P230244 - Assistant Dean for Community Engagement - SPHHP Community Engagement

Position Summary:  

The University at Buffalo (UB) School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP) is seeking an Assistant Dean for Community Engagement. This highly visible senior leader reports to the SPHHP Dean and will direct engagement and outreach activities focused on advancing SPHHP’s reputation, supporting each SPHHP department, and building and fostering mutually beneficial partnerships with organizations and individuals in the community.

Through strong communication, coordination, and planning, this self-directed professional will provide the leadership and direction required to ensure SPHHP builds purposeful relationships with our various communities in our region and throughout the world, including alumni, community-based organizations, foundations, corporations, and professional organizations. SPHHP values candidates for this position with an understanding of the needs of and experience working in underserved communities.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Community Engagement:

Strengthen and grow the school’s current community engagement activities and public service.

Enhance the visibility of the school’s contribution to the community to both internal and external constituents.

Create an effective and efficient infrastructure to identify, track and access community outreach initiatives.

Building strong partnerships with internal stakeholders across the university campus to support teaching, research, and students’ academic experience.

Engage with community leaders in various agencies and the health care industry.

Provide support to SPHHP departments in order to ensure community engagement accreditation standards are met.

Alumni engagement:

Focus on engaging UB graduates, students, and faculty with the goal of building and sustaining meaningful relationships with alumni and the community organizations they are connected with.

Develop initiatives (programs, resources and processes) that expand, enhance and integrate the school’s diverse community and alumni relationships for maximum positive impact on the school’s academic programs and reputation.

Collaborate with UB Office of Alumni Engagement, SPHHP Philanthropy Staff, and other SPHHP staff/faculty on university-wide and school efforts to engage and communicate with SPHHP alumni.

Supervisory role:

Co- Supervise Assistant Director Assistant Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (50 % of this role focuses on alumni activities such as: alumni mentoring, homecoming, UB wide alumni events .)

Co- Supervise the senior public health fellow assign to the SPHHP (25% of this role focuses on young alumni activities as they relate to career development).

Depending on qualifications, the Assistant Dean may be eligible for an affiliate faculty appointment and be assigned duties in support of the academic mission. In this case, they will be assigned a “home department” in one of the five academic departments in SPHHP based on fit with the person’s area of expertise.

About the School:

UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions offers programs at every degree level and is the home to five departments; biostatistics, community health and health behavior, epidemiology and environmental health, exercise and nutrition sciences, and rehabilitation science. It is one of only a few schools across the country that includes health-related professions as an integral component of the public health educational and research system. Faculty and students engage in research and community activities designed to improve the health of populations, communities, and individuals. The SPHHP is located on the South Campus of University at Buffalo. For more information about the school, visit http://sphhp.buffalo.edu/ .

About The University at Buffalo

The University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America’s leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo.

About the Buffalo/Niagara region:

Buffalo is the second-largest city in New York State and is located on the shores of Lake Erie, upriver of the majestic Niagara Falls. Buffalo – the City of Good Neighbors – is undergoing a renaissance with a rapidly growing economy, vital academic health sciences center, and affordable cost of living. The Western New York educational system is excellent. Buffalo-Niagara is a region of 1.2 million people, world-class art galleries and museums, a comprehensive city-wide system of parks and green space, a vibrant theater and music community, and major and minor league sports teams.

Outstanding Benefits Package

Working at UB comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit – all in an effort to support your work-life effectiveness. Visit our benefits website to learn about our benefit packages.

University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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