Mica
Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Sponsored Programs, and Creative Practice
Baltimore, MD
Sponsorship not specified$110k-$150kDetected 31 days ago
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About the role
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Responsibilities
- Lead graduate program portfolio management, including innovation, assessment, renewal, quality improvement, and new program development.
- Collaborate with graduate directors and faculty to support academic excellence, interdisciplinary engagement, and graduate program quality.
- Support faculty creative practice, scholarship, exhibitions, publications, sponsored research, and externally funded initiatives.
- Support the Center for Creative Impact (CCI) in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, social innovation, community partnerships, and public impact initiatives.
- Partner with Enrollment Management and Marketing to strengthen graduate recruitment, enrollment growth, retention, and yield.
- Support strategic program positioning, market-responsive innovation, and portfolio optimization.
- Collaborate with Advancement on fundraising, donor cultivation, grants, sponsorships, and strategic partnerships.
- The Dean oversees graduate academic operations, program portfolio strategy, faculty and graduate leadership support, enrollment growth initiatives, centers and institutes, external partnerships, and resource planning.
Requirements
- Terminal degree in a relevant discipline represented within the School.
- Experience managing academic operations, budgets, and faculty affairs.
- While performing the duties of job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk
Nice to have
- Experience with industry partnerships, sponsored projects, or creative entrepreneurship initiatives.
- Experience with enrollment strategy, program innovation, or workforce-aligned academic development.
- Reporting to this position: TBD
- Conditions of Employment:
- Satisfactory background check
- Physical demands and work environment:
- Physical Demands: While performing the duties of job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk
- use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
Skills
- Strategic planning and aligning academic priorities with institutional goals.
- Budget management and financial decision-making.
- Supervising and evaluating faculty and staff.
- Conflict resolution and complex problem-solving.
- Facilitating curriculum review and academic program development.
- Accreditation preparation and documentation.
- Data analysis to support academic and operational decisions.
- Collaborative leadership across academic and administrative units.
- Clear written and verbal communication at multiple stakeholder levels.
- Ability to:
- Lead through influence in a shared governance environment.
- Make timely and sound academic policy decisions.
Compensation
- $110,000 - $150,000
Benefits
- Higher education governance structures, including shared governance models.
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion principles within academic leadership.
- Balance strategic vision with operational execution.
Company info
- At MICA, we empower our employees to use their talent in a variety of ways.
- We are pleased that you are interested in career opportunities offered at MICA.
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