Posting Number: F2024-038
Other Specifications:
As the director of the School of Music in the Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts, this position:
1. Establishes visionary direction for the School of Music.
2. Oversees development, implementation, and assessment of curriculum to ensure program quality.
3. Manages facilities and budgets and works within the constraints of said budgets.
4. Supervises teaching and non-teaching responsibilities of faculty and staff.
5. Coordinates faculty workloads and course schedules.
6. Evaluates faculty and staff.
7. Develops student recruitment and scholarship programs.
8. Participates in and initiates fundraising programs; works to identify resources for new and existing programs.
9. Oversees and reports all issues and actions related to accreditation through NASM.
Essential Job Functions:
1. Establishes and maintains a climate conducive to the pursuit of knowledge.
2. Provides leadership in the establishment of a visionary direction and the maintenance of standards for the academic unit, consistent with college and university missions.
3. Serves as the principal advocate for the unit and as an advocate for the college and university missions.
4. Ensures quality through evaluation, modification, and development of academic programs.
5. Responds to the needs of students, faculty, administration, the public, and others.
6. Develops and manages course schedules for each semester/parts of term.
7. Assigns and manages faculty workload.
8. Manages and allocates fiscal and physical resources of the unit.
9. Establishes, maintains, and communicates effective personnel management procedures and processes.
10. Promotes the academic unit externally.
Non-Essential Job Functions:
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
1. Knowledge of, or the ability to learn, university policies and procedures.
2. Ability to receive a tenured appointment in one of the disciplines within the department or school.
3. Ability to establish and maintain a good rapport with university faculty and staff, students, and the general public.
4. Ability to work collaboratively and build strategic relations with colleagues, coworkers, and constituents.
5. Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
6. Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
7. Ability to develop objectives, evaluate effectiveness, and assess needs.
8. Ability to manage a budget and work within the constraints of that budget.
9. Ability to develop, interpret, and evaluate policies and procedures.
10. Ability to supervise and train others.
Required Education:
Terminal degree in the field of the academic department or academic school, allowing the individual to teach within the department, is required.
Required Experience and Training:
Sufficient experience to warrant a tenured appointment in one of the disciplines within the department or school is required. Strong record of research and other scholarly achievements is required.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Please submit a cover letter, CV, list of three references, and official transcripts from all schools attended.
