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School of Education
Associate Dean SoE Higher Education #6230
Are you a leader in higher education with proven success overseeing programs for adult learners? Are you someone who can lead and excel in the fast paced and high growth School of Education at Capella University? We are seeking an Associate Dean with experience in higher education who is ready to see ideas come to life and where your values make a genuine difference.
This position is a full-time leadership and management position located in Minneapolis. The Associate Dean leads the development, delivery and enhancement of MS and PhD programs in Professional Studies, Post Secondary and Adult Education, Leadership for Higher Education, Instructional Design for On-line Learning and Training and Performance Improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Faculty management; including supervision and performance.
- Curriculum; program development and enhancement.
- Learning Experience by assuring academic quality maintaining an optimum learning environment for faculty and learners in the assigned areas of specialization.
- Accreditation oversight, governance and scholarly activity.
Qualifications:
- Essential Skills
- Ability to develop, coordinate/organize, implement and communicate strategic plans, in partnership with the Dean for the school.
- A commitment to academic excellence; ability to advance the quality and content of programs, courses and initiatives.
- Strong organizational skills applicable to operational and logistical tasks.
- Ability to work within a for-profit setting where integrated (matrixed) academic-business culture characterizes the daily work environment.
- Ability to build leadership capacity in the school by hiring, mentoring and coaching faculty chairs and/or faculty, maintaining positive connections with remote faculty and learners.
- Ability to nurture professional relationships through outreach, collaboration and goodwill.
- Demonstrated team-based and virtual leadership skills; (both within and across schools)
- Ability to articulate and model Capella's core values;
- Ethical, compassionate, creative, communicative and energetic.
- Experience
- Significant experience as a leader and practitioner in higher education; a minimum of 5 years teaching in a relevant educational setting; experience with on-line learning or equivalent expertise relevant to education.
- 2–4 years of management experience in a higher education environment, as department chair; and/or experience in a leadership capacity in the discipline preferred.
- Role requires ability to working as a collaborative member of cross-functional business teams.
- Your experience chairing dissertation committees and conducting research are particularly valuable in this role.
- Education
- PhD or EdD from a regionally accredited university. Demonstrated contribution to the discipline such as publishing, committee involvement and professional association involvement.
This position is based in Capella's corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota and relocation assistance is provided.
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