Assistant/Associate Professor in Public Leadership and Management

The School of Government seeks to recruit a tenure-track faculty member at the rank of assistant or associate professor who will specialize in public sector leadership and public management. The selected candidate will support the leadership work of the School through teaching, scholarship, and service working with both appointed and elected officials at the local and state level, through the School’s Center for Public Leadership and Governance.
This position will contribute to the School’s mission of applied scholarship that makes a meaningful impact through scholarship and practice focused on local and state government leadership and management. The selected candidate will develop, administer, and instruct in a range of courses designed for elected and appointed leaders. In addition, they are expected to teach and engage with the School’s highly ranked Master of Public Administration program and will:

be responsible for organizing new leadership programs for local and state government staff, management, and elected officials;
contribute to existing local and state government trainings;
*and provide consulting services to local governments that may include strategic planning, advising, and manager evaluation assistance.
The selected candidate will produce scholarship relating to public leadership that will include high-quality peer-reviewed journal articles; government management texts, resources, and guides; the School of Government’s public management bulletins; and practical publications.

Interested applicants can apply starting in August 2024, and review of applications will begin October 15, 2024. Please contact Whitney Afonso with any questions.