"Vice President and Dean of the College"

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Vice President and Dean of the College Haverford, Pennsylvania THE SEARCH Haverford College, one of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges, located just outside Philadelphia, seeks an accomplished and collaborative student affairs leader to serve as its next Vice President and Dean of the College (“Dean”). Haverford provides an intensely personal undergraduate education inspired by intellectual depth, integrity, collaboration, and dedication to preparing students for lives of service and leadership. Reporting directly to the President, the next Dean will join a close-knit community that combines the values of trust, concern, and respect with a rigorous academic program led by world-class faculty. The Dean serves as Haverford’s senior officer most directly concerned with the academic progress, health and well-being, and personal and professional development of Haverford students. The Dean oversees pre-major academic advising and the provision of various academic policies and programs, including Student Life, Student Success, Athletics, Health Services, Career and Professional Advising, Counseling & Psychological Services, and Campus Safety. The Dean oversees an operating budget of approximately $14 million and around 110 full-time employees. This is a tremendous opportunity to play a leadership role in shaping the distinctive Haverford student experience at an important moment in the College’s history. The next Dean of the College will steward continuity while helping guide the College through meaningful change, serving as a key partner on the senior leadership team. In this role, the Dean will advance Haverford's commitment to academic excellence, support the whole-person growth of students, and help bring to life the College’s recently approved 2030 strategic plan, HC2030: Better Learning, Broader Impact. Grounded in a strong tradition of shared governance and student-led responsibility, the next Dean will foster an inclusive and equitable community and support a vibrant intellectual culture through an integrated academic and campus experience. The Dean will bring deep familiarity with trends and challenges in student affairs, a demonstrated commitment to advancing equity and inclusion for students across socio-economic backgrounds and intersecting identities, a record of successful consensus and community building, and a proven ability to forge sustaining and effective relationships with students, faculty, staff, and college leadership. A search committee composed of students, staff, and faculty, and co-chaired by Helen White, Provost, and Jess Lord, Vice President & Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, has been formed to lead this important search. The national executive search firm Isaacson, Miller, has been retained to assist the search committee.