Auburn University, AL15 days ago
Qualifications: - An earned doctorate from an accredited institution in a field within human sciences or related field;
- Academic credentials commensurate with Professor rank;
- An established academic record of scholarship in a relevant discipline;
- Experience and demonstrated effectiveness in leadership, including supervision of professional staff;
- Experience and demonstrated effectiveness in development, delivery, and evaluation of extension and/or outreach programs that meet the needs of a target audience and create measurable impacts;
- Strong working knowledge of current human science issues in the world, United States and Alabama;
- A proactive vision of the future of Extension, a demonstrated commitment to the Extension philosophy and mission, and the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders on these matters;
- An outstanding performance record in previous employment;
- Proven record in generation of revenue streams to support applied-research, Extension programming, and/or outreach;
- Demonstrated skills in verbal and written communication and a proven ability to interact extremely effectively with faculty, staff, administrators and external stakeholders;
- Proven record of extension and/or outreach leadership and scholarship to be eligible for tenure at the full professor rank in his/her appropriate academic department, if applicable;
- Commitment to Auburn University's core values of excellence, global involvement, and accountability;
- National leadership experience desired;
- The candidate selected for this position must be able to meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States at the time the appointment is scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed term of employment; excellent communication skills.
- Foster entrepreneurial approaches to engage faculty in the pursuit and procurement of revenue through grants, contracts, gifts and fees to expand programming;
- Mentor and work collaboratively with Extension Specialists in CHS Human Sciences Extension programming;
- Provide input to Department/School Heads for the evaluation of Extension Specialists and professional staff with ACES appointments;
- Recommend changes to ensure constant improvement of Extension programming;
- Lead program needs assessment activities, priority program team plan-of-work development, delivery of transformational Extension programs, outcome evaluation and impact reporting;
- Be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, supervision, mentoring and performance assessment of Extension Agents;
- Provide leadership to assure program alignment with the annual plan-of-work and direction set by ACES and CHS;
- Serve as the ACES representative to the Southern Region Family and Consumer.