Dean, School of Pharmacy

Administration

• Provide strategic direction for the continued innovative and successful education of pharmacy students.
• Provide leadership and work towards integrating the school with health care clinics and systems to enhance the professional missions of the school and the individual programs.
• Promote innovative pedagogy and engage in teaching within the integrated team-based learning model.
• Enhance the visibility, status, and reputation of the School of Pharmacy locally and nationally while assuring sustained funding for groundbreaking research.
• Lead fundraising efforts in collaboration with Advancement in setting goals, developing strategies, and implementing action plans to meet those goals.
• In collaboration with the Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Management, initiate a strategic student recruitment and retention initiative to combat competition from surrounding states and drive the need for innovative approaches to recruit and retain students.
• In collaboration with the Dean of the Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences and the Dean of the School of Health Sciences, work to develop campus-wide collaborative opportunities for enhanced programs, budget management, and interprofessional network development.
• Foster a safe and respectful academic environment that attracts, retains, and develops outstanding faculty, administrators, and staff.
• Supervise and annually evaluate all direct reports, including Program Directors, and staff members.
• Oversee annual evaluation of all School of Pharmacy faculty and staff by supervisors.
• Formulate and efficiently manage the school's budget to allocate resources in the best interests of the school and the Institute.
• Maintain accountability for establishing performance metrics and ensuring that all ACPE accreditation and curriculum goals are met for the programs.
• Be active in professional and community activities, assuming leadership roles and representing the school as appropriate in organizations and committees at the local, state, and national levels.

Teaching

• Teach in the area of expertise.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proven ability to manage a complex academic enterprise, typically obtained through experience as a dean, associate dean, assistant dean, or department chair within a school of pharmacy.
• Clinical experience in multidisciplinary health care delivery and a commitment to serving the community's needs.
• Ability to inspire the school community and articulate a clear vision that showcases the school's strengths while developing new levels of excellence.
• Ability and motivation to collaborate with colleagues across KGI to develop, implement, and enhance inter-professional education, service, and research programs.
• Proven success in fundraising.
• Ability to build consensus and proactively manage conflicts.
• Innovative and entrepreneurial.
• Initiation, implementation, and management of programs for recruiting and admitting qualified students.
• Professional discretion that may include complete confidentiality regarding sensitive donor, faculty, and staff financial and other personal information.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel independently and work extended workdays and periodic weekends as needed to meet the school or institutional goals.

Physical And Mental Requirements

• Sitting in a normal seated position for extended periods.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Reaching and extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.
• Finger dexterity is required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than the whole hand(s), or arm(s), for example, using a keyboard.
• Communication skills using the spoken word.
• Ability to see within normal parameters.
• Ability to hear within normal parameters.
• Ability to bend and stoop, for example, to file.
• Ability to move about.
• Ability to lift and carry short distances up to 20 lbs., for example, to lift or move office supplies, files, books, and packages.
• Ability to travel, depending on business needs.
• Occasionally, will be required to stand for prolonged periods at activities/events on and off-campus.

To Apply

• A cover letter detailing your professional experience and qualifications.
• A comprehensive curriculum vitae outlining academic and professional achievements.
• Contact information for three professional references, including name, title, relationship to the applicant, email address, and direct phone number.
• A statement of teaching philosophy.
• A statement of research philosophy.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Keck Graduate Institute is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal law.