Chairperson, Department of Computer Information Sciences at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida

Job Description:

Maintaining an acceptable level of teaching scholarly activity; Managing the department budget and seeking external funds; Enhancing student success with mentoring, recruitment, retention, development, and graduation and ensuring quality undergraduate and graduate programs; Supporting faculty excellence through mentoring, supervision, recruitment, development, evaluation, and workload assignment; Engaging faculty in strategic planning and program assessment and the ability to work collaboratively with faculty and academic leaders to identify the academic priorities of the department, the college, and university as aligned with the college and unvierity strategic plans and develop strategies and tactics for achieving them; Providing vision and leadership to the Department; Advocacy for the department and the college; Guide curriculum development; Advance and implement department, college and university initiatives; A collaborative leader with a proven track record of bringing diverse groups together to exceed goals and objective and promote accomplishments in issues associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion; Service as a faculty member in computer science or a closely related discipline in a comprehensive or research university, or equivalent industry experience; Develop a climate conducive to recruiting and retaining outstanding faculty; Promote and develop grantsmanship, fundraising, and scholarly activity; Understanding and appreciation of collective bargaining procedures and shared governance; A proven record of effective administrative experience in higher education that includes planning, faculty development, budgeting, assessment, accreditation, resource development, and online education; and Oversee ABET accreditation experience and submission.

Earned doctorate from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer, and Information Systems, or closely a related discipline; Minimum of 5 years of distinguished teaching, research, and scholarly work (or comparable professional achievements) appropriate to qualify the candidate for appointment as a tenured faculty member at the rank of associate professor or full professor; Record of excellence in management, decision-making, problem-solving, consensus building, and collaborating with others in building synergistic partnerships; Evidence of support for student achievement and student success; Record of commitment to maintaining standards of excellence, academic freedom, and supporting faculty scholarship and student learning and research; History of demonstrated excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate a compelling message to diverse audiences.

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