Chair/Faculty (Rank TBD) – Pharmacy Practice - 996018

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Primary Purpose:

The Department Chair serves as the department's chief administrative officer and is responsible for the department's resources, faculty, staff, and budgets. Position is responsible and accountable for the performance of the department in meeting the expectations for the department by the college, University administration, faculty, public and students.

 

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range: 

Pay Basis:  Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? No  

Essential Job Functions: 

1. Provides leadership in order to achieve University's mission, vision, and goals. Practices academic
entrepreneurialism by thinking and acting strategically in terms of ensuring access to information, being aware of the environment, and maintaining a capacity to seize and exploit opportunities. Leadership duties include:
a. Establishing and maintaining department's vision; establishing goals and objectives that fulfill the mission and move it towards its vision; identifying and selecting tasks and projects which support achievement of goals and objectives; creating an environment and processes that achieve University, college and department visions.
b. Conveying a sense of progress to those inside and outside the department.
c. Providing both positive and negative feedback to ensure department members meet professional standards.
d. Fostering an environment where people develop attitudes of responsibility and mentoring for others, as well as fostering and championing the ideas and visions of others.
e. Earning the trust of those inside and outside the department.
f. Implementing processes for inclusiveness and openness in department governance.
g. Ensuring department culture and practices maintains a student-centered foundation.

2. Manages department's structure, execution of plans and assessment of performance. Management duties include:
a. Allocation and management of resources including budgets and space.
b. Assigning faculty to teach courses.
c. Preparing and proposing department budgets.
d. Supervising, directing, and monitoring performance of department, staff and faculty; conducting annual evaluations of faculty and staff; developing faculty and staff; rewarding and recognizing performance; directing hiring and other HR processes; recommending salary adjustments.
e. Reporting any failure of a faculty or staff member to carry out responsibilities and to recommend as appropriate, disciplinary actions.
f. Holding regular department meetings to discuss operational and professional needs of department.
g. Preparing annual reports and other reports as required by Office of the President, the Office of the Provost Institutional Effectiveness, Office of Academic Quality, Assessment and Accreditation and the Dean's Office.
h. Maintaining essential records including appropriate student records.
i. Assuring quality of the instruction and research of the department.
j. Working with the appropriate Assistant/Associate Dean, assuring the academic programs curriculum is up to date and relevant.
k. Working with the appropriate Assistant/Associate Dean, implementing and maintaining department, academic, and program assessment plans and processes.

3. Manages faculty/staff affairs and professional development by creating and maintaining the environment, processes, and support for each faculty and staff member to develop their special talents and abilities. Duties include:
a. Assuring University, college, and department promotion and contract renewal policies are followed correctly.
b. Recruiting new faculty and staff.
c. Fostering an environment that encourages and values a collegial atmosphere.
d. Mentoring new faculty to develop as successful teachers and scholars.
e. Promoting, supporting and stimulating faculty research and publications. He/she will represent the research needs of the faculty to the administration and will insure that faculty members have protected time for research. The Chair will keep records of