1. Structure & Vision
  2. CAS Administrator Roles

CAS Administrator Roles

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

    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
    • Research development- internal and external faculty cultivation
      • Faculty development (grant writing, network development, etc.)
      • DC orientation and mentoring
      • Engagement with funding agencies and organizations
    • 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  
    • 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
    • Experiment Station USDA management
      • Reporting
      • Sun Grant
      • Compliance with USDA regulations
      • Engagement of faculty
      • Regional and national engagement
    • AES sponsored research office
      • Opportunity awareness
      • Proposal preparation and submission
      • Post-award (fiscal, compliance, reporting)
    • 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

    Director of Gov’t Relations & Strategic Partnerships

    • Maintain college relationships with legislators, agency officials, and stakeholders
    • Collaborate with CAS Marketing & Communications to facilitate stakeholder relationships (including commissions and industry associations) and gather information regarding perceptions of the college
    • Liaison with Dean, other statewide directors, and OSU Government Relations to identify parties, develop and achieve legislative objectives, execute communication strategies, coordinate testimony, respond to data requests, etc.
    • Identification and cultivation of governmental, corporate, NGO/foundation partners

    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)
    • 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

    International Programs

    (TBD in Phase II, Phase I is shared across other positions)

    Climate, Diversity and Inclusion

    (TBD in Phase II, Phase I is shared across other positions)