Associate Dean for Professional Programs Associate/Full Professor Career or Tenure Track

NOTICE OF VACANCY
Associate Dean for Professional Programs Associate/Full Professor Career or Tenure Track College of 
Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University Pullman, WA

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Washington State University (WSU) is seeking to fill a full-time permanent Associate Dean for Professional Programs (ADPP) position. The ADPP could be either a continuous career or tenure track position with a flexible appointment assignment depending upon interest. The ADPP reports directly to the dean and serves as a member of the college leadership team. The ADPP has broad oversight and responsibility for the DVM program with direct engagement in program curriculum, assessment, operations, academic affairs, and accreditation. The ADPP serves on the Academic Council and interacts with the leads for all 4 years of the DVM curriculum. In addition, the ADPP supervises well-established leaders and functional teams in student affairs, admissions, and counseling and wellness.

RESPONSIBILITIES: More specific responsibilities include:
1. Serve as the primary liaison for regional program partnerships (currently Montana, Idaho and Utah).
2. Work with the college communications, facilities, fundraising, strategic planning and diversity, equity, and inclusion staff to promote, market and serve all aspects of our professional programming to ensure student success.
3. Coordinate support services for professional students including pre-veterinary outreach activities, diversity and career advising; and student ceremonies.
4. Working with academic council and curriculum committee, oversee curricular review, revision and renewal; ensure curricular effectiveness and compliance with accreditation standards.
5. Oversee program assessment including ongoing assessment of program outcomes via collection and analysis of internal and external data, assessment of regional program effectiveness.
6. Oversee general program operations including accreditation, educational systems and resources, program policies and processes, financial oversight of program support services, development strategies, and supervision and professional development of team members.
7. Represent WSU professional programs to external program partners including AAVMC and other entities at the national/international level focused on veterinary medical education and health professions education more broadly.

Given program expansion, there are opportunities for restructuring current activities and responsibility sharing with other program leaders, depending on candidate’s strengths and interests.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Qualifications for all candidates at all ranks:
•  An advanced degree (DVM, BVSc or equivalent and/or PhD) in a related field, and 5 years of experience in veterinary medicine, health sciences, or related field.
•  Demonstrated excellence in supervising staff, communications, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Applicants without a veterinary degree will be considered if there is 1) demonstrated experience in a professional health sciences environment and 2) demonstrated engagement/leadership in program oversight or operations.

Qualifications for Associate Professor Rank:
•  Six (6) years of experience as an Assistant Professor or equivalent is required to be considered as an Associate Professor.
•  A record of teaching, research, and service accomplishments consistent with the appointment of rank as a Professor at WSU as specified in the College’s Tenure and Promotion Guidelines 
provost.wsu.edu/documents/2017/08/tenure-and-promotion- guidelines.pdf/.

Additional Required Qualifications for Full Professor Rank:
•  Six (6) years of experience as an Associate Professor or equivalent is required to be considered as a Full Professor.
•  A record of teaching, research, and service accomplishments consistent with the appointment of rank as a Professor at WSU as specified in the College’s Tenure and Promotion Guidelines 
provost.wsu.edu/documents/2017/08/tenure-and-promotion- guidelines.pdf/.

PREFERED QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL RANKS: Applicants with a veterinary degree (DVM, BVSc or equivalent) and at least 5 years of experience in an academic environment with evidence of academic leadership are preferred. Previous academic leadership may be in clinical medicine, research, education, or teaching.

Annual Salary: $140,000 - $175,000 commensurate with qualification and experience. In addition, while serving as Associate Dean of Professional Programs, this position will be eligible for an administrative stipend for the duration of the Associate Dean appointment.

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate’s current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position.

Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For a more detailed summary of benefits offered by WSU for Faculty please review the summary of benefits for WSU Faculty and Total Compensation

DVM PROGRAM: The college is the 5th oldest veterinary program in the United States and we are celebrating our 125th anniversary this year. Our educational program is progressive, we are home to the Teaching Academy and are leaders in the Regional Teaching Academy. We are home to innovative programs including diagnostic challenges and the first accredited simulation-based education that includes excellent communications training. We have a non- tracked curriculum and were the first veterinary college to adopt pass/no-pass grading throughout our curriculum 
https://vetmed.wsu.edu/education/dvm/.
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COLLEGE: The WSU CVM is home to five departments/schools, including Veterinary Clinical Sciences (VCS), Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology (VMP), Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience (IPN), the School of Molecular Biosciences (SMB), and the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health (SGH), each dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, and service. (https://vetmed.wsu.edu/). In addition to our professional program, we host undergraduate programs in neuroscience, cell biology, genetics, biochemistry and public health and an integrated biomedical graduate degree program with biomedical sciences, neuroscience, and molecular sciences. We have a full-service Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH). The VTH is a referral and primary care center whose mission is to improve 
the health and well-being of all animals through excellence in medical care, training future veterinarians, and finding innovative ways to diagnose and treat disease. Dedicated to this vision and mission are more than 60 full-time faculty members and 170 staff and house officers. The VTH is the leading referral center in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest with over 20,000 patient visits per year. We are also home to the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) whose mission is to provide accurate, state-of-the-art, timely, and cost effective diagnostic services, consultation, disease surveillance and outreach to safeguard animal health, 
the food supply, and public health. The WADDL is a USDA-APHIS National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Tier I Laboratory and is in the FDA Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network for investigation of food safety.

UNIVERSITY: Washington State University is a Tier 1 Land Grant Research institution with 65 doctoral degree programs and professional medical, veterinary, nursing and pharmacy degree programs. Research expenditures are ~$376 million a year. WSU is one of the largest residential universities in the Northwest and has branch campuses across the state.

AREA: Washington State University’s Pullman campus in Eastern Washington sits in the rich agricultural area known as the Palouse. Pullman is known for excellent schools and as a safe place to live and raise a family. Pullman is only eight miles from the University of Idaho at Moscow and  approximately an hour south of Spokane. Recreational opportunities abound with skiing, fishing, hunting, whitewater rafting, camping, hiking, and rock climbing all nearby. Pullman is near numerous rivers, lakes, and wilderness areas; including the Snake, Salmon, and Clearwater rivers, Coeur d’Alene, Pend Oreille, and Priest lakes, and the Selway- Bitterroot Wilderness to name a few.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications must be received by December 9, 2024, for full consideration however the position will remain open until filled. Applications must include a cover letter that states the reason for interest in this position at this time, a current curriculum vitae, a statement of academic or organizational leadership strengths and interests, a description of teaching experience and/or philosophy, a statement that indicates the applicant’s experience with and commitment to diversity and inclusion (each 1 page maximum), and the names and contact information (including email addresses) of three references. All materials should be uploaded as one document to https://hrs.wsu.edu/jobs/ . Search for R-12568.

• WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans, persons of disability, and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

• WSU is committed to excellence through diversity and faculty-friendly policy action, including partner accommodation and NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation programs (http:www.advance.wsu.edu/).

• WSU employees only U. S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U. S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

• WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations and services, programs, activities, education, employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Research Services: 509- 335-4521(v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD callers: 1-800-833-6388, 509-335-1259(f) or hrs@wsu.edu.