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Job Description |
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Appointment: 12 month
Responsibilities: The Academic Department Head is the leader of the Physics Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. Working with the Dean of the College, this position is directly responsible for the proper and professional functioning of the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs as well as associated matters in fulfilling the mission of the University.
The successful candidate is expected to provide leadership in the following areas:
Facilitating long-term planning for professional involvement and development of the faculty and the Department.
• Mentoring faculty in effectively meeting their responsibilities in scholarship, teaching, and service.
• Managing the day-to-day operational needs of the Department, including supervision of support staff, evaluating faculty, fiscal management, and allocating facilities and equipment for teaching, research, and service activities.
• Representing the Department and maintaining positive public relations with on- and off-campus entities as well as relevant state and national organizations.
• Nurturing relationships with donors and potential donors.
Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Department Summary: The department has 15 tenured and tenure-track faculty, and approximately 60 undergraduate and 35 graduate students. The active areas of research in the department are high-energy nuclear and particle physics, materials science research, geophysics, and physics education research. The Physics Department has strong connections with several national laboratories, including Los Alamos National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Jefferson Laboratory. In addition to a traditional undergraduate physics degree, the department also offers an ABET-accredited Engineering Physics degree.
University Summary: A comprehensive land-grant institution, New Mexico State University was founded in 1888 and is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Dedicated to teaching, research, and service at the undergraduate and graduate levels, NMSU is a Space Grant College and Hispanic-serving institution. The statewide system provides learning opportunities to all the citizens of the state through cooperative extension offices in the 33 New Mexico counties, 13 research and science centers statewide, campuses in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Dona Ana County, Grants and Las Cruces, and Albuquerque Center and distance education programs. Total fall 2006 enrollment for the NMSU system was 27150. The Las Cruces campus enrollment was 16,415, including 3,227 graduate students. There are more than 1,700 faculty members, and almost 4,000 staff. About 1,100 of the faculty and 3,400 staff members are located on the Las Cruces campus. NMSU is a very active research university, with research and public service expenditures exceeding $140 million in 2005-2006.
Benefits: Group medical and hospital insurance, group life insurance, long-term disability insurance, state educational retirement, workers’ compensation, sick leave, annual leave, and unemployment compensation.
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Requirements |
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Qualifications: A Ph.D. in one of the disciplines represented in the Department of Physics or a related field. A record of excellence in teaching, research, and service in the context of higher education. Must be eligible to be tenured at the Associate or full Professor rank commensurate with criteria at New Mexico State University.
Application procedures: Send a letter of interest, curriculum vita, names and contact information of at least five references via email to Josie Alexander, joalexan@nmsu.edu.
Review of applications will begin on October 30th, 2009, and continue until the position is filled..
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.
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