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Job Details
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Northeastern University seeks an outstanding scholarly and
entrepreneurial leader for the position of founding Dean for its newly established College of Science. Reporting to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the founding Dean will have an extraordinary opportunity to shape a new college that will enhance Northeastern University's distinctive educational mission and national and international reputation for joining translational with fundamental research in an interdisciplinary environment.
Located in the heart of Boston, in the arts district and the biomedical research corridor, Northeastern University is a private national research university offering a wide range of programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in eight schools and colleges. Over the past ten years, Northeastern has experienced extraordinary growth in admissions selectivity, research activity, campus life, donor support, and reputation. Today, Northeastern is the largest private research university in Boston proper, comprising more than 15,000 undergraduate and 5,000 graduate students and over 4,200 faculty and staff. The university operates with a $798 million budget and expended $55 million in research funding in FY 2009.
In 2006, under the leadership of newly appointed President
Joseph Aoun, the University embarked on an institution-wide planning process that involved reflecting on the institution's purpose and envisioning its future. Today, with a new Mission Statement and Academic Plan in place, Northeastern is a vital, optimistic institution moving forward with confidence and
energized by a sense of collective momentum and ambition. In line with its strategic goals, Northeastern has recently announced its decision to restructure the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Criminal Justice and create a new College of Science, as well as Colleges of Arts, Media and Design, and Social Science and
Humanities. This reorganization will better align academic
departments that share educational and research goals and
approaches, enabling them to advocate more effectively for
resources and to project a clearer, unified identity to the outside world. In addition, the University is implementing a new hybrid budgetary model based on responsibility based management
that will provide its deans with heightened autonomy, financial control, and decision-making authority.
This is an unusual and exciting opportunity to join a university that is on a dramatic upward trajectory, led by a strong executive leadership team, and moving to a management structure and style that empowers deans. Northeastern University seeks a Dean of Science with exemplary academic achievements, together with strategic leadership ability; outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; entrepreneurial spirit and high energy; and a passion for the unique mission of the College and University. In collaboration with the faculty of the College, s/he will articulate a vision and strategic plan that will strengthen interdisciplinary connections across the department units, the other colleges of the university, and Northeastern's science disciplines and the
scientific, technological, and medical institutions of the Greater
Boston region. For more information go to northeastern.edu/deansearch.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Northeastern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Educational Institution and Employer, Title IX University. Northeastern University particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women and persons with disabilities. Northeastern University is an E-Verify Employer.
How To Apply
Northeastern University has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this recruitment. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until an appointment is made. Applications, including cover letter, vitae, and three references, should be submitted in electronic form, to:
Vivian Brocard, Vice President, Nureen Das, Associate,
Isaacson, Miller, E-mail: 3938@imsearch.com. Electronic
applications are strongly encouraged.
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