Associate Dean & Associate / Full Professor - Dean Appointed Leadership Roles

Job no: 540711
Work type: Faculty Admin Title
Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Categories: Education/Training/Instructional Design, Executive/Director/Management, Engineering
Department:19010100 - EG-DEAN'S OFFICE

Classification Title:
Associate Dean & Associate / Full Professor

Classification Minimum Requirements:
1. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

• Ph.D. in Engineering or a closely related field.
• Appointment at the rank of Full Professor.
• Demonstrated record of scholarly achievement, teaching excellence, academic leadership, and faculty service.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with faculty, staff, students, university leadership, and external stakeholders.

2. Associate Dean for Research

• Ph.D. in Engineering or a closely related field.
• Appointment at the rank of Full Professor.
• Distinguished record of scholarly achievement and sustained externally funded research.
• Demonstrated success in academic leadership and administration.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex organizations, manage strategic initiatives, and build collaborative partnerships.
• Outstanding interpersonal, communication, and organizational leadership skills.

3. Associate Dean for Student Affairs

• Ph.D. in Engineering or a closely related field.
• Appointment at the rank of Associate/Full Professor.
• Demonstrated record of scholarly achievement, teaching excellence, academic leadership, and service.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with faculty, staff, students, university leadership, alumni, industry partners, and external stakeholders.

Job Description:
The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering seeks accomplished, collaborative, and visionary academic leaders to serve on the Dean's leadership team as Associate Deans for Academic Affairs, Research, and Student Affairs. Reporting directly to the Dean, these executive leadership roles are responsible for advancing the College's strategic priorities by strengthening academic excellence, faculty success, research growth, innovation, and student achievement. Working closely with the Dean, department chairs, faculty, university leadership, and external partners, the Associate Deans provide leadership for faculty development, graduate education, curriculum and academic policy, sponsored research, research infrastructure, compliance, student services, advising, recruitment, retention, experiential learning, and operational excellence. Successful candidates will possess distinguished records of academic and scholarly achievement, demonstrated leadership experience, exceptional communication and organizational skills, and the ability to build collaborative partnerships that enhance the College's national reputation, foster innovation, and support continuous improvement across its academic, research, and student success missions.

1. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Full Professor

The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs serves as a member of the dean's leadership team and is the College's senior leader responsible for advancing academic excellence, faculty success, graduate education, academic policy, and faculty affairs. Reporting directly to the Dean, this position provides executive leadership for faculty development, academic programs, curriculum oversight, faculty evaluation processes, graduate education, and academic governance that support the College's mission of excellence in education, research, and service.

The successful candidate will be a collaborative, innovative, and student- and faculty-centered academic leader with demonstrated success in faculty leadership, academic administration, graduate education, and instructional excellence. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional leadership, sound judgment, outstanding communication skills, organizational effectiveness, and the ability to build collaborative relationships across departments, colleges, and university administrative units.

Working closely with the Dean, Dean's leadership team, faculty, the Graduate School, the Center for Teaching Excellence, the Office of the Provost, Engineering Student Services, and university leadership, the Associate Dean will strengthen the College's academic enterprise by enhancing faculty success, promoting excellence in teaching, advancing graduate education, supporting academic innovation, and ensuring consistent implementation of university academic policies. This position works collaboratively with the Senior Associate Dean, the Associate Dean for Research, and the Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives to align the College's academic mission with its research, strategic, and operational priorities.

• Faculty Affairs and Faculty Success: Develop and implement comprehensive faculty development programs that support faculty success throughout all stages of the academic career, including onboarding, mentoring, leadership development, promotion, honorifics, and professional growth.
• Faculty Evaluation and Advancement: Provide executive oversight of faculty evaluation processes, including tenure and promotion, mid-tenure reviews, promotion reviews for non-tenure-track faculty, annual faculty evaluation policies, and faculty grievance processes.
• Teaching Excellence: Lead College initiatives that promote excellence in teaching, instructional innovation, faculty development, and student learning outcomes. Serve as the College's liaison to the Center for Teaching Excellence and related university instructional initiatives.
• Graduate Education: Provide strategic leadership for graduate academic programs, graduate curriculum, graduate student quality initiatives, graduate fellowships, interdisciplinary graduate programs, and graduate academic policy in collaboration with the Graduate School.
• Academic Programs and Curriculum: Oversee the review, development, approval, and continuous improvement of graduate academic programs, interdisciplinary degree programs, graduate certificates, and academic policies that support educational excellence.
• Faculty Leadership Development: Develop leadership programs for faculty and department chairs that strengthen academic leadership, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness.
• Faculty Governance: Serve as the College's liaison to faculty governance organizations and provide administrative leadership for College-level faculty committees, including the Engineering Faculty Council, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Curriculum Committee, Honors and Awards Committee, and Sabbatical Committee.
• Academic Policy and University Partnerships: Represent the College in university academic leadership organizations and collaborate with the Office of the Provost, Graduate School, Center for Teaching Excellence, and other academic units on institutional initiatives, academic policies, accreditation, and compliance.
• Collaboration: Partner closely with the Senior Associate Dean and other Associate Deans to ensure that academic excellence, faculty success, graduate education, and curriculum initiatives support the College's strategic vision and operational priorities.
• Ranking: Work closely with the Dean and Associate Deans to help improve college's ranking.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to collaborative leadership, faculty excellence, student success, continuous improvement, and academic innovation while helping position the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering among the nation's premier engineering colleges through exceptional academic programs, outstanding faculty support, and a culture of educational excellence.

