Dean - Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design

Department
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Office of the Provost Salary
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Commensurate with Experience

Reporting to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the Dean serves as the Chief Academic and Administrative Officer of the Gerald

D. Hines College of Architecture and Design. The Dean is responsible for providing energetic, visionary, and effective leadership in the following areas:

• Academic Leadership and Strategic Planning:
  These responsibilities include directing and overseeing the programs of the College as well as developing the strategic directions of the College in concert with the University’s Strategic Plan. The Dean articulates the long‑range vision, specific strategies, and detailed administrative and fiscal provisions to ensure the continued excellence of the College programs and faculty. The Dean works closely with the University’s executive leadership and with other University of Houston Deans on multidisciplinary hiring and on research and teaching programs.
  
  The successful candidate will promote the University and the Hines College and actively participate in hands‑on management and open decision‑making in a culture of shared governance.
• Faculty Appointments:
  The Dean of the Hines College is responsible for the recruitment, appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure of faculty in the College. The Dean works through the established appointment, promotion, and tenure processes of the College and the University and is responsible for maintaining the integrity of these processes. The Dean works with the faculty to implement long‑range recruiting strategies for the Hines College, formulated in collaboration with the Provost.
  
  The Dean is responsible for meeting or exceeding the University’s recruiting objectives for quality and productivity with intentionality to maintain disciplinary representation across the College's design disciplines and strategic goals.
• Budgetary and Administrative Oversight:
  The Dean is responsible for overseeing the College’s budget and for the strategic allocation of resources in the College. The Dean allocates the resources necessary to support the faculty research agenda, facilitate extramurally funded research, and fund graduate students and programs, and the Dean is responsible for the establishment of effective internal cost controls within the College. The Dean is responsible for coordinating the activities of program directors, the Hines College faculty, associate and assistant Deans, and staff.
  
  And the Dean is responsible for the allocation of academic and research facilities, planning for future facilities’ needs, overseeing non‑faculty staffing decisions and organization, and developing collaborative teaching and research programs with other UH colleges and divisions.
• Stewardship and Development:
  The Dean plays a pivotal role in representing the needs of the Hines College and UH to external constituents and donors – on regional, national, and international levels. The Dean has primary responsibility for articulating the philanthropic aspirations of the Hines College in conjunction with the long‑range strategic plans of the University. The Dean works collaboratively with the President’s leadership team and other academic and University leaders across campus in planning for the College’s fundraising priorities and goals.
  
  In executing those plans the Dean engages proactively with the University’s development staff, development officers and liaisons, volunteer advisory boards, and with the College’s own academic leadership. In addition, the Dean plays a critical role in ensuring that philanthropic donations are well stewarded in accordance with donor expectations, address needs within the College, and are communicated fully and in a timely manner with both the College and University communities.

• Have an outstanding record of scholarly and/or creative achievement commensurate with appointment as a full professor in one of the College’s programs;
• Possess a terminal degree in architecture, design, or a closely related field;
• Demonstrate the capacity to bridge theory and practice;
• Possess the ability to serve as an engaging fundraiser and…