Director, Division of Public and Nonprofit Administration - The University of Memphis

The University of Memphis
Division of Public and Nonprofit Administration
Director, Associate/Full Professor

The Division of Public and Nonprofit Administration in the School of Urban
Affairs and Public Policy at The University of Memphis seeks to hire an
inspired scholar as Director, at either the Associate or Full Professor
rank, beginning fall of 2011. The Director will hold a 9-month tenure-track
faculty appointment.

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in public administration or a closely related
field. The successful candidate should be an outstanding scholar and teacher
in public and nonprofit management. Faculty engaged in research, teaching,
and outreach activities in the nonprofit sector are strongly encouraged to
apply. The successful candidate should be a recognized researcher and
accomplished teacher in public and nonprofit administration; demonstrate a
high level of administrative competence; possess a record of successful
fundraising; and have a history of initiating and managing effective
community/university partnerships for organizational and community
transformation.

The Director reports to the Head of the School of Urban Affairs and Public
Policy and is a member of the School's Executive Committee. The Director
should be a skilled organizational leader able to: engage faculty in
developing a strategic vision and development plan for the Division; support
the intellectual and professional development of faculty and staff; devise
and manage budgets; assist faculty in designing research and curricula that
maintains the Division as one of the leading accredited public and nonprofit
administration programs in the Mid-South; and advance the organizational
development and public service efforts of local and regional public agencies
and nonprofit organizations.

The Division offers an undergraduate public and nonprofit management minor
and the American Humanics Nonprofit Management Certificate and an
NASPAA-accredited Master of Public Administration degree with concentrations
in Nonprofit Administration and Public Management and Policy and
certificates in American Humanics Nonprofit Management and Local Government
Management. The Division offers instruction on the University of Memphis'
Main and Satellite Campuses as well as online (See: www.memphis.edu/PADM for
additional program information).

The University of Memphis is a metropolitan research university with a
combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of 23,000 students. The
University is committed to making a significant contribution to the
economic, social, and cultural development of the Greater Memphis, Delta,
and Mid-South Regions through engaged scholarship.

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2010 and will continue
until the position is filled. Applicants must submit a letter of interest,
curricula vita, university transcripts, and the names and contact
information for three professional references electronically at:
www.workforum.memphis.edu. For more information about the position, please
contact Professor Kenneth M. Reardon, Search Committee Chair, at
901-678-2161 or kreardon@memphis.edu.

Successful candidates must meet the guidelines of the Immigration Reform Act
of 1986. The University of Memphis, one of the Tennessee Board of Regents
institutions, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.