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The Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri – Kansas City is seeking an entrepreneurial, innovative and purposeful individual to join the leadership team as Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Faculty Development.
The Bloch School has a focus in entrepreneurship and innovation with a dedicated department of Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation which is very uncommon in American Universities. We are committed to producing entrepreneurial and innovative graduates who are competitive globally, able to function in diverse international teams, and innovate across disciplines around the world in both for-profit and nonprofit enterprises.
The Bloch School of Management has approximately 1900 students with one-third graduate and two-thirds undergraduate students. The school has six departments: Accounting, Finance, Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Management, Marketing and Supply Chain Management, and Public Affairs, with 54 tenure and tenure-track faculty. The number of faculty is expected to double over the next few years. In preparation, our new 75,000 sq. ft. building is scheduled for completion in August 2013. The facility is designed with unique architectural spaces to promote experiential teaching and learning, and fundamentally change the pedagogy of management education.
Responsibilities: Reporting to the Dean and working closely with all department chairs and Bloch School's administrative team consisting of the Assistant Dean for Strategy and Planning, Assistant Dean for Student Services and the school's Administrative Officer, the Associate Dean is responsible for promoting a culture of excellence for research, teaching and service, ensuring faculty are supported and developed, overseeing academic programs and school centers, and making administrative and budgetary decisions.
Qualifications: The successful candidate will have an earned doctoral degree in business or related field from a first-tier university and scholarly prominence in a relevant academic discipline, as well as have research, scholarship, policy, and leadership achievements commensurate with a tenured appointment at full professor. This includes having national recognition as a scholar and a track record of academic productivity. Preferred candidates will possess:
· Demonstrated strong ability in preparing budgets, projections and financial planning related to a business school
· Demonstrated commitment to promoting a culture that nurtures diverse forms of inquiry and scholarship
· Demonstrated success collaborating with faculty and students from diverse backgrounds with diverse professional interests
· Demonstrated ability to be entrepreneurial and innovative, resourceful, collaborative, and an effective team builder
· Knowledge of and experience with private and public funding agencies and/or foundations, particularly major business sponsors
· Available to support advanced work in various methods, approaches, and disciplines related to business
· Demonstrated expertise in research methods
· Evidence of successful mentoring of early-career faculty and doctoral students
· Excellent writing, communication, presentation, organization and interpersonal skills
· Experience planning, implementing, and sustaining interdisciplinary research
The successful candidate for this position will be required to have a well-developed teaching and scholarly/research portfolio and demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff and student environment or commitment. We are looking for an ambitious visionary and purposeful candidate to help the dean and his team to make the Bloch School the world's number one entrepreneurship and innovation school; known for transforming talent and achieving sustainable growth in for-profit, public and nonprofit enterprises.
This is a full-time tenured position
Application Deadline
The review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
It is the fundamental policy of UMKC to provide equal opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, Veteran status or disability status in all education, employment and contracted activities. All final candidates will be required to successfully pass a Criminal Background Check prior to beginning employment.
Application Instructions
An employment starting date of July, 2013 is desired. To assure full consideration, applications should include a statement describing the candidate's ability to meet stated qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of at least three references. References will not be contacted without permission of the candidate.
Apply online: www.umkc.edu/hr/jobsearch . ID # 33921. All applicants must submit their paperwork and portfolio on line in order to be considered. If you experience problems accessing the site, we recommend using Internet Explorer 8 (or later).
Applicants must combine all application materials (personal letter of interest with accompanying curriculum vitae and a list of references) into one PDF or Microsoft Word document and upload as a resume attachment. Limit document name to 50 characters and do not include special characters (e.g., /, &, %, etc.) in file name. Maximum file size limit is 11MB.
For questions about how to apply, please call (816) 235-1621 or if you are experiencing technical problems, please call (855) 524-0002
Please direct any questions concerning the position to:
Mary Morgan
Administrative Manager
Henry W. Bloch School of Management
816-235-2331
816-235-2206 Fax
morganmary@umkc.edu
About Kansas City, UMKC and the Bloch School of Management:
Located in the heart of the entrepreneurial and thriving Kansas City, Missouri (named among the Wall Street Journal's top 7 most innovative cities in the U.S.), UMKC is a comprehensive public teaching and research university with more than 15,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools. The university is home to 12 schools including the Bloch School, the School of Biological Sciences, the Conservatory of Music and Dance, the School of Computing and Engineering, the School of Medicine, and the School of Law. UMKC is deeply connected to Kansas City, playing an integral part in the city's Big 5 initiative (to transform the region through entrepreneurship, urban revitalization, life sciences, visual and performing arts and animal health). The Bloch School is a key partner in two of the Big 5 initiatives through our entrepreneurship and innovation and public affairs programs. Kansas City is headquarters for major corporations including Sprint, Hallmark, H&R Block, Garmin, and American Century Investments.
Our school is named for the co-founder of H&R Block, Mr. Henry W. Bloch. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest entrepreneurs and serves as inspiration for our vision to develop purposeful, entrepreneurial and innovative leaders to meet changing global demands, and advance knowledge and practice through excellent teaching, scholarship, outreach and service. Driven by Bloch faculty, UMKC is ranked 1st in the world for innovation management by the Journal of Product Innovation Management and 21st in the U.S. for experimental accounting information systems in a study by Brigham-Young University. The graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship programs are ranked among the top 25 in the nation by the Princeton Review. The Bloch School MPA in Nonprofit Management is ranked 15th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Our accounting program C.P.A. pass rate was ranked among the top 5 in the nation among mid-size programs by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy C.P.A. Candidate Performance Book. Additionally, the Bloch School MBA entrepreneurship focus was selected as a national model program for others to emulate by the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and is led by faculty ranked top in the world.
The Henry W. Bloch School of Management has both a business and a public administration program within the school of management and are accredited by AACSB and NASPAA, respectively. More information about the Bloch School and Department may be found at www.bloch.umkc.edu.
Best Regards,
Sidne G. Ward, Ph.D.
Director of Global Management Education Initiatives
Associate Professor of Information Systems
e-mail: wards@umkc.edu
web: http://bloch.umkc.edu/faculty/ward/
phone: +1-816-235-2321
fax: +1-816-235-6506
office: Bloch School, Room 239
Department of Management
Henry W. Bloch School of Management
University of Missouri--Kansas City
5110 Cherry
Kansas City, MO 64110
USA