Executive Dean College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

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Hillsboro Professional Campus - Hillsboro, OR , Position Type:
Exempt, Job Category:
Faculty and Staff , Pacific University achieves excellence and distinction by investing in exceptional people to think, care, create, and pursue justice in our world. We embrace discovery in a close and nurturing environment that leads to genuine transformation. Our community is diverse, sustainable, and dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship, and practice.

At Pacific University, we thrive in an extraordinary environment, surrounded by the beauty of the great Pacific Northwest, with campus locations in Forest Grove and Hillsboro. We humbly acknowledge and thank the original caretakers of the lands on which we live, work, teach, and acquire and share knowledge.

The Executive Dean is the chief executive officer of the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CHRS). As such, the Dean leads and oversees all programs of the College, including faculty, staff, curriculum, clinics, academic and clinical standards and budgets of the College. The Dean leads with equity and inclusion in determining and implementing the academic and clinical programs necessary to maintain the College and its programs at the forefront of their respective professions.

The Dean leads College and University activities devoted to fund-raising and alumni relations. In doing so, the Dean must articulate the values and standards of diverse health professions within and outside the University. The Dean participates in the development of major policies that impact the entire University and specifically the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

The College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Pacific University includes a School of Audiology, A School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, a School of Dental Health Sciences, a School of Occupational Therapy, a School of Pharmacy, a School of Physical Therapy and and Athletic Training, a School of Physician Associate Studies and a School of Healthcare Administration and Leadership.

The Dean represents the CHRS on the Provost's Council and various committees, and works collaboratively with leaders within the College as well as with the other College deans within the institution. The Executive Dean advocates for the CHRS to the rest of the university and to the local community and participates actively in national, regional, and local conversations about the college's programs.

• Provides visionary, intellectual, and administrative leadership to develop and sustain the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. This includes developing, implementing, evaluating, strengthening, and promoting curriculum and programming for the College.
• Leads the deans and directors of the college in accreditation, long-range strategic planning, and curricular development, implementation, and enhancement, consistent with the mission and values of the institution.
• Collaborates with University Advancement to develop and implement fund raising and public information programs for the College.
• Encourages and facilitates grant writing within the College.
• In collaboration with the University's alumni relations program, develops and implements programs to maintain effective services for and communications with the College's graduates.
• Infuses equitable and inclusive practices in their work to establish effective and meaningful working and learning environments.
• Oversees, prepares, and manages the College's budget, and communicates relevant information to the faculty.
• Supervises the selection, assignment, and management of faculty, administrative, and support personnel within the CHRS.
• Generates and implements methods to encourage and maintain excellence in teaching, research, and professional development of faculty within the College.
• Builds and supports an academic community that cohesively works towards fulfilling the mission of the College.
• Fosters an excellent faculty, capable of educating students in all aspects of learning.
• Works with and through the CHRS and university personnel protocols on all personnel policies and considerations, recommending faculty promotion, tenure, termination, and sabbatical and other leaves.
• Maintains and increases faculty and staff cohesion and morale and ensures academic and professional integrity within the College and across the Division of Graduate and Professional Studies.
• Promotes high academic standards for the…