Dean - Colin Powell School Civic and Global Leadership

Dean - Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership

The City College of New York (CCNY) seeks an exceptional individual to serve as the Richard J. Henley and Susan L. Davis Dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. The endowed Deanship leads CCNY’s division of social sciences, including the College’s core public service, business, psychology, and leadership development programs. Founded in 2013, the Colin Powell School has grown quickly since its launch, and it is now the largest student division of CCNY with 4,000 students, ninety percent of whom are undergraduates.

The school develops the intellectual and leadership capacities of students, preparing them to be change makers in our society and for careers across all sectors. Through a range of academic and co-curricular programs, the school succeeds at connecting classroom to careers for students, and we actively develop and integrate experiential opportunities into academic work, including pathways to internships for students.

We value close connections with community partners in Harlem and across New York City.

Reporting to the Provost, the Dean oversees every aspect of the Colin Powell School and has responsibility for enhancing its profile, visibility, and effectiveness. He/she develops long- and short-range plans, and exercises management responsibility for academic program planning, faculty matters, and administration, including staffing, budgets, and facilities. He/she fosters a high-quality environment of academic teaching, research, and intellectual achievement, and creates and strengthens partnerships within and outside the College as a strong advocate.

The Colin Powell School draws extraordinary support from its Board of Visitors and an array of philanthropic supporters. The Dean of the School will work closely with the board, the board co-chairs, and supporters of the program to develop scholarship, leadership and career opportunities for students, as well as programs that support the work of the faculty and school, more generally.

He or she will promote the research of faculty and support their engagement with communities and partnerships outside of the College.

As the Chief Academic Officer for the Colin Powell School, the Dean will lead a diverse and talented faculty, manage curricular and program development, and enhance the school's profile, visibility, and effectiveness. He or she will develop long- and short-range plans for the school, and exercise management responsibility for academic program planning, faculty matters, and administration, including staffing, budgets, and facilities.

He/she fosters a high-quality environment of academic teaching, research, and intellectual achievement. The Dean will set the standard for intellectual engagement and accomplishment and provide strategic and operational leadership to all aspects of the academic and scholarly programs. In concert with the faculty, the Dean will be responsible for student success and faculty recruitment, retention, and diversity and will also promote a strong research agenda for faculty.

The Dean provides academic and administrative leadership for the undergraduate and graduate programs within the Colin Powell School and participates in the development of college-wide policies. She/he supervises five academic departments (Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Programs, Economics and Business, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology) and graduate degrees in psychology, public administration, international relations, economics. The Colin Powell School is home to two institutes and one center: the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute and Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, and The Moynihan Center at City…