ELI Director - Position Announcement

Director of the Executive Leadership Institute

Mark O. Hatfield School of Government

The Division of Public Administration in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University is seeking to fill the Directorship of its Executive Leadership Institute.  The Institute extends the research, service and educational mission of the School by providing external degree delivery, applied research, continuing professional training and technical assistance to public and nonprofit agencies both domestically and internationally.  The Institute is currently undergoing expansion that could result in renaming and the creation of a process for affiliation by other institutes located in the Hatfield School of Government.  The Director will be appointed to a fulltime tenure track position with an obligation to teach 3 courses per year for the Public Administration Division.  The Director will be expected to continue the practice of generating sufficient revenue from on-going Institute-related activities to cover approximately 50% of his/her personnel costs.

Candidates are expected to have the following qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership capacity to manage a complex array of professional development, applied research and teaching activities in an academic setting.
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas:  budgeting, research methods, finance, public management, ethics, governance models, leadership, organizational development, political theory and state and local government, public and/or international management, sustainable development.
• Earned doctorate in a relevant discipline.
• Track record of published scholarship and self-funded activity.
• Demonstrated competence in teaching graduate students.
• Demonstrated history of community involvement and collaboration.

Further information on the Executive Leadership Institute and other Divisional institutes and programs is available at http://www.hatfieldschool.pdx.edu/PA/pub_admin.php.

Applicants should submit a letter of application including a brief background statement addressing their capacity and experience to manage the activities of the Institute, and their teaching and research interest.  Applicants should include a curriculum vitae and names and contact information for four references.  Send to:  Search Committee, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR  97207-0751.  Review of applications will begin February 12, 2008 and continue until finalists are identified.  Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Craig Shinn, Search Committee Chair, phone (503) 725-8220; fax (503) 725-8250; e-mail: publicadmin@pdx.edu.  For a detailed job description, please see the PSU web site at http://www.hrc.pdx.edu/openings/unclassified/index.htm.

Portland State University is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Institution and, in keeping with the President’s diversity initiative, welcomes applications from diverse candidates and candidates who support diversity.