Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence - Blacksburg, United States - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Description

Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence

Job no: 529045

Work type: Administrative & Professional

Senior management: College of Engineering

Department: Dean - Engineering

Location: Blacksburg, Virginia

Categories: Executive / Director / Management, Other


Job Description

The Virginia Tech College of Engineering seeks a strategic, collaborative, and entrepreneurial leader to serve as its Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence.

The Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence will serve as the College of Engineering's chief diversity, equity, inclusion, and access officer leading the development of a college culture that emphasizes a shared understanding of inclusion and building awareness of access issues.

The Associate Dean is responsible for implementing programs to increase the recruitment and retention of students, faculty, and staff within the College of Engineering (COE) with a particular emphasis on underserved and underrepresented populations.

These populations include historically marginalized groups in engineering including African Americans, Hispanic/Latinxs, American Indians, Pacific Islanders, women of all ethnicities, persons with different abilities, veterans, first generation college students, economically disadvantaged individuals, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

This role includes oversight and management of personnel, fiscal matters, outreach programs, educational opportunities, and recruiting initiatives, ensuring that recruitment and retention align with the college's goals as articulated in the COE Strategic Plan ).

The Associate Dean will also serve as the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) and will play a leadership role in the NSF-funded Center for Equity in Engineering called PROTEGE (Partnerships and Research on the Equity of Graduate Education in Engineering).

The Associate Dean will work collaboratively with the COE Advancement team to connect with corporations, foundations, individuals, and alumni as appropriate, as well as developing and leading externally funded research to advance national broadening participation goals.

The Associate Dean will assist in the development of the college's strategic plan, supporting its success by ensuring that inclusion and access permeate throughout all strategic goals and initiatives in a meaningful and appropriate manner.

Serving as Chair of the college diversity committee, the Associate Dean will act as a liaison to departmental inclusion and diversity committees and work to align departmental and college-level activity.

Virginia Tech's main campus is in Blacksburg, Virginia, which is consistently ranked among the country's best places to live. In addition, Virginia Tech's facilities in the Washington, D.C.

metro area offer unique proximity to government and industry partners and are expanding rapidly, with the new Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Virginia slated to open in 2024.

As the Commonwealth of Virginia's most comprehensive university and a leading research institution, Virginia Tech offers about 280 undergraduate, graduate, and first professional degree programs to more than 38,000 students and manages a research portfolio of close to $600 million.

The university fulfills its role as a land-grant institution by fostering a collaborative environment that integrates technology into all disciplines, so that the Virginia Tech community can serve as a force for positive change around the Commonwealth, the country, and the world.

Through experiential learning, future-focused research, and an inclusive, spirited culture, Virginia Tech strives to accomplish the charge of its motto Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).

Nominations and inquiries can be directed to: Dr. Holly Matusovich, Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Studies and Search Chair at


Required Qualifications

• Ph.

D. or terminal degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), Education or related field

• 5 or more years of experience leading and managing teams and issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills that lead to the creation of a collegial academic community that celebrates multiple viewpoints
• Demonstrated ability to bring about strategic change to meet organizational goals. This includes the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment
• Demonstrated ability to secure funding for programming through donations/gifts and externally funded research.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and teams toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. This includes the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts
• Demonstrated experience in building programs to support marginalized groups in engineering and experience working with underrepresented and underserved communities
• Knowledge of critical and emerging issues in American higher education as well as the ability to contribute to the expanding body of research and best practices in diversity, equity, inclusion and access and accessibility
• Practical experience with trends, issues, current research, and best practices in broadening participation, including current efforts in a variety of STEM disciplines to strengthen and transform the higher education environment
• Demonstrated ability to advocate and resourcefully solve problems for underserved groups
• Demonstrated ability to balance complex issues in creating and maintaining a more inclusive and diverse campus

Preferred Qualifications

• Recognized professional standing in the STEM and/or STEM education communities, as evidenced by a sustained record of research, scholarship and professional and leadership activities suitable for earning promotion to associate/full professor with tenure
• The stature and skill to extend and establish critical connections with alumni and with community and state leadership on behalf of the College of Engineering
• Demonstrated ability to strategically manage human, financial, and information resources
• Successful administrative experience including personnel supervision and evaluation
• Experience in a higher education environment

Pay Band

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Appointment Type

Regular


Salary Information

Commensurate with Experience


Review Date

05/6/2024


Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.


About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers.

A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity.

The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College.

The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including the Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia; the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke; sites in Newport News and Richmond; and numerous Extension offices and research centers.

A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.

Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact
Lee Bishop at
during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Advertised: March 19, 2024

Applications close: May 6, 2024 Eastern Daylight Time