• Manage the efficient and productive operations of the school in accordance with the school’s strategic plan
• Develop and refine policies to achieve academic and faculty goals and objectives
• Collaborate with departments, programs, and partners, to assure the integrity, relevance, and value of academic and nonacademic offering within the school, ensuring continual assessment and development of programs
• Manage, edit, and track the continual accreditation for all academic programs in the school
• Work in conjunction with chairs on new program development and curriculum revisions.
• Manage conflict resolution processes for faculty
• Oversee and coordinate annual changes to the catalog
• Spearhead implementation of the strategic plan as it pertains to all faculty and academic activities and overall school goals
• Support academic and faculty leaders to assure that policies, procedures, and guidelines foster a positive experience and enable excellence in teaching, research, and service
• Work with department chairs and program directors to ensure the effective use of instructional talent and provide school-level direction for recruitment and retention of faculty in alignment with university and school priorities
• Work with department chairs and program directors to support plans for professional growth and excellence for faculty, playing a role in mentoring junior faculty
• Assure faculty are trained on process and policies related to tenure and promotion and annual evaluations
• Provide university-wide leadership and operations management
• Lead and manage the chair election process for each department
• Serve as dean’s liaison to the faculty affairs and academic affairs committees
• Serve as a member of the Dean’s team
• Participate in recruitment, retention and engagement activities/events related to student recruitment and success
• Oversee contract lifecycle management for school-, department-, and program-related external agreements related to academic programming
• Other duties as assigned related to this position
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