MCE Department Chairs

Authority and Responsibility of the Department Chair

As an administrator the department chair has the primary responsibility for communicating the departments views to the college community and the college community concerns to the department. The chair represents the department and serves as a leader for the entire college. As such Department Chairs must advocate for their department while also keeping the best interests of the college in mind. Department Chairs are provided with course releases as the following responsibilities require additional time. They are also given an administrative stipend as recognition of their additional responsibilities as well as compensation for work that must be conducted during the summer months. In consultation with department members the department chair has the primary responsibility and authority for:

• Formulating and communicating recommendations for hiring tenure promotion retention and evaluation of faculty and departmental support staff.
• Establishing departmental budget priorities and allocations.
• Establishing regulating and monitoring faculty workloads.
• Recommending leaves and special assignments for the Deans approval.
• Developing and articulating departmental goals.
• Ensuring that faculty members in the department are good citizens of the college and are fully engaged in departmental and general faculty duties.

PERSONNEL

Faculty

• Attend Meetings (e.g. Chair Leadership Team Faculty and Dean)
• EvaluateFaculty (e.g. annual merit review recommendation to Dean)
• FacilitateFaculty development especially in the areas of scholarship research and teaching

• Staff and Adjuncts
  • SuperviseAssigned staff
  • Encourage staff professional development
  • ApproveAdjuncts

STUDENTS

New Applicants

• RecruitNew Students
• MonitorEnrollment Management
  • Meet with Admissions Director and Admissions Counselor as needed
  • Serve as first contact for Applicants
  • Help plan Interview Day
  • Schedule interviews outside of Interview Day
  • Coordinate review and scoring of applications
  • Communicate to Admissions Director applicants recommend
  • Communicate to Admissions Director recommendations regarding funding
  • Review weekly reports of applicants status and compare to programs understanding
  • Communicate needs to Faculty for interviews emails etc.
  • Monitor New Student numbers during the summer
• Organize and/or AttendOrientations and Recruiting events
• Address QuestionsPotential students calling or visiting campus
• AssignAdvisors
• MonitorScholarship Awards; coordinate the application for scholarships for admitted students
• AwardSpecific Program scholarships

Continuing

• ImplementAdvising Plan and Process
• AddressStudent Issues
• MonitorStudents stopping out or leaving
• MonitorStudents in trouble with incompletes non-attendance illness behavioral concerns etc.
• MeetStudents in trouble; dismissals etc.
  • First stepStudent-Faculty concerns/issues
  • As necessary recommend termination and monitor termination process
• MonitorScholarship award
• AwardSpecific scholarships
• AddressStudent Complaints and/or Problems; follow established MCE grievance processes

DEPARTMENTS

• Monitor & FacilitateDevelopment of policies structures & procedures for student advising
• FacilitateDevelopment & articulation of program goals
• MonitorProgram budgets
• Review & ApproveProgram handbooks
• Monitor & AddressStudent issues as needed i.e. probationary status honor code violations grievances

Curriculum

• MonitorSyllabi
• ReviewCurricula and facilitate curriculum revision as needed

Additional responsibilities

• Provide oversight for accreditation of programs within department
• Provide authorization for state-approved programs and credentials (e.g. authorization)
• Foster cross-departmental collaborations (e.g. research scholarship community events etc.)

Required Qualifications

• Appointed faculty member in MCE

Application Deadline
For consideration please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) June 4 2025.

Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number:
The salary grade for the position is UC.

Salary Range:
$13000 - $15000 annualized stipend plus course releases

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate departmental budget availability internal salary equity considerations and available market information but not based on a candidates sex or any other protected status.

Benefits:
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits including medical dental retirement paid time off tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:
1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including sex stereotypes sex characteristics sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression) marital family or parental status pregnancy or related conditions national origin disability or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color national origin ancestry age religion creed disability sex (including sex stereotypes sex characteristics sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression) marital family and parental status pregnancy genetic information military enlistment or veteran status and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal state or local law regulation or ordinance in any of the Universitys educational programs and activities and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Workers Rights (POWR) Act; and any other federal state and local laws regulations or ordinances that prohibit discrimination harassment and/or retaliation. For more information please see the University of Denvers NonDiscriminationStatement.

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.