Dean-Stiller School of Business

Dean-Stiller School of Business

About Champlain College:
Founded in 1878, Champlain College is a small, private, not-for-profit college in Burlington, Vermont overlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondack mountains, with additional campuses in Montreal, Canada, and Dublin, Ireland. Its career-driven approach to higher education prepares students for professional life from their very first semester. For the fifth year in a row, Champlain was named a "Most Innovative School" in the North by U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" 2020 regional rankings and listed among The Princeton Review's "The Best 385 Colleges" in 2020. Champlain is also featured in the 2021 Fiske Guide to Colleges as one of the "best and most interesting schools" in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain and is recognized as a 2020 College of Distinction for its "Engagement, Teaching, Community, and Outcomes. The College offers 30 undergraduate degrees as well as online undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs.

Champlain's Centers of Experience provide students from across all majors with experiential learning environments that guide them in how to take their classroom knowledge and put it to the test in practical applications allowing them to gain real-world experience firsthand. Each Center connects Champlain to the local community and the world, turning theory into practice. The Centers entrust students with responsibility, engage them in ambitious goals and empower them to lead with creativity, confidence, insight, and integrity. At the helms of the Centers are cutting-edge industry professionals who share the goal of providing the most relevant, career-focused education, enriched with hands-on learning opportunities.

Job Description:
Champlain seeks an entrepreneurial academic leader who will continue this tradition and lead the strategic vision and operational management of the Stiller School of Business (SSB). Reporting to the Provost/Chief Academic Officer, the dean inspires faculty excellence, ensures quality of academic programs and curriculum, leads activities to increase student enrollment and retention, and engages with internal and external stakeholders to raise the profile of the SSB, and to raise funds for the continued growth of the school's initiatives and programs. The dean serves as the leading advocate of the SSB students, faculty, and programs, to the College, business community and other external constituencies. The dean provides overall management of all academic, fiscal and human resources within the SSB.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES                                                                           

Strategic:    

• Serve as a strategic institutional leader who sets the direction for the SSB's implementation of  the College's "2030 Strategic Plan." 
• Develop a clear identity and vision to enhance the SSB's reputation as a leading, innovative academic center for purposeful business education in the Northeast.
• Recruit, retain and engage faculty to fulfill the mission of an unrivaled and career forward business education.
• Promote and facilitate best-in-class curricular innovation practices, transformative student experiences and local and global partnerships.
• Prioritize building a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
• Facilitate the creation of a faculty-supported curricular philosophy and framework that embeds the teaching of responsible management education and will guide future decisions on majors, minors, new programs, and new courses.
• Reinforce ethical business and teaching practices and student engagement with the SSB's "12 Competencies."

External Relations:

• Build and nurture relationships with the Burlington area, Vermont statewide, and the Northeast business community and alumni to enhance opportunities for student internships and jobs.
• Coordinate with the Office of Advancement to network with business and community leaders and foundations to lay the groundwork for future fundraising.
• Participate in seeking, developing, and managing external grants that promote strategic learning objectives of the School.

Academic Oversight:    

• Provide leadership for the process of pursuing and maintaining ACBSP accreditation.
• Ensure academic quality through faculty evaluation, program reviews and curricular development..
• Collaborate with faculty and staff to determine annual budget needs and priorities, prepare and oversee SSB budget, and maintain fiscal integrity of the budget.
• Provide leadership for assistant deans/chairs as they recruit, document, and hire part-time faculty and ensure compliance with the adjunct faculty's collective bargaining agreement.
• Oversee the evaluation of adjunct faculty members per the union contract.
• Ensure SSB is compliant with the legal, regulatory, contractual, and procedural requirements (including recurring reports) required by Academic Affairs.  
• Collaborate with faculty, community members, and the Dean's Advisory Council to assess specific program needs and establish academic and curriculum standards.

Operational:

• Oversee the financial management of the SSB budget.
• Develop, interpret and administer academic policies for Stiller students.
• Negotiate faculty contracts

Work Atmosphere: 

• Standard office hours of roughly 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM; attendance at evening and weekend events is often required.  
• Periodic off-campus, local, state, regional and overseas travel is required.  Extensive use of email, telephone and face-to-face meetings.

Requirements:

Education: Advanced degree in a relevant field; doctorate preferred.

Experience:  Administrative and leadership experience and an outstanding portfolio of teaching, applied management experience, and service.

Skills:         

• Strong administrative capabilities, sound judgement, attention to detail and effective communication skills.
• Deep knowledge and expertise in principles of curriculum design, teaching pedagogies, and learning assessment.  
• Ability to inspire, mentor, and support students and faculty.

Personal Qualities:  
Ethical, entrepreneurial, collaborative, socially perceptive, confident, authentic, empathetic, optimistic, sense of humor, transparent, resilient.  

Additional Information:
The successful completion of a criminal background check is required as a condition of employment.

Champlain College does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, religion, age, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, veteran or military service status, HIV -positive status, qualified disability, or on the basis of any other status protected by law, and does not discriminate in the administration of its education and admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, employment practices or co-curricular and other College-administered programs. Champlain College will make reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified students, applicants for admission or employment, or employees. Please contact the People Center at 802.651.5800 with questions concerning the hiring process or future employment at Champlain College, or if auxiliary aids or services are needed to apply for employment at Champlain College.

Champlain College is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community. Recognizing that diversity is both a reflection of our world and a source of rich education, Champlain strives to be diverse and inclusive in ways that reflect the world in which we live and work. All members of the Champlain community are valued as individuals.

Application Instructions:
The College seeks candidates who, through their work and life experiences, service to the community, teaching, or research can contribute to the diversity, inclusivity, and academic excellence of Champlain College. In your cover letter, please include a demonstration of your commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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