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Chair, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering
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Position Number: 5699589
Location: Fort Myers, FL
Position Type: Engineering - Civil and Environmental

Chair, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering

Job Summary
The Chair of the Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering provides operational leadership of all aspects of a department, evaluates all department faculty and staff, manages budgets, coordinates program assessments, coordinates curriculum, and serves on college/school committees.

Florida Gulf Coast University is a comprehensive university dedicated to quality education, research, and service. All faculty are expected to be excellent teachers, responsive to changing professional needs; committed to innovative delivery of instruction resulting in improved student learning; committed to effective use of technology including distance learning; produce peer reviewed scholarship; and provide service to the College, University and Community. Teaching assignments may be on the main campus or at off-campus sites within our region.

The U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering is dedicated to quality education, scholarship, and service. All faculty are expected to be excellent teachers who are committed to innovative delivery of instruction that results in improved student learning; to using technology, including distance learning, effectively; to participate in service activities; and to engage in a continuous and outcomes-based assessment process.

FGCU is a member of the State University System of Florida and an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity and Access Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, genetic predisposition, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, veteran status, and any other protected class(es), as required by applicable state and federal law, as well as University regulations and policies.

Job Description

Typical duties may include but are not limited to:

Collaborates with students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community leaders (department stakeholders) to establish and maintain a strategic vision for the department that is consistent with the vision, mission, core values, and plans of the college/school and University
Collaborates with staff and faculty to develop annual departmental goals and objectives; Provides the Dean with progress reports for meeting departmental goals
Ensures departmental compliance with college/school, university, system, and state policies, rules, regulations, programs, practices, and procedures;
Cultivates and leads departmental advisory boards
Collaborates with Program Coordinators/Directors and departmental faculty members to make appropriate and timely revisions to departmental degree programs, including prerequisites, required courses, course learning goals, and course content; to propose new degree programs; and to focus on assessment for continuous improvement
Leads periodic complete curricular reviews for every degree program within the department
Develops the departmental semester course teaching schedule in consultation with departmental faculty, Program Coordinators/Directors, and college leadership. Ensures that the departmental course teaching schedule fosters student learning and facilitates student graduation
Ensures faculty resources are appropriately assigned based on knowledge, expertise, and expense
Oversees the department's planning, development, review, approval, and implementation of new educational programs (e.g., certificate, minor, or major).
Develops and regularly monitors the departmental budget to ensure fiscal accountability and effective resource management. Understands and adheres to University policies and procedures relating to the expenditure of University funds
Adheres to the articles, processes, and timelines regarding faculty performance, evaluation, and promotion described in the current College Framework, FGCU and United Faculty of Florida (UFF) Collective Bargaining Agreement, and the Faculty Performance Evaluation Document (FPED)
Leads departmental staff and faculty recruitment, including creating a comprehensive position marketing and recruitment plan and coordinating the hiring process with Academic Affairs and college/school leadership.
Performs other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications:

An earned Doctorate in Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, or Environmental Engineering or a related field.
A record of teaching, scholarly, and service contributions that merits appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor in an appropriate academic discipline within the college.
Professional experience in a unit with program-specific accreditation.
Experience of leadership ability in higher education.

Preferred Qualifications:

A record of teaching and research program development and accomplishments, professional licensure (EIT or PE).
Experience with performance-based state funding, building external partnerships (e.g., public or private)
Professional experience, and/or support for collaborative learning through integrated lecture and lab activities.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Ability to successfully develop relationships and interact with external university constituents in construction, business, and technology and to establish relationships internally.
Skills in working in a rapidly developing regional comprehensive university with a focus on creating a student-learning environment among diverse academic disciplines.
Ability to teach undergraduate and graduate engineering courses, mentor and coach engineering faculty and students, and participate in regional/national seminars, workshops and committees.
Ability to lead continuing education programs.
Ability to deal effectively with a various range of learners and to use information technology as a pedagogical and professional tool.
Interest in collaborating both within and outside of the university in the development and delivery of instruction. A commitment to collaborate with other faculty to develop a shared vision of the future.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Appointment will be made at an out-of-unit faculty rank commensurate with the candidate's experience on a 12-month out-of-unit multi-year appointment basis beginning as early as in July 2025.

Because applications and materials are subject to public review and retention under Florida's Public Records Law, please DO NOT send examples of your project/scholarship unless requested to do so. Therefore, all submitted materials including articles, disks, slides, books, etc., become the property of FGCU and CANNOT BE RETURNED. As applicable, finalists will be notified of the need to submit specific additional materials. Such materials will become the property of FGCU.

Under Florida's Public Records law, applications will be available for public review upon request.

Required Application Materials:

Unofficial Transcripts
Statement of Administrative Philosophy
Statement of teaching, and research/scholarship accomplishments and research
Curriculum Vitae
Cover Letter
Five (5) Professional References

The position is listed as "open until filled", however applications received by November 15, 2024 will receive priority consideration.

Salary commensurate with education and experience.

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