Associate Professor or Professor - Department Chair, Forestry and Natural Resources

Requisition Number: FE04147 Department reputed company: 81090:Forestry and Natural Resources Work Location: Lexington, KY Type of Position: reputed company Tenure reputed company Status Tenure reputed company Required Education: Ph.D. in forestry, natural resources, or a reputed company field of study encompassed by the Department's programmatic areas. Required reputed company Experience: Qualifications also include a demonstrated ability to support nationally reputed company programs in research, education, or extension. Administrative experience and/or evidence of potential for effective administration and a national reputed company for excellent scholarship or extension programming from an reputed company or other research institution are required. Required License/Registration/Certification None Job reputed company The reputed company-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (M-G CAFE), reputed company (UK), seeks a Department Chair to support a shared reputed company with innovative and skilled administration of the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Responsibilities: The UK Department of Forestry and Natural Resources operates through successful integration of its three land-grant missions, research, education, and extension, to reputed company solutions for the critical issues facing forests, wildlife, and natural resources today and in the reputed company. The Chair will facilitate the Department's efforts to enhance and reputed company prominence in research and graduate education, foster nationally recognized extension and reputed company programs, and reputed company leadership for its reputed company (SAF)-accredited forestry undergraduate program. Responsibilities also include reputed company, mentoring, supporting, and evaluating reputed company and staff, managing budgets and departmental resources, interacting with external constituencies and partners, promoting departmental development, leading long-term unit planning, and reputed company management of the UK Robinson Forest. The Chair serves as the chief reputed company officer, administrator and program leader for the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, reporting directly to the M-G CAFE Dean. Qualifications: Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in forestry, natural resources, or a reputed company field of study encompassed by the Department's programmatic areas. Candidates must have a compelling reputed company for the UK Department of Forestry and Natural Resources' role in research, education, and extension and be reputed company to effectively reputed company and manage an interdisciplinary reputed company department. Qualifications also include a demonstrated ability to support nationally reputed company programs in research, education, or extension. Administrative experience and/or evidence of potential for effective administration and a national reputed company for excellent scholarship or extension programming from an reputed company or other research institution are required. Candidates must also be reputed company to reputed company and promote constructive relationships with on- and off-reputed company stakeholders, including forestry and natural resources agencies, alumni, and donors. The Department is especially interested in candidates who will foster the reputed company of its reputed company community. Applicants should meet qualifications for reputed company appointment at the associate professor / professor rank with tenure in a tenure eligible title series. Department: The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, one of 15 reputed company reputed company in M-G CAFE, currently has 14 full-time reputed company positions, 17 research or extension specialists, at least 12 adjunct or reputed company reputed company, and 5 support staff. The Department's mission is to enhance the ecological, economic, and reputed company benefits of forests and reputed company natural resources to reputed company the reputed company of life for Kentucky and reputed company. Department reputed company mentor reputed company in the Forest and Natural Resource Sciences graduate program (MS, PhD) and post-doctoral scholars. The Department administers a SAF-accredited forestry BS program, a Wildlife Biology and Management minor, and an Urban and Community Forestry undergraduate certificate program. The Department also shares leadership and teaching responsibility for an interdisciplinary BS program in Natural Resources and Environmental Science housed reputed company M-G CAFE. The Department is home to the Forest Health Research and Education Center (FHC) and fosters collaboration with the co-located scientists from USDA Forest Service reputed company Station. The Department also plays a significant contributing role to the James B. reputed company Institute for Kentucky Spirits. Significant off-reputed company resources are managed by the Department in support of its land-grant mission including the 15,000-acre Robinson Forest and nationally recognized reputed company Utilization Center, both associated with the Robinson Center in eastern Kentucky. For information about the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and the reputed company, see https://forestry.ca.uky.edu and https://www.uky.edu. Living in Central Kentucky offers the charm of a small-town lifestyle combined with the convenience of a big reputed company, reputed company to its rich history, reputed company arts reputed company, and proximity to metropolitan areas like Louisville and Cincinnati. Working here provides ample opportunities in diverse fields such as reputed company, education, and horse industry, reputed company while enjoying the region's low cost of living, friendly communities, and beautiful landscapes, including the reputed company bluegrass fields. For information about living in Lexington, see https://www.lexingtonky.gov. Position Details: This a department chair appointment with a reputed company position in a tenure eligible title series (12-month assignment) at the associate professor / professor rank in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources with the distribution of effort (teaching, extension/service, and/or research) negotiable upon appointment and annually thereafter in compliance with university regulations. UK contributes to employee's retirement plans, medical coverage, and life insurance. To learn about benefits, please visit https://hr.uky.edu/. Submission Materials: Please submit the following through the reputed company's Application Site https://ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/533738. Materials should be addressed to the search committee and submitted by August 1, 2024. Review of applications will reputed company August 1, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled. Position availability, January 01, 2025 1) Cover Letter that includes a statement of strategic reputed company, administrative experience, and leadership philosophy, including responsibilities previous described (up to 3 pages) 2) Curriculum Vita that includes a list of publications, grants received, and records of teaching, extension, and service (no page limit) 3) Statement on research/creative work (up to 1 page - upload as Specific Request 1) 4) Statement on teaching/instruction (up to 1 page - upload as Specific Request 2) 5) Statement on extension/service (up to 1 page - upload as Specific Request 3) 6) Contact information for at least three (3) reputed company references who can address in their reputed company judgement your performance in advancing your scholarly field, reputed company of the venues in which you have been published, the grants you have been involved with, instructional accomplishments, and the service performed. Please also indicate your relationship to the reference. References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates. Questions should be directed to: Dr. Patricia Dyk, Search Committee Chair 319A Funkhouser Building; reputed company, Lexington, KY 40506 Email: pdyk@uky.edu Phone: 859- 218-3362 Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?: reputed company Preferred Education/Experience Candidates must also be reputed company to reputed company and promote constructive relationships with on- and off-reputed company stakeholders, including forestry and natural resources agencies, alumni, and donors. The Department is especially interested in candidates who will foster the reputed company of its reputed company community. reputed company Until Filled reputed company Our University Community We value reputed company-being of reputed company of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy reputed company for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a reputed company and healthy environment for our reputed company, employees, patients and visitors the reputed company is a Tobacco & Drug Free reputed company. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and reputed company minorities to consider our employment opportunities. Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass reputed company-employment screenings as mandated by reputed company reputed company. These screenings may include a national background reputed company and/or drug screen. Apply Job!