Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume)
Master’s
degree (foreign equivalent or higher). Five (5) years of full-time
successful management experience in increasingly responsible positions.
Preferred Qualifications:
Grant-writing,
fundraising, and donor relations experience. Experience as head,
director, or associate dean in an academic or research library.
Brief Description of Duties:
The
Associate Dean, Content Services reports to the Dean of Libraries to
develop and implement a vision for the activities associated with
content services, including discovery, delivery of information
resources, selection, acquisition, description, access, and preservation
of research library collections. The Associate Dean oversees four
departments: Content Management, Content Acquisition, Preservation
Services, Distinctive Collections, aka Special Collections, and
University Archives.
The successful incumbent will have:
- Demonstrated knowledge of working with publishers, library vendors, consortia, best practices, and current digital and physical resource management operations trends.
- Demonstrated leadership capability, deep knowledge of issues and trends, and extensive experience in one or more of the following areas: collections management, acquisitions, preservation, and metadata.
- Significant experience in managing and monitoring diverse funding and budget accounts.
- Experience supervising/managing employees, demonstrated ability to support, mentor, and develop staff/faculty, and work with diverse groups within the Libraries and across campus.
Duties:
- Serves as a member of the library’s senior leadership team to develop an inclusive vision of a research library content/collections, set policies reflective of University goals, and coordinate initiatives for promoting the University Libraries.
- Works with library staff, the Stony Brook University Library leadership, the University community, consortia partners, and library/higher education organizations to identify opportunities for developing a rich array of resources and enhancing access to all library collections.
- Provides leadership in building a culture of innovation, collaboration, communication, engagement, and accountability to develop, promote, and implement University Libraries’ priorities and to provide the infrastructure needed to achieve those priorities.
- Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and department mission.
Special Notes:
This is a Management Confidential position. This is a full time appointment. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.
For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.
Essential Position:
This has been designated as an essential position based on the duties
of the job and the functions performed. Positions that are designated as
such may be required to report to work/remain at work even if classes
are canceled, and the campus is working on limited operations in an
emergency.
Stony
Brook University is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace
and educational environment that is safe, accessible, and free of all
forms of discrimination, sexual misconduct or research misconduct, among
other infractions. In support of this commitment, certain candidates
for employment will be required to disclose such employment-related
misconduct findings and pending investigations or proceedings, and final
candidates for certain faculty and staff positions will authorize their
current and previous employer(s) from the last seven (7) years to
disclose such information to the University. A final offer may be
contingent on the satisfactory outcome of this disclosure and review
process. If the University becomes aware of a failure to disclose or
misrepresentation of any such matter after your employment commences,
you may be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.
Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.
Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university Office of Equity and Access (OEA) at (631) 632-6280 or visit OEA.
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Job Number: 2401069
Official Job Title: Associate Dean
Job Field: Administrative & Professional (non-Clinical)
Primary Location: US-NY-Stony Brook
Department/Hiring Area: Library
Schedule: Full-time
Shift :Day Shift Shift Hours: 9:00 – 5:00
Posting Start Date: Mar 22, 2024
Posting End Date: Apr 5, 2024, 11:59:00 PM
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Appointment Type: Term
Salary Grade:MP3
