"Associate Dean"

Associate Dean

Department: AIK Business

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Advertised Salary Range: Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA) invites applications for the Associate Dean, School of Business Administration position. This is a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track faculty position. The expected start date is August 16, 2025.

The School of Business Administration at USC Aiken is AACSB-accredited, employs 17 full-time faculty members, and maintains five endowed faculty positions. The school enrolls over 700 undergraduate students and offers undergraduate business concentrations in accounting, finance, management, and marketing through traditional face-to-face instruction. The accounting and management concentrations are also offered online through USC’s Palmetto College. The school also offers an online MBA degree that has grown quickly and serves over 700 graduate students. The MBA has a general track and concentrations in accounting, finance, and project management. Learn more about the School of Business Administration at www.usca.edu/soba.

Reporting to the Dean of the School of Business Administration, the Associate Dean will assist in the school’s academic, administrative, and budgetary leadership. The Associate Dean must be committed to providing an education that supports, develops, and creates skills and competencies in students based on the liberal arts. The Associate Dean must also support the Dean in leading the school in continuing to provide its students with the highest quality business education, per the standards and expectations of AACSB. The Associate Dean must model excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service and promote high expectations across the school.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ph.D./DBA or other terminal degree from an AACSB-accredited institution, in a business-related field, with a record that justifies tenure as Full/Associate Professor.
• Experience teaching both online and face-to-face graduate/undergraduate courses in the fields offered in the School of Business Administration.
• Higher education administrative experience at the departmental level or above.
• Conduct research as needed (including conference papers, journals, and/or grants) to maintain academic qualifications as defined by AACSB.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the dean and faculty to identify and prioritize strategic opportunities that align with emerging priorities and the school’s/university’s overall mission and vision.
• Coordinate and prepare draft accreditation reports, including data coordination and data presentation/visualization for both business program accreditation cycles.
• Supervise Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Advising processes, including professional and classified personnel.
• An ability to foster faculty development in the full range of teaching, research, and service.
• Assist the Dean in initiatives with budget, curriculum, and policy and procedure development as needed.
• Lead and/or participate with collaborative teams to secure external funding opportunities that support strategic initiatives, including grants, fellowships, and industry partnerships.
• Maintain School of Business Administration key deadlines regarding the primary functions of budget/finances, academic programming and reporting, hiring, AACSB accreditation, and university compliance; ensure projects are completed on time, within scope, and aligned with school and university priorities.
• Manage special programs or projects as assigned.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications:

• An exemplary record of outstanding academic and professional achievement.
• Attention to detail with strong organizational skills.
• Strong and effective communication and public relations skills with the ability to develop relationships with external constituencies.
• A passion to add value to students and an ability to find innovative ways to provide this value.
• Strong administrative leadership is needed to handle the growth of the school, which includes finding ways to increase its resources.
• Ability to work with the university, external partners, and alumni to increase fundraising for the school.
• A record of promoting a cohesive and inclusive work environment.