University of Nebraska at Omaha

Additional Information:

To apply for this position, please visit the Diversified Search webpage for this position: https://www.dsgco.com/search/22049-uno-business-dean/

Job Summary:

About Us:

Founded in 1908, UNO is Nebraska’s premier metropolitan university and one of four campuses of the University of Nebraska. With over 15,000 students enrolled in more than 200 programs of study, UNO is recognized nationally for its strengths in undergraduate, graduate, and online education, military friendliness, and community engagement. Embracing its identity as a metropolitan university, UNO is guided by its dedication to excellence, engagement, inclusion, discovery, integrity; its Maverick spirit of resilience, independent thinking and entrepreneurism; and its focus on student-centeredness and opportunity for social mobility.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to preventing and eliminating discrimination against employees and prospective employees based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. The University of Nebraska at Omaha does not condone or tolerate discrimination. In support of this policy, the University has implemented employment programs to recruit, employ, and promote qualified individuals based solely on their knowledge, skills, abilities and talents. These factors, along with our commitment to recruit, assess and select all candidates/employees using job-related criteria, ensure fairness, equal evaluation, and treatment in our selection decisions and processes.

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience as an intellectual leader with the breadth of vision necessary to represent all areas of the College of Business Administration, develop a shared vision for the future, and build programs of excellence within the college.
• Exemplary academic and/or professional achievements, strategic leadership ability, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, entrepreneurial spirit and high energy; and passion for the unique metropolitan mission of UNO.
• Demonstrated skill and ability to work effectively with and inspire a broad range of constituents (including senior leadership, faculty, students, staff, alumni, donors and external partners, and business community leaders), forge connections among constituents, and bring them together to pursue mission-driven goals and raise CBA’s reputation within and beyond the university.
• A strong desire and skill to serve as both the internal face and the external face of CBA with a bold vision for the important College’s role in advancing social mobility, workforce development, innovation, and the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem..
• A background of substantive recognized leadership within higher education, the business community, or the public sector with a strong understanding of how a business school within a public research university functions.
• While many successful candidates will hold an earned doctorate from an accredited institution and will have academic qualifications that merit appointment as a tenured full professor in an academic discipline represented within the College of Business Administration, we are equally interested in exceptional candidates who have cultivated equivalent knowledge and impact through significant executive-level experience and hold advanced degrees in business or a related field.

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