Dean of the Nistler College of Business & Public Administration

Salary

• $285,000+ annual

Purpose of Position

The University of North Dakota is seeking candidates for the position of Dean of the Nistler College of Business & Public Administration. Located on an active 516-acre campus in Grand Forks, ND, a vibrant college town of 60,000 residents, UND has a student enrollment of over 15,000 and offers more than 225 fields of study across nine colleges. UND is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and is classified Carnegie R1 (Very High Research Activity) with annual research expenditures approaching $200 million.

Reporting directly to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean is the leader of a distinctive and thriving academic college. The Nistler College of Business & Public Administration features a number of key departments, schools, and signature programs, including the Middleton School of Entrepreneurship and Management, the Herr School of Accountancy, as well as the Department of Economics & Finance, the Department of Marketing, and the Department of Political Science & Public Administration.  These academic units are all located in one of the newest buildings on campus, Nistler Hall, which is located in the heart of the campus, and is one of the signature buildings on a dynamic and growing campus.

The Dean will provide leadership and facilitate an environment for accomplishing strategic goals, as well as aligning the functioning of the College with UND’s broader strategic plan, UND LEADS. The Dean is responsible, in cooperation with the Provost, for academic and administrative planning; budgeting; administration and implementation of College and university policies; and fundraising and external and government relations. The Dean, in partnership with the faculty, is responsible for academic program development and review; faculty and staff recruitment, development, and evaluation; and student relations.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Promoting high-quality academic programs and supporting high-quality teaching.
• Fostering collaborative academic planning and innovative curricular development.
• Promoting student success and retention.
• Advancing research, scholarship, and creative activities.
• Creating a collaborative and welcoming campus climate.
• Attracting support for the University and the College through active engagement of alumni, community, industry, and other external constituents, and effectively participating in fundraising activities/alumni relations.
• Maintaining accreditation standards.
• Managing the budget in accordance with the University’s Model for Incentive Resource Allocation, including the preparation, submission, disbursement of, and working within the budget of the College.
• In collaboration with others, creating and supporting a plan that results in the recruitment and retention of highly qualified staff and faculty.
• Leading the coordination of college governance.
• Maintaining and strengthening partnerships within and outside of the University.
• Building relationships that engender trust through open communication across the campus and within the faculty, staff, students, and administration.

Required Competencies

• Have excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate complex or technical information clearly to a range of audiences.
• Be an effective and engaging public speaker with the ability to engage all audiences on a regular basis.
• Be able to work effectively with small groups and to communicate one-on-one with a variety of constituencies.
• Be an active listener with responsive and timely follow-up and follow-through skills.
• Be a visible, servant leader who leads by example.
• Demonstrate humility, authenticity, flexibility, and skillful delegation.
• Be able to make well-informed decisions.
• Be an effective agent of positive change with the ability to motivate and inspire others to support and engage in proactive and visionary change.
• Have an appreciation for and proactively involve others in the shared governance process that exists within the College.
• Have a commitment to fostering community, belonging, and consensus building in faculty, staff, and student populations.
• Have interpersonal skills that lead to respectful and effective interactions both inside and outside the University. 
• Have a deep commitment to student learning, a positive student experience, and inspiring lifelong learning.
• Be a strategic, critical thinker who leads with candor, decisiveness, curiosity, sound judgment, empathy, and transparency.
• Demonstrates high integrity and emotional intelligence, as well as a commitment to