Associate Dean Faculty Affairs - School of Public Health
Listed on 2025-11-14
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic, Education Administration, Faculty
Job Title
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs - School of Public Health
Job : 280096
Location: Augusta University
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary:
Job Summary
Augusta University's School of Public Health invites applications for a faculty member at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor to serve as our inaugural Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs. We seek a seasoned leader with a strong record of excellence in leadership, teaching, and research to join our new school and position us for success. Key qualifications for this position include: expertise in faculty development, deep understanding of university policies related to evaluation, tenure, promotion, and recruitment and a demonstrated ability to manage and support efforts to recruit and retain high caliber faculty.
Appointment will be commensurate with experience. This position is an administrative faculty with rank position and is considered to be on tenure track/tenured. Please see the Augusta University Promotion and Tenure website link in the Shift/Salary/Benefits section of this posting.
Responsibilities
Lead and manage activities to support SPH efforts to recruit and retain high caliber faculty. These activities include:
Design and manage professional development programs that enhance faculty skills in teaching, research, and service. Provide mentorship and guidance to faculty members, assisting them with career advancement and promotion.
Research:
Building and maintain a program of high impact research as Principal Investigator. Serve as a team scientist on other AU research (as Co-PI). Solicit extramural funding to support research projects. Publish regularly in high impact journals. Present research at regional, national, and international scientific conferences
Teach one course per year in your field of expertise. Oversee graduate student theses and capstone projects.
Serve on department, school, and campus committees. Serve on community, state, and national committees and support community events. Conduct peer-review for journals, funding agencies, and professional societies.
Required Qualifications
- PhD in a Public Health related discipline.
- Leadership experience and experience mentoring and supporting early career faculty.
- Track record of peer-reviewed federal funding.
- Associate Professor-Mid level career faculty member with at least five years at rank of Assistant Professor or comparable training, background, and experience.
- Professor-Senior level career faculty member with at least five years at the rank of Associate Professor or comparable training, background, and experience.
- To be eligible for tenure upon appointment, the candidate (finalist) "at a minimum, is appointed as an associate or full professor, was already tenured at a prior institution, and brings a demonstrably national reputation to the institution: (BOR Policy 8..3.7.4).
- Required faculty employment qualifications for all USG institutions and all academic ranks within these institutions shall be:
- Consistent with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)'s requirements for institutional accreditation;
- Evidence of ability as a teacher;
- Evidence of activity as a scholar and ability in all other duties assigned;
- Successful experience (which will necessarily be waived for those just entering the academic profession who meet all other requirements); and
- Desirable personal qualities judged on the basis of personal interview, complete biographical data, and recommendations.
Shift/Salary/Benefits
This position is fiscal year based and works year-round.
The intended work commitment or full-time equivalent (FTE) for this position is 1.0 and considered full-time.
Associate Professor
- Salary and compensation is commensurate with education, experience, and achievements. The salary is subject to availability of funds.
Professor
- Salary and compensation is commensurate with education, experience, and achievements. The salary is subject to availability of funds.
Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, 13 paid holidays, vacation leave, sick leave, generous retirement plans, tuition waiver, wellness options, and much more!
Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.
Rank and salary are determined at the time of hire and are based on a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, education, credentials, specialty, training, etc. while also considering internal equity and market data.
Advancement through the faculty ranks at Augusta University is only through the annual Promotion and Tenure process in which faculty may apply if eligible (typically five-year increments). For more information on ranks, please review the Augusta University Promotion and Tenure Website:
https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..php
College/Department Information
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