May 1, 2020
Dean
- Direction and leadership
- Oversight and management
- Optimization
- Leadership succession planning
- Process and guidelines add transparency and structure for reassurance
- Development vision, strategy, cultivation and stewardship
- Development, marketing/communication
- Alumni and government relations
- EAD position topics
Executive Associate Dean
- Oversight, management and coordination across teaching, research and extension mission areas
- Supervise department heads and BES directors including annual evaluations and mentoring
- Oversee, coordinate and manage the unit review process
- Surrogate dean as needed
- Assist Dean in strategic budgeting and planning
- Interface with University on programmatic priorities as needed
- Coordination of collective programming/prioritization efforts (priority staffing, BUC, etc.)
- Major initiative/project coordination and leadership
- Oversee and guide climate, diversity and inclusion efforts (Phase II – DEI position)
- Dean’s/College meeting management (weekly, monthly, workshop, ad hoc)
Associate Dean of Academics (undergrad and grad)
- Identify needs and set program vision/priorities
- Engage with regional and national academic program organizations
- Curriculum
- Academic integrity, student conduct
- Recruiting
- Retention/student success
- Curricular enrichment (research, internship, study abroad, organizations)
- Coordination/engagement with OSU Academic Affairs
- Instructional technology
- Tracking, monitoring, analytics
- Programmatic enrichment (clubs and student organizations)
- Financial aid
- Career preparation and placement (job or professional school)
- UG Climate/inclusion/health
- Academic advising
- Assessment
- Leadership/supervision of college wide academic programs (BRR, SUS)
- G-Policies and procedures
- G-Engagement with Graduate School and other colleges (e.g., associate deans group for academic programs)
- G-Coordination on funding needs and opportunities
- G-Recruiting (especially for underrepresented groups)
- G-Professional development
- G-Climate
Associate Dean of Research
Assoc Director Exp Station & Asst Dean Research Development
- Articulate research vision and priorities in concert with college leadership
- Cultivation & creation of opportunities (DC, corporate/industry, NGO, etc.)
- Pursuit of big opportunities (team building and support)
- VPR and Research Office liaison, coordination, compliance and engagement (e.g., ADRAC)
- Research facilitation such as pre-award support, compliance support, and related activities
- Strategies related to research facilities, equipment acquisition and maintenance (core, unit-level, individual labs)
- Policy development
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Research development- internal and external faculty cultivation
- Faculty development (grant writing, network development, etc.)
- DC orientation and mentoring
- Engagement with funding agencies and organizations
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National and international research presence and leadership
- Organizations (APLU, etc.) and initiatives
- Promotion, training and rewarding faculty for these efforts
- Team building facilitation and support
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Corporate relations and Commercialization
- Corporate partner cultivation
- Cultivating research partners and opportunities
- Cultivating faculty for work with corporate partners
- Policies and procedures and logistical support
- Handling royalty/licensing agreements
- Internships with corporate partners
- Representation on national Experiment Station/Sun Grant administration
- Oversee corporate relationships
- Exerting OSU leadership in initiatives and opportunities
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Experiment Station USDA management
- Reporting
- Sun Grant
- Compliance with USDA regulations
- Engagement of faculty
- Regional and national engagement
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AES sponsored research office
- Opportunity awareness
- Proposal preparation and submission
- Post-award (fiscal, compliance, reporting)
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Research Development
- Cultivation and identification of major opportunities
- Assembling, organizing and facilitating team collaboration
- Facilitate and support proposal development as needed
- Develop mechanisms to assist in funded project oversight and management as needed
Associate Dean of Extension
- Identify needs and set program vision/priorities
- Engage with regional and national Extension organizations
- Hiring, mentoring, promotion of field faculty in particular
- Supervision/evaluation of field faculty
- Applied research support
- Engagement with local community and industry
- Developing funding partnerships with counties and agencies
- Coordination/integration with county and/or station programs/priorities
- Coordination of statewide faculty and local/regional faculty
- Understand and implement Division of Extension and Engagement objectives
- Analyze and communicate outreach and engagement needs
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
- Oversight of faculty hiring, onboarding, and development by units
- Oversight of unit head searches and hiring
- Strategies for 9 month vs. 12 month positions, summer appointments
- Design criteria for faculty position descriptions (e.g., offer letter and PD templates)
- Evaluate and enhance diversity, equity and inclusion environment (Phase I)
- Provide assistance in the area of faculty relations (e.g., grievances, disagreements, etc.)
- Professorial faculty union engagement
- Faculty mentoring and professional development
- Leadership training
- Manage our collective/coordinated P&T process
- Awards and faculty advancement
International Programs
Provides leadership for CAS faculty and student international collaborations in teaching,research, and extension, including the following aspects:
- Serving as the point of contact for all CAS international efforts and initiatives.
- Identify, develop and implement a strategic vision consistent with CAS and Extension international efforts that includes teaching, research and extension.
- Contribute to developing models that lead to sustainable funding (including grants and fees) for global priorities and strategies, specific to international projects and initiatives.
- Design and manage international activities, such as international partnership development, faculty exchange and applied research opportunities with institutions in other countries.
- Manage and coordinate CAS international relationships and activities.
- Collaborate with various offices connected to global activity, including Office of Faculty Affairs, Office of International Services, Office of Global Opportunities,and others, to ensure alignment with OSU policies and best practices and compliance with applicable regulations.
- Collaborate with the Associate Dean for Academics, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Associate Dean for Research, and Associate Dean for Extension to foster and promote international collaborations for CAS faculty and students around teaching, research, and extension.
- Coordinate with CAS and Extension communications and evaluation teams to articulate the benefits of developing international programs and initiatives and to articulate and develop supporting resources for such work.
- Develop and maintain relationships with an international network of institutions to promote CAS international opportunities and collaborations in relationship to the CAS & University Strategic Plan (SP 4.0)
Chief Operating Officer
- Overall operational management of staff, facilities, business operations, policies, etc.
- Process, policy and operational standardization and optimization (e.g., efficiency improvements)
- Planning, prioritization and execution of asset management strategies (e.g., building, infrastructure, land use, improvements, water rights, etc.)
- Space management and coordination with OSU
- Personnel and human resources oversight
- Financial oversight and coordination
- Legal, compliance, IT, etc. oversight and coordination with OSU
- Risk management
- Dean’s office management (micro and macro scale)
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Safety and Compliance/Risk Management
- Laboratory and environmental compliance (EH&S)
- IACUC
- IRB
- OSHAA
- Pesticide handling (ODA)
- Irrigation rights
- CAFO
- Youth contacts
- Emergency response planning
- Risk management/insurance claims: property, workers comp, etc.
- Contacts for Operations