Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Job Description

The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs provides strategic leadership for the academic mission of the Honors College with primary responsibility for curriculum pedagogy faculty affairs assessment and academic quality. Reporting to the Dean and serving as a key member of the Deans Leadership Team the Associate Dean advances a distinctive high impact honors curriculum; fosters excellence in teaching research and creative inquiry; and ensures effective governance and continuous improvement of academic programs.

Working collaboratively with faculty and campus partners the Associate Dean strengthens transdisciplinary initiatives expands research and enrichment opportunities and aligns Honors College academic priorities with institutional goals and national best practices. The role also provides leadership in faculty recruitment development evaluation and promotion and represents the Honors College within the university and nationally contributing to its intellectual vitality institutional alignment and growing impact.

A strategic innovative and forward-thinking academic leader the Associate Dean anticipates and responds effectively to emerging challenges and opportunities in honors education and higher education broadly. Through a collaborative and transparent leadership approach the Associate Dean builds trust cultivates shared purpose and navigates complexity to lead meaningful and sustained change. This role requires exceptional relationship building skills sound judgment high emotional intelligence and a deep commitment to student success and to the development wellbeing and success of faculty and staff.

Required Qualifications

Earned doctorate with tenure and a record of scholarly achievement commensurate with appointment as a tenured associate professor or higher.
Demonstrated success in academic leadership within higher education including experience leading a department program or comparably complex academic unit.
Strong administrative expertise in academic planning assessment personnel leadership and shared governance.
Demonstrated commitment to innovative student-centered pedagogy and to undergraduate research and creative inquiry.
Experience using assessment and data-informed decision-making to support academic quality and continuous improvement.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead collaboratively build trust and engage diverse constituencies.
Commitment to the land-grant mission academic excellence access and public service.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working within or closely with an honors college or similar high-impact academic program.
Appointment at the rank of full professor.
Experience with faculty reappointment promotion and governance processes.
Practical Knowledge of national best practices and emerging models in honors education.
Demonstrated success securing or supporting externally funded curricular pedagogical or research initiatives (e.g. SoTL).
Experience with strategic planning accreditation external reviews and/or benchmarking efforts.
Ability to articulate and advance a forward-looking vision for the College.
Demonstrated success in recruiting mentoring retaining and advocating for outstanding faculty staff and students with a commitment to cultivate a thriving and supportive academic community.

Pay Band

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Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

175000 to 200000

Hours per week

40

Review Date

22 June 2026

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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