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Job Title:
Associate Director Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society

Position Overview

The Chase Center is conducting a nationwide search for up to two Associate Directors, who will start Fall, 2027, or earlier. They will join the Center’s leadership team and expand its capacity. The Associate Director will be a tenured Full or Associate Professor in the Chase Center. 

The Associate Director will have three primary roles. First, he or she will help the Executive Director manage Chase Center operations. The functions the Associate Director oversees will depend on his or her interests and capacities. Second, the Associate Director will teach and publish scholarly research in line with his or her expertise and the Chase Center’s mission.  Third, the Associate Director will help the Center build and maintain strategic relationships with outside scholars as well as peer programs, departments, and institutes across higher education. 

The Associate Director will be an extraordinary scholar with research and teaching in a discipline relevant to civic thought, including (but not limited to) law, philosophy, history, political theory, theology/religious studies, economics, literature, and sociology, and will be actively engaged in the Center’s and Ohio State’s intellectual life.  The Associate Director will be a public-spirited scholar who is committed to building an academic community in which civic life and the life of the mind flourish. As with all members of the Center, the Associate Director should be familiar with and embrace the Center’s mission as defined by . 

Salary and benefits are competitive. Candidates must be willing to work a flexible schedule and are expected to primarily work in person.

Performance Objectives

• Contribute and demonstrate a commitment to the Chase Center’s statutory mission through administration, research, teaching, and service.
• Work collaboratively and in a coordinated way with the Center’s Executive Director.
• Build the Chase Center into an academic community that secures its mission through excellent teaching, research and scholarship, and service.
• Continue to build a strong scholarly reputation in a discipline relevant to civic thought.
• Publish high-quality and impactful scholarship in prestigious academic outlets in the faculty member’s discipline and other impactful outlets.
• Develop and effectively teach courses that advance the Center’s mission.
• Engage in service to the Chase Center, the University, and the broader community.
• Demonstrate the ability to work independently, proactively handle issues, and make decisions benefiting the Center.
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrate organization, attention to detail, and ability to respond to deadlines in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate poise, professionalism, and good judgment.
• Demonstrate adaptability to changing goals and priorities.

Education and Experience

Required

• Ph.D., J.D., or other terminal degree in a field related to the Center’s mission.
• Experience in program administration in a higher education setting.
• Record of publishing high-quality and impactful scholarship in prestigious academic outlets in the faculty member’s discipline and other impactful outlets.
• Record of developing and effectively teaching courses that will advance the Center’s mission.

Desired

• Experience developing a young academic or professional program or organization. 
• Experience engaging in development activities.
• Excellent management and organizational skills—task oriented and deadline conscious. 
• Flexibility to adapt to changing goals and priorities.
• Ability to independently assess, respond to, and follow up on inquiries, and advise faculty, students, donors, and guests.
• Ability to interact comfortably and confidently with broad internal and external constituencies and maintain a professional demeanor in representing the Center and the University.
• Relevant prior professional experiencedeveloping programming consistent with the Center’s mission, including (but not limited to) developing curriculum, activities that promote research productivity and innovation, academic community building, and activities that engage students and other community members.

How to Apply

To be considered, please submit your application via [https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job/Columbus-Campus/Associate-Director-Salmon-P-Chase-Center-for-Civics--Culture--and-Society_R158188]. Once you start the application you will need to fill it out to completion and upload all required materials. Please be aware that you will not be able to edit your application or materials after submission.

Application materials must include the following:

Cover letter describing how the candidate meets the qualifications for the position, including his or her commitment to the Center’s mission and an explanation of how the candidate is prepared to support that mission through administration, research, teaching (including courses the candidate might teach), and contributions to the Center’s institutional development. The letter should be addressed to:

Lee J. Strang

Executive Director, Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society

Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law

5042 Smith Lab

174 W. 18th Ave.

Columbus, OH 43210

Curriculum vita (CV) Statement of research Writing sample (recent article, working paper, or dissertation chapter) The names and contact information of at least three individuals who can provide a letter of reference. (We will request letters of reference if/when candidates move to the interview stage.)

The application deadline is October 1st, at 11:59 p.m. We will review all applications submitted by the deadline. Please email Professor Strang, at , if you have questions about the application process.

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