Asst. Professor - Biology jobs in Kansas

Administrative Duties – 50% (Essential) 

• Plan and conduct departmental business, including faculty appointments, promotion, contract renewal, tenure, salary increases, and dismissals. Provide leadership in the development of departmental curriculum. Develop schedules. Assign faculty and staff workloads and assignments. Facilitate departmental meetings. Oversee the department’s assessment efforts and review, and long‐range planning. Coordinate accreditation and/or approval activities. Assign special projects as needed to ensure the department’s mission and goals are achieved. 
• Promote and provide leadership in mentoring and development of faculty, including completion of Annual Performance Appraisals, and student recruitment and retention. 
• Promote and enhance the image of the department 
• Supervise administrative staff, including completion of Performance Reviews, in accordance with university, college, and department policies and procedures. 
• Manage the departmental budgets and expenditures, including General Use, Foundation, or other funds used for Other Operating Expenditures (OOE), scholarships, and other special uses (e.g. grants and travel). 
• Promote and provide leadership in community/university relations. Work with PSU Foundation and participate in planned giving and fundraising activities as well as the solicitation of gifts. 
• Act as a liaison between faculty in the department and upper‐level administrators. 
• Oversee the physical spaces used by the department and work with physical plant to meet facility program needs. 
• Promote a collegial department atmosphere. Respond to concerns of staff, faculty, students, and other stakeholders (parents & alumni). 
• Perform other duties as assigned. 

 Teaching – 25% (Essential) 

• Engage in academic program planning and development, instruction, evaluation, and student academic advisement. The appropriate teaching load is determined in consultation with the Dean. 

 Service – 15% (Essential) 

• Engage in institutional, professional and community service activities. Individual service plans are established each year through the Unclassified Performance Management Process. 

 Scholarly Activity – 10% (Essential) 

• Engage in research, scholarship, or creative endeavor. Individualized plans for scholarly activity are established each year through the Unclassified Performance Management Process. 

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