Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development

The University of Colorado School of Medicine invites nominations and applications for the newly created position of Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development.    

The position reports to the Dean of the School of Medicine.  We are seeking an individual committed to sustaining and augmenting the School’s excellence in education, research, and clinical care, with an emphasis on equity and inclusivity.  The Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development will be one of five Senior Associate Deans who report directly to the Dean of the School of Medicine, and together with the Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff, will represent the school’s senior executive leadership. This position directs the creation, implementation, and maintenance of innovative programs for faculty orientation, career development, and leadership training. The Senior Associate Dean contributes to efforts to recruit, train, and retain future School of Medicine leaders, thus expanding the school culture of inclusivity, diversity, excellence, education, and discovery.

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, one of four campuses in the University of Colorado System, is the major academic medical center in the Rocky Mountain region, and one of the largest and most comprehensive biomedical research and clinical care centers in the western United States. The Anschutz Medical Campus is home to an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, as well as UCHealth’s University of Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and a new Veterans Affairs Hospital.

The CU School of Medicine has innovative education and training programs, highly regarded clinical programs, and distinctive and highly productive research programs fueled by more than $490 million per year in grants, including more than $265 million from National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies. The school employs nearly 4,000 faculty and has nearly 1,000 faculty members employed by affiliated institutions. The school’s total annual clinical and research revenue is about $2 billion per year. The school currently is implementing a new curriculum for medical students and opening a branch in Fort Collins in partnership with Colorado State University. In addition, the school and its supporters have invested significant resources in research programs, including a newly created Center for Health Artificial Intelligence, a Neurotechnology Center, a Climate & Health Program, and CellSight, an initiative to develop stem cell-based therapeutics to save and restore sight in patients with blinding diseases.      

Applications are accepted electronically at CU Careers Job Posting/Req. #20818, via the following link: https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=20818&lang=en. 

First consideration will be given to applications received by May 14, 2021.