SCSU Position Description

The Chair is responsible for providing academic leadership to the department and reports to the Dean of the College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences. A commitment is required to ensure high quality instructional programs by maintaining CSWE, CORE, and CACREP accreditations, providing leadership for its faculty, students, and staff; and effective day-to-day administration of its affairs. In addition, the Chair must ensure that the department offers quality curriculum instruction and advisement to its students, chair must recruit faculty, and chair must guide and support the professional development of its faculty. The chair will also administer the budget, teach, and do research in one of the department's academic programs. The department offers undergraduate degree programs in criminal justice, and social work and graduate degree programs in counselor education, and rehabilitation counseling.

Qualifications include an earned doctoral degree in one of the program areas; minimum of five successful years of teaching experience in higher education; record of refereed publications and other scholarly activity; academic administration experience; securing external funds and mentoring faculty and students.

Excellent leadership; interpersonal skills and communication skills are expected.

State of South Carolina Employment Application , resume, letter of application, graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendations.

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
POST OFFICE BOX 7597
2153 RUSSELL STREET
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA  29117

This is a permanent, full-time position. Only applications received in the Office of Human Resource Management by 5:00 pm on the closing date will be considered.

SCSU is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer F/M/H/V.

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