What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dean-College of Humanities position at Brigham Young University?
Job Classification: CFS Professorial
Desired start date: 1 July 2025
Posting close date: 2 December 2024
Required Degree: PhD
Experience: Administrative experience in higher education commensurate with the position of dean
Duties/Expectations: The dean will provide academic and executive leadership that promotes faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His gospel and restored Church, as well as excellence in teaching, research, and mentorship to achieve student outcomes and help fulfill the university's mission. The dean will oversee faculty development, including the rank and status process, innovations in academic programs, and the operations and budgets of all college departments, schools, programs, and initiatives.
Brigham Young University is seeking applications for the position of Dean of the College of Humanities. The appointment is expected to take effect on July 1, 2025.
The College of Humanities houses eight departments: Asian & Near Eastern Languages, Comparative Arts & Letters, English, French & Italian, German & Russian, Linguistics, Philosophy, Spanish & Portuguese, an s Office of Digital Humanities and the Center for Language Studies.
The College of Humanities offer over 30 diverse programs devoted to culture, creativity, and critical thinking, that open doors to a great deal of skills and careers, producing capable, intuitive, educated people. Students of the humanities drive their own learning as they engage in discussion, research, language learning, and diving into the products of human expression. They come away with valuable experiences and marketable competencies.
Experience: Administrative experience in higher education commensurate with the position of dean.
Duties/Expectations: The dean will provide academic and executive leadership that promotes excellence in teaching, research, and mentorship to achieve student outcomes and help fulfill the university's mission. The dean will oversee faculty development, including the rank and status process; innovations in academic programs; and the operations and budgets of all departments, programs, and initiatives in the college including about 230 full-time faculty members and 65 staff/administrative employees.
Information required at the time of application - Please list the individual contact information for each of your three recommenders on the faculty application. At some point during the selection process, they may be contacted to submit their letters of reference electronically
Document(s) required at the time of application - Please attach your Mission Alignment Statement (full-time faculty only), updated Curriculum Vitae, and cover letter to the faculty application.
Mission Alignment Statement: BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrines and teachings declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it "bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel" (Spencer W. Kimball).
Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education (https://aims.byu.edu/).
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Equal Opportunity Employer: m/f/Vets/Disability: United by our common primary identity as children of God BYU values equal opportunity. We also value and embrace the variety of individual characteristics, life experiences and circumstances, perspectives, talents, and gifts of each member of the BYU community and the richness and strength they bring in helping create and support an environment of covenant belonging centered in Jesus Christ Candidates with experience in and commitment to mentoring students from a variety of backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
BYU is an equal-opportunity employer. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
All new employees who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be required to hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.
