Department Chair - Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences

Primary Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and administration of the department, including budgeting, oversight of expenditures, personnel, facilities planning, resource allocation, academic and program planning, and policy implementation.
• Oversees the operation of departmental academic programs, including the maintenance of applicable accreditations.
• Reviews the budget, program, and departmental plans, and ensures ongoing communication with the members of the department.
• Supervises program directors, faculty, and staff, including workload assignments, and conducts the annual evaluations.
• Makes recommendations regarding appointments, reappointments, promotions, leaves, dismissals, and acceptance of resignations of faculty and staff in accordance with the policies and procedures of the University and School.
• Offers mentorship and support for faculty professional development, research, and scholarly productivity, including establishing annual goals and objectives for individual faculty members.
• Develops department strategic and operational plans.
• Conducts an annual review of the department’s educational, research/scholarship, and service activities, and submits an annual report of accomplishments to the Dean.
• In conjunction with the Vice Chair of Research, oversees faculty and student research to ensure compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures regarding research.
• Participates in graduate student research advisement.
• Participates in departmental student disciplinary actions in accordance with university and school policies.
• Fosters collaborations within the School, Rutgers Health, the University, and national and international partners.
• Engages in research, grant writing, publications, presentations, and other scholarly activities on a national and international level.
• Oversees all clinical operations within the department.
• Participates in graduate course development, teaching, and interprofessional education.
• Teaches academic courses at a level of workload consistent with (or takes into account) all other duties.
• Develops strategies for Departmental publicity, websites, articles, and promotional materials.
• Serves on university, school, and department committees as needed.
• Participates and provides leadership on professional committees, professional organizations or editorial boards, on a national and/or international level.
• Makes recommendations to the Dean regarding related course and program offerings and all other issues of concern to the department.
• Oversees scheduling of classes, sequencing of courses, and scheduling of faculty, adjunct faculty, and staff.
• Oversees and approves payment of adjunct faculty and work study students.
• Represents department and is a liaison to other departments, schools, and bodies.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have a PhD in Clinical Nutrition or a closely related field, with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years of administrative experience in a similar role. They must also have a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and be able to demonstrate a record of success in these areas.