occasional basis

COMMUNITY: Northwest Missouri State University is located in Maryville, Missouri, a community of 12,000 with a diverse economy and a strong industrial base. Maryville is located 45 miles north of St. Joseph, Missouri, 90 miles north of Kansas City, Missouri, and 110 miles southeast of Omaha, Nebraska. For more information visit the city's website at

UNIVERSITY: With an enrollment of about 10,000 students, Northwest is a coeducational, primarily residential four-year university that offers a broad range of undergraduate and selected graduate programs on its Maryville campus as well as its location at the Northland Innovation Center and through

Founded in 1905 and , Northwest places a high emphasis on profession-based learning to help graduates get a jump start on their careers. Students have opportunities to build their rsums with experiences on campus in nearly every area of study, including the , , the R.T. Wright Farm, and , a student-driven integrated digital marketing communications agency.

The University is a national model for student success and career placement. In addition, 97 percent of Northwest bachelor's degree earners and 99 percent of master's degree earners secure employment or continue their education within six months of graduation, according to the most recent data.

Furthermore, its vibrant and diverse learning community offers more than 150 student organizations, and in tuition, which is , saving students an estimated $6,800 over four years. Northwest also offers 1,200 student employment positions, allowing students to build professional skills through its internationally benchmarked student employment program. Designated the Missouri Arboretum, the Northwest campus was named one of the ""

For more information about Northwest and its performance, visit
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Until filled
DATE AVAILABLE: August 1, 2024
TO APPLY: Please fill out a Northwest application online by clicking to reach our employment opportunities listing. You will also need to submit a cover letter, resume, and the contact information for three references in order for your application materials to be complete. Please contact the Office of Human Resources at 660-562-1127 or email bbadger@nwmissouri.edu for more information.
The Office of Human Resource prides itself in offering a full, competitive benefits package with providers, who we feel, will offer the best service possible to the employees. Full-time employees are offered Health, Dental, Vision, Life and Long-term Disability insurance options as well as retirement plans upon employment at the University. For more information on each of these topics, please contact the office of Human Resources at (660) 562-1127 or via email at hrwebpg@nwmissouri.edu.