As the only accredited School of Public Health in the state of Illinois, the School’s three main pillars are addressing the social determinants of health, health equity, and global health.
Founded in 1970, the mission of the School of Public Health is to protect and improve the health and well-being of people throughout the world. The School offers degree, certificate and non-degree continuing education programs across four academic areas: Community Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Policy and Administration, and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. The School’s vision is to be a leader among academic institutions improving public health through engaged partnerships in teaching, research and service.
What: The School of Public Health invites applications for the position of Associate Dean for Administration for the School of Public Health. The Associate Dean for Administration will provide high-level administrative support to the School of Public Health (SPH) Dean by leading nonacademic functional units such as HR, Finance, IT and Facilities operations within SPH.
Key Responsibilities/Duties:
- Provides oversight and management of college-wide finance and business operations by formulating fiscal policies, developing procedures and systems for budget development, and expenditure control; advising and working with department or unit heads to establish and implement policies and procedures.
- Provides oversight and management of college-wide human resource operations by administering activities for recruiting and hiring faculty and staff.
- Provides oversight and management of IT operations by evaluating, formulating, and implementing policies for allocation and utilization of IT resources.
- Provides oversight on facilities management and space utilization.
- Serves on campus wide committees.
- Plans, assigns and reviews work of staff to ensure that group objectives are met.
- Hires, trains, develops and manages staff to ensure that a qualified staff exists to meet group objectives.
- Master’s Degree in Business, Finance, Law or related degree required; Doctorate preferred. Minimum of seven years experience in a university college-level management position.
- Knowledge of cross-functional areas within administration within the university setting.
- Expertise in process optimization and strategic planning required.
- Ability to translate strategy to action, communicate at all levels of the organization, proven track record of establishing systems for college wide implementation.
- Must be able to exercise independent judgment and handle highly diversified and cross-functional responsibilities over the noted areas.
To Apply, please see the UIC Job Board here.