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Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Academic, and External Affairs, College of Education

Apply now Job no: 501216
Work type: Regular Full-Time
Location: Glassboro, New Jersey
Categories: Faculty - College of Education

Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Academic, and External Affairs

Department of the Dean

College of Education

Rowan University

 

The Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Academic, and External Affairs (AD-SIAEA) provides strategic oversight for high-impact academic priorities, faculty development and support, graduate-level infrastructure, external and global partnerships, and the sustainability of short- and long-term strategic initiatives. Serving as a senior leader within the Dean’s Office, the Associate Dean advances the College’s mission through innovative academic program development, engaged scholarship, evidence-based practice, and transformational partnerships that strengthen P–20 educational access, equity, and success. The Associate Dean will help strengthen and scale the College’s partnership ecosystems through proactive outreach, cross-sector program design, and sustained relationship stewardship. Reporting to the Dean of the College of Education and working collaboratively with department chairs, program coordinators, and university and external partners, the AD-SIAEA is a 12-month leadership position.  Responsibilities include:

 

Strategic Initiatives

  • Designs, implements, and evaluates strategies that sustain and scale high-impact short-term initiatives through innovative, revenue-generating academic programming and strategic investment planning.
  • Leads the development, implementation, and assessment of a comprehensive global engagement plan, including student and faculty exchanges, international partnerships, and cross-border professional learning and research collaborations.
  • Strengthens graduate student success infrastructure by coordinating professional development supports such as orientations, workshops, fellowships, mentoring enhancements, and pathways to campus-wide resources.
  • Manages direct reports to ensure cross-unit alignment, operational coherence, and continuity of strategic priorities across departments.
  • Serves as the primary liaison between the Dean’s Office and academic departments to ensure aligned execution of strategic and academic initiatives.

 

Academic Affairs

  • Provides strategic leadership for faculty career-development infrastructure, including induction, mentorship, mid-career and senior faculty professional growth, faculty awards, and leave and recognition processes.
  • Oversees the College’s Adjusted Load process to ensure compliance, congruence with institutional expectations, and equitable faculty support.
  • Represents the College as liaison to Rowan Online/Rowan Reach, Rowan University Research Council, and the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
  • Supports faculty scholarly productivity by aligning institutional resources, facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration, and guiding faculty toward sustainable scholarship and practice opportunities.
  • Serves as the chief point of contact for all College of Education Search Committee policies, procedures, and inquiries, while providing strategic leadership and coordination for Advisory Board and alumni engagement initiatives in collaboration with College and university partners.

 

External Affairs

  • Provides senior-level strategic leadership for regional, national, and global P–20 partnership ecosystems that advance academic innovation, scalability, sustainability, and long-term institutional impact.
  • Serves as the College’s principal interface with Rowan University Advancement, fostering aligned philanthropic engagement, donor relations, and collaborative partnership strategy.
  • Leads cross-sector co-design of academic pipeline programs and professional learning initiatives with school districts, county systems, community organizations, and global and policy partners.
  • Expands and sustains international program development by supporting faculty and student exchange, global research collaboration, and cross-border professional learning that enable reciprocal knowledge exchange and long-term institutional impact.
  •  Assists the Dean in advancing university-wide collaborations, public-private partnerships, and strategic engagements with policy and governmental agencies to strengthen the College’s regional, national, and global impact.

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Earned terminal degree in an education or related interdisciplinary field, with faculty experience commensurate with the rank of a tenured Associate or Full Professor.
  • Demonstrated success leading P–20 school and/or global partnership initiatives that strengthen academic program innovation and educator pipelines.
  • Record of scholarly productivity, including publications focused on education, leadership, equity, and/or partnership impact.
  • Evidence of excellence in higher-education teaching, graduate mentoring, and faculty professional-growth support and proven interdisciplinary leadership and collaboration across academic units, doctoral communities, institutional stakeholders, and external partners.
  • Experience guiding and sustaining mission-driven academic initiatives through long-range strategic planning and integrated partnership ecosystems.
  • Commitment to justice, integrity, equity, and inclusive access and success in education.
  • Candidates with the appropriate academic qualifications may be considered for a concurrent tenured appointment as either an associate or full professor.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Administrative leadership experience with a record of effective staff oversight, cross-unit coordination, and operational alignment.
  • Demonstrated innovation designing and expanding regional, national, and international partnership ecosystems that strengthen academic program visibility and institutional influence across P–20 education.
  • Established national or international professional reputation in an academic or educational leadership field.
  • Expertise advancing global learning strategy, international program development, cross-border faculty and student exchange, supported by sustainable research and professional learning collaborations that generate reciprocal knowledge exchange and long-term institutional impact.

 

Benefit Information:

For eligible employees, benefits include: comprehensive NJ State health, dental and retirement benefits, extensive accrued time off/paid holidays, and tuition reimbursement for employee, spouse, and dependents to attend Rowan University, Glassboro. (Tuition reimbursement will apply to undergraduate degrees only for spouse and dependents).  For more detailed information, please visit:  https://sites.rowan.edu/hr/benefits/.

 

Salary

In compliance with The State of New Jersey's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is: 

  • Associate Dean:  salary range of $140,000 – $160,000 

with placement within the range determined by candidate's qualifications, professional experience, internal equity, and other factors. Appropriate start-up packages may be available. 

 

Notes:

  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US, and the university will not sponsor an applicant for a work visa for this position. 
  • All positions are contingent upon budget appropriations. 

 

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Rowan University is subject to the residency requirements of the NJ First Act (N.J.S.A. 52:14-7, P.L. 2011, Chapter 70). Any person hired to a non-exempt position shall either have their principal residence in New Jersey or have one (1) year from the date of employment to establish, and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey. Any person hired to an exempt position shall either have their principal residence in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or New York or have ninety (90) days from the date of employment to establish, then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or New York.

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To request reasonable accommodation, contact Christy Mroz, Administrative Assistant, OEE@rowan.edu, 856-256-5494. Rowan strongly encourages applicants from underrepresented groups to apply. 

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Rowan is committed in assisting all members of our University community in providing for their safety and security.

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available on the Rowan University Police Department (RUPD), Clery Act webpage here. 

The report contains information regarding campus security and personal safety including topics such as crime prevention, RUPD authority/jurisdiction, crime reporting policies, fire safety, disciplinary procedures and other matters of importance related to security on all our campuses. The report also contains information about fire statistics in Rowan University on-campus student housing facilities and crime statistics for the three previous calendar years, including reported crimes that occurred on-campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. This information is required by federal law, Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act or the "Clery Act" and is provided by the Rowan University Police Department.

 If you would like to receive a hard copy of the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains this information, you can stop by the RUPD Office, located at Bole Hall Annex, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028 or you can request that a copy be mailed to you by calling (856) 256-4562 or email: cleryact@rowan.edu.