Academic Dean-College of Health and Behavioral Sciences

Posting Number F0502026

Working Title Academic Dean-College of Health and Behavioral Sciences

We are excited that you are considering joining the UCA Family—the faculty, staff, students and alumni—who make the University of Central Arkansas a great place to work!
At the University of Central Arkansas, we value our employees striving to maintain a work-life balance. We realize that this affects the overall well-being of employees while learning to prioritize challenging work and the ability to make a difference. Participation in university-wide flexible work schedules may be available for certain positions. Training is provided on systems or job-specific software, and tools are available supporting professional and personal development.

The benefits package allows you to customize your benefits to meet your current needs, with the ability to adjust them as your priorities change. This includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, 80% tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a retirement program with university contributions of 10% of employee salary.

Also available are health and wellness incentives, as well as access to sports and cultural activities on campus for the family, free gym membership and equipment rentals.

The University of Central Arkansas invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences ( CHBS ). As UCA’s largest academic college by declared majors and a leading contributor to Arkansas’s healthcare and behavioral health workforce, CHBS offers an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished and entrepreneurial academic leader.

Reporting to the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, the dean serves as the college’s chief academic and administrative officer. The dean provides leadership for academic programs, faculty and staff, budgets and resource planning, personnel processes, program quality and assessment, specialized accreditation, clinical operations and partnerships, enrollment and student outcomes, interdisciplinary initiatives, scholarship, advancement, and engagement with the university and broader community.

The position demands excellent communication skills and proven ability to facilitate consensus, evidence of effective academic leadership and administrative experience at the department chair level or above.

• Knowledge of the organization and administration of higher education.
• Knowledge of state, federal, and university rules, regulations and procedures.
• Ability to work in a diverse and dynamic environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently with common goals as a part of a team.
• Ability to make sound judgments.
• Effective interpersonal communication, writing, and organizational abilities.
• Civility in all interactions.
• Demonstrate effective follow-up.

An earned doctorate in a discipline in or closely related to the College, together with a record of teaching, research, and scholarly achievement that merits appointment as a tenured full professor in one of the College’s academic units.

Demonstrated academic leadership and progressively responsible administrative experience at the level of department chair, school director, associate dean, dean, or comparable level.

Proven ability to manage the budget, personnel, facilities, and other resources of a…