Director of Sustainability Institute

Director of Sustainability Institute

The Director of the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State is responsible for providing visionary leadership for the institute's interdisciplinary sustainability initiatives in research, teaching, community engagement, and institutional collaboration. The position requires a collaborative and entrepreneurial leader with a distinguished record of scholarship and a demonstrated commitment to building partnerships across colleges, departments, community organizations, government agencies, industry, and nonprofit sectors.

By advancing the institute's mission of accelerating sustainability solutions to global challenges, the Director elevates the university's regional and national profile in sustainability scholarship and discovery. The position reports to the Vice Provost for Academic Programs and supervises the Managing Director of the institute.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic and visionary leadership
• Advance interdisciplinary sustainability research and education
• Elevate the sustainability profile of the institute and university
• Administrative oversight

Position requirements include tenured professors at The Ohio State University, holding a full professorship in a sustainability-related discipline. Demonstrated leadership experience in interdisciplinary academic or research settings, education program development, and a record of successful grant development is required. Successful candidates will have strong communication, organizational and collaborative leadership skills. Experience leading university centers, institutes or large collaborative initiatives is preferred.