Dean, Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs

The Dean of the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs reports directly to the Executive Vice Chancellor, participates in the Chancellor's Cabinet meetings, and represents the university at the campus, local, state, national, and international levels. Moreover, the dean sets the vision for graduate education and postdoctoral training and develops divisional goals and long-range plans in alignment with the University's strategic vision. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

*Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs Administration *

Oversees postdoctoral scholar affairs, graduate admissions, academic progress to degree, financial support, student affairs, graduate student academic employee collective bargaining, and the granting of higher degrees.

Oversees support for the professional development of graduate and professional students, as well as postdoctoral scholars as they advance in their careers.

Serves as an ex-officio member of the Graduate Council of the Academic Senate in administering policies, procedures, requirements, and standards for graduate study.

Collaborates with academic departments and professional schools to recruit and admit an excellent and diverse graduate student body.

As applicable, coordinates the reviews of individual graduate programs or the graduate program portions of reviews of entire academic units; and

Represents UC San Diego at the University of California (UC) Council of Graduate Deans, the AAU Association of Graduate Schools, the Council of Graduate schools, and other UC and national forums.

*General Administration *

Advises the Executive Vice Chancellor on budget priorities, funding models, and resource allocations for graduate education and postdoctoral affairs.

Serves as a key member of the Executive Vice Chancellor's senior leadership team, collaborating with colleagues on a wide array of cross-campus initiatives that involve, but are not limited to, graduate education or the graduate student and postdoctoral scholar experience.

Advises senior development staff and assumes a leadership role in fundraising initiatives for graduate student and postdoctoral scholar support.

Collaborates with academic deans, department chairs, counseling & psychological services, the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life, and senior administrative staff to create an equitable, inclusive and supportive student-centric campus.

Advises and makes recommendations to the Executive Vice Chancellor, Campus Counsel, and senior administrative staff on the review and resolution of academic employee relations issues.

*Scope *

In collaboration with the academic deans, sets a strategic vision for enhancing the graduate and postdoctoral educational and professional development experience, including aspects of equity, diversity and inclusion.

Promotes high academic standards for graduate education and postdoctoral training.

Collaborates on the creation of new modalities of graduate education.

Helps departments and programs develop postdoctoral fellows and graduate students as inclusively-trained future faculty, researchers, and leaders, and promotes inclusive academic unit cultures.

Serves on other campus-wide and university-wide committees as designated.

Represents the campus at the local, state, national, and international levels.

Responsible for the functions of the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs. Supervises and provides general direction to division staff.

Interacts with academic deans, department chairs, graduate program advisers, and the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life on the full range of issues affecting graduate education and postdoctoral affairs.

Works with liaisons across campus to interpret and implement collective bargaining agreements for represented graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at UC San Diego in alignment with campus organizational structure and communicates about updates in an effective manner.

Partners with UC system leaders and counterparts on complex systemwide issues, including advising on union contract negotiations so the university can foreground the core educational and scholarly roles of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Collaborates with Academic Senate leadership on graduate education and general academic matters; serves as an ex officio member of the Graduate Council of the Academic Senate.

Interacts with and advises UC San Diego's vice chancellors, associate vice chancellors, and their staff on graduate education and postdoctoral scholar matters.

This search is being managed by WittKieffer; nominations, referrals and inquiries can be directed to Shelley Arakawa, J.D, Suzanne Teer, and Luis Bertot at UCSD-GEPADean@wittkieffer.com and applications must be submitted to the search firm site at [https://candidateportal.wittkieffer.com/login]. Applicants must also apply and provide the required materials via this posting by March 19, 2025 for maximum consideration.

• Possess an earned doctorate or terminal degree spanning the disciplines of the arts and humanities; the social, natural, marine, and data sciences; engineering, management, medicine, pharmacy, policy, and public health
• A distinguished record of teaching, research and professional service and must be eligible for appointment as a tenured full professor in one of the university's schools
• A demonstrated commitment to enhance the diversity of the university's faculty, staff and students and the inclusivity and equity of the campus environment.
• Proven experience as a senior academic administrator.

While no one person will likely embody all of the professional qualifications, skills, experiences, and personal qualities desirable for this role, the successful candidate will bring many of the following:

• A demonstrated commitment to academic excellence and an interest in and commitment to graduate education.
  - Possess outstanding scholarly credentials and broadly recognized national stature.
• A demonstrated appreciation of the dual research and educational missions of a major research university.
• The demonstrated ability to set clear goals and to build a coherent entrepreneurial organizational culture for both scholars and staff.
• The demonstrated ability to interact effectively with faculty, staff, and other administrators, and to direct and supervise staff.
• A demonstrated ability to manage the partnerships and relations between campus units that are critical to the university's graduate education undertakings.
• The demonstrated ability to create a culture grounded in integrity and ethical behavior.
• A demonstrated commitment to graduate/professional student and post-doctoral scholar well-being.
• Demonstrated ability to foster a community of professionalism, collaboration and collegiality.
• Demonstrated skill in fundraising.
• Demonstrated ability to engage university and external partners openly and cooperatively.
• Demonstrated ability to encourage expression of diverse interests and representations; capable of effective action in representing the campus at the state, national, and international levels.
• Possess a comprehensive knowledge of the policies, procedures, and governance of UC San Diego and the University of California.

The search firm will contact applicants selected to be interviewed to collect their reference information. Results of the findings will be shared privately with EVC Simmons.

The University of California, San Diego is an Equal Opportunity Employer advancing academic excellence across the board. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, covered veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy, local, state, and federal laws.

As a university employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

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As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

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