2. Associate Dean for Research and Full Professor

The Associate Dean serves as a member of the Dean's leadership team and is the College's chief academic administrator responsible for advancing the College's research enterprise and overseeing the management of research facilities and infrastructure. Reporting directly to the Dean, this position provides executive leadership for faculty research development, sponsored research growth, research operations, innovation, research compliance, laboratory safety, engineering information technology, research facilities, research lab modernization, and shared research infrastructure.

The successful candidate will be a collaborative, innovative, and results-oriented academic leader with demonstrated success leading major research enterprises and supporting faculty excellence. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional leadership, strategic vision, organizational effectiveness, sound judgment, outstanding communication skills, and the ability to build collaborative partnerships across departments, colleges, university administrative units, industry, and government agencies.

Working closely with the Dean, Dean's leadership team, department chairs, faculty, Engineering Business Services, the Division of Sponsored Programs, the Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development, UF Innovate, Facilities Services, and university leadership, the Associate Dean for Research will strengthen the College's research enterprise by enhancing faculty success, expanding sponsored research, modernizing research facilities and infrastructure, improving operational effectiveness, and advancing innovation and technology commercialization. This position works collaboratively with the Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives to translate transformational opportunities into sustainable research programs and long-term institutional success.

• Research Enterprise Leadership: Provide strategic and operational leadership for the College's research enterprise while developing and implementing initiatives that strengthen faculty success, sponsored research performance, research competitiveness, and institutional impact.
• Faculty Research Development: Lead comprehensive faculty research development initiatives, including mentoring, proposal development, grant competitiveness, strategic research planning, and faculty advancement across all career stages.
• Sponsored Research Growth: Increase proposal quality, funding competitiveness, award success rates, interdisciplinary collaborations, and sponsored research expenditures through effective faculty support and research development programs.
• Innovation and Technology Commercialization: Advance entrepreneurship, intellectual property development, technology commercialization, startup creation, industry engagement, and partnerships with UF Innovate to maximize the societal and economic impact of faculty discoveries.
• Research Facilities and Infrastructure: Provide executive leadership for the planning, operation, maintenance, modernization, and strategic utilization of the College's research facilities, laboratories, specialized instrumentation, shared-use facilities, research computing resources, secure research environments, and technical infrastructure.
• Research Operations: Oversee research support operations that enable faculty productivity, improve operational efficiency, optimize research workflows, and ensure effective stewardship of research resources.
• Research Compliance and Integrity: Provide executive oversight for research compliance, including research security, export controls, conflict of interest, responsible conduct of research, laboratory safety, and coordination with university compliance offices.
• Centers and Institutes: Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the College's research centers and institutes through annual reviews, operational assessments, performance metrics, strategic planning, and director development to ensure alignment with college priorities.
• Facilities, Laboratory Safety, and Engineering Information Technology: Provide executive oversight of the Office of Laboratory Safety, Engineering Information Technology, research facilities operations, and technical support services that enable world-class teaching and research environments.
• Research Administration Partnership: Partner with the Executive Director for Finance & Administration to strengthen research administration, improve business processes, optimize research operations, and enhance faculty support throughout the research lifecycle.
• Strategic Collaboration: Collaborate with all Associate Deans, particularly the Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, to ensure the research enterprise, facilities, infrastructure, and operational support effectively advance the College's strategic priorities.
• Research Growth and National Prominence: Lead initiatives that significantly expand the College's research portfolio, increase sponsored research expenditures, strengthen national competitiveness, and improve the College's national and international reputation consistent with the Dean's strategic vision.
• Ranking: It is of utmost importance to significantly grow the college's research portfolio to help improve ranking per the Dean's vision.

3. Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Associate/Full Professor

The Associate Dean for Student Affairs serves as a member of the Dean's leadership team and is the College's senior leader responsible for advancing student success, student engagement, undergraduate student services, advising, experiential learning, recruitment, retention, and student development. Reporting directly to the Dean, this position provides executive leadership for Engineering Student Affairs, ensuring the delivery of high-quality student support services that promote academic achievement, student well-being, leadership development, career readiness, and timely graduation.

The successful candidate will be a collaborative, innovati