Job Description:

• Lead the strategic advancement, curricular innovation, and financial health of the School of Music.
• Coordinate with the Dean of the College of Fine Arts on goals, initiatives, and fundraising.
• Coordinate with the undergraduate and graduate advisors on course schedule, teaching assignments, and student concerns.
• Assign faculty workload (teaching and service) considering faculty recommendations.
• Set and track enrollment goals for each program.
• Make recommendations to the administration regarding promotions, probational and final tenure and promotion reviews and professional staff reviews.
• Maintain National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) accreditation and standards.
• Coordinate and participate in processes related to scholarships, auditions, and admissions and, working with staff/faculty as appropriate, complete all University required documents related to budget, program assessment, new hires, etc.

Short Job Description:

• Demonstrated successful administrative experience in leading a school, department or an equivalent-sized organization.
• Evidence of substantial organizational, managerial, and collaborative skills.
• A terminal degree or professional equivalent within a music field broadly defined from an accredited Institution.
• Accomplishments sufficient to warrant a tenured faculty appointment within the School of Music as a Full Professor.

Job Ref: F195P

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One of the top-100 public universities in the United States, Western Michigan University is committed to being learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged. Founded in 1903, what was once Western Michigan College became Michigan's fourth public university in 1957. Since then, WMU has undergone dramatic growth in size and stature. Today, the University offers more than 240 academic programs to students pursuing degrees through the doctoral level. More than 20 percent of its 25,000 students are enrolled in graduate course work, studying in disciplines ranging from atomic physics and graph theory to medieval literature and blind rehabilitation. Of 101 graduate offerings available, 30 lead to a doctoral degree.

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