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Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Dean of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Administrative & Support
Department	Chancellor - New Brunswick
Overview	At the Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, we provide the nation’s highest quality doctoral education and training, which develops outstanding practitioners and fosters personal leadership to advance the practice and field of professional psychology. Since the establishment of our Psychological Clinic in 1929 and the school’s founding in 1974, we have become the “gold standard” in the education and training of qualified and competent direct-service psychologists. The mission of GSAPP is threefold: education, research/scholarship, and public service. Its goal is to prepare well-educated, qualified, and competent direct-service psychologists who have a special commitment to direct community involvement and to underserved populations—professionals who can integrate scientific knowledge with innovation in the delivery of psychological services to individuals, families, groups, and organizations. Professionals receiving a doctoral degree in psychology should be capable of extending psychological knowledge and exhibiting the high level of analytic skills and theoretical understanding needed to use existing and emerging psychological knowledge.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Dean of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP). The new dean will have an extraordinary opportunity to advance GSAPP’s mission; enhance its commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and service; and heighten its impact and national prominence while positioning the School to succeed in a dynamic and increasingly competitive environment. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Supports, develops, recommends, implements, and evaluates innovative, high-quality academic programs for GSAPP. Promotes the School’s academic and research activities. Coordinates the overall assessment and evaluation of the college’s programs. Enhances and inspires an academic climate that promotes excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Provides leadership to develop a collaborative, cohesive, and innovative vision and strategic plan that focuses on equity, anti-racism, and social justice among all academic programs, research, and administration at GSAPP. Creates an environment of mutual respect that supports a socially responsible and just community, enhances cultural diversity, strives for equity and inclusion, and inspires others to work toward common goals; maintain an educational environment that supports the interests and needs of under-represented groups. Provides leadership and supervision that emphasizes a commitment to inclusion and equity in the recruitment, hiring, promotion, tenure, evaluation, and professional development of diverse faculty and staff of GSAPP. Develops and strengthens cooperative arrangements with other units at the University and with other institutions to expand and improve services to University students, faculty, and the broader community. Represents the University within the academic and local community, as well as professionally related activities of the local, state, regional, and national levels to build relationships that support the work of the School. Participates in university planning, policy-making, and executive leadership. Manage complex tasks and adapt to changing institutional priorities using a collaborative and collegial work style. Develops, reviews, and approves all School program planning, budgets, and fiscal plans and implement strategies within the approved budget framework. Serves on the Chancellor-Provost’s Deans Council and the President’s Administrative Cabinet. Directs the work of faculty and staff, including the approval of faculty assignments and staff position descriptions, training and orientation of new employees, approval and/or critique of work and performance, and approval of time records and leave requests. Provides leadership for ongoing accreditation of programs and unit approval by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and any other accreditation sought by the School. Identifies, cultivates, involves, and solicits the University’s community, alumni, and friends in developing and sustaining an active external fundraising programs; strengthens external partnerships and relationships with donors, alumni, and granting organizations and maintains a productive relationship with Rutgers’ Foundation in appropriate areas of fundraising and donor stewardship.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
FLSA	Exempt
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Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	0.000
Annual Mid Range Salary	0.000
Annual Maximum Salary	0.000
Standard Hours	37.50
Union Description	Senior Administrators (ATP)
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview . Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
COVID-19 Immunization Requirement	Under Policy 60.1.35 , Rutgers University requires all prospective employees to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated and have received a booster (where eligible) against COVID-19 prior to commencement of employment, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption.  Prospective employees who are not eligible for a booster at the time of an offer of employment must provide proof they have received a booster within two weeks (14 calendar days) of eligibility .  Based on current guidance, individuals are considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 two weeks after receiving the final dose of any COVID-19 vaccine authorized or approved for use in the United States by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Eligibility for a booster against COVID-19 varies and is explained on the University’s web site located at https://coronavirus.rutgers.edu/covid-19-vaccine .  Failure to provide proof of primary vaccination and booster will result in rescission of a prospective employee’s offer of employment and/or disciplinary action up to and including termination.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	ABP

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	An earned doctorate in a discipline relevant to GSAPP. A record of proven leadership and administrative experience at the level of department chair, associate dean, dean or director of a research center or institute, or equivalent.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Evidence of a sustained commitment to the goals of urban, public higher education serving diverse populations. Experience with accreditation processes and program assessment. Excellent skills in oral, written, and interpersonal communication.
Preferred Qualifications	An earned doctorate in a discipline appropriate to GSAPP. Administrative experience at the level of Department Chair, Associate Dean, Dean, or equivalent. A record of academic achievement requisite for a tenured senior faculty appointment in the School, at the rank of Full Professor. A record of proven leadership and administrative experience relevant to the work of the School. Evidence of a strong commitment to the goals of urban, public higher education serving diverse populations. Experience with accreditation processes and program assessment. Excellent skills in oral, written, and interpersonal communication. Experience in fundraising, community building, and networking. Demonstrated engagement with and success in obtaining federal, state, and private grants. Experience in fiscal affairs, faculty and staff development, and promoting university and community relations. Demonstrated accomplishments in innovative partnerships and policy development.
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Physical Demands and Work Environment
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	22ST1169
Posting Open Date	05/13/2022
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Home Location Campus	Busch (RU-New Brunswick)
Location Details

Pre-employment Screenings

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.

Infection Control and Safety

This position is subject to all Rutgers University policies, including TB surveillance and other infection control and safety policies. Please review the Tuberculosis Surveillance Policy for additional information.

Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement