Senior Associate Dean for Acad

The mission of the School of Social Work is to advance equity, transform systems, improve lives. The school's curriculum supports the mission and recognizes the uniqueness of the region served, including concerns for disadvantaged, vulnerable, and oppressed individuals, families, and communities. Classes provide rigorous and evidence-based content, and give students the opportunity to explore theory, learn intervention skills and engage in challenging dialogue with colleagues. The Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs leads strategic planning implementation across academic programming, ensuring that the school's educational programs are innovative, impactful, measured, and integrated with all aspects of the academic, research, and service mission. The Senior Associate Dean is responsible for the administration of the Master of Social Work (MSW) academic program and coordinates with the Associate Dean for Doctoral Education to administer the PhD program in the School of Social Work. The Senior Associate Dean reports directly to the School of Social Work Dean and serves as council and support to the Dean and is a key member of the Dean's administrative team. The Senior Associate Dean collaborates with the Associate Deans for Doctoral Education, Student Affairs, Research & Faculty Development, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Global Engagement, and other school of Social Work leaders to enhance and foster synergy among the school's academic, research, and service/practice programs. The Senior Associate Dean chairs the School's Curriculum Committee and provides leadership on several school-wide committees including but not limited to the: Doctoral, Reaccreditation, Recruitment and Admissions, all curricula committees (i.e., CMPP, DP, Research, Generalist) as well as various ad hoc committees relating to curricular matters (i.e., on-line development, globalizing the curriculum, diversity initiatives). The Senior Associate Dean is the primary supervisor for the academic affairs administrative team (i.e., Associate Dean for Student Affairs; Assistant Dean for Admissions, Recruitment, and Financial Aid; Assistant Dean for Field Education) and the academic and student affairs office. The Senior Associate Dean supervises fixed-term teaching faculty in the MS