Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- To oversee personnel administration and appropriate professional development for the Department, including hiring of all faculty and staff and all personnel actions related to the reappointment, tenure, and promotion of faculty in the Department.
- To provide leadership for and commitment to affirmative action.
- To administer the Department budget by allocating funds to the academic programs in the Department and to monitor and review the expenditures of these funds.
- To identify the resource needs of the Department and to recommend to the Dean of the College priorities for addressing such needs.
- To oversee the development of schedules and an enrollment plan for the Department and to advise the Dean on all issues related to the recruitment, academic advising, attrition, and retention of all qualified and able students in the Department.
- To represent the Department at all appropriate bodies, committees, and councils of the University, or designate appropriate departmental representatives to such bodies.
- To represent the Department and, when requested and deemed appropriate by the Dean and/or the Provost, serve as official spokesperson for the Department with other universities, academic and professional agencies, state agencies, and honorary and accrediting bodies.
- To represent the Department to its external public constituencies and to develop and maintain contacts and relationships with professional organizations and leaders in the profession.
- To engage, where and when appropriate, in external fundraising activities in support of the University, the College, and the Department.
- To accept ad hoc assignments related to Department, College, and/or University matters as deemed appropriate by the Dean, the Provost, or the President of the University.
- To uphold and enforce all University regulations, policies, and procedures.