Associate/Full Professor in Biological Sciences & Executive Director of the Genetics and Genomics Academy

North Carolina State University, United States

Updated: about 2 months ago
Location: Raleigh, NORTH CAROLINA
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Posting Details
Posting Information


Posting Number PG192982EP
Internal Recruitment No
Working Title Associate/Full Professor in Biological Sciences & Executive Director of the Genetics and Genomics Academy
Anticipated Hiring Range Commensurate with education and experience
Work Schedule Monday - Friday, hours may vary
Job Location Raleigh, NC
Department Department of Biological Sciences
About the Department
The Department of Biological Sciences, within the College of Sciences at NC State University, is dedicated to research and teaching in a broad range of aspects of the biological sciences. The Department has strong undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral programs and substantial extramural support to develop and maintain integrative research programs. Additionally, the Department partners with other life sciences units across the University to enhance its mission to conduct interdisciplinary research and training programs. Please visit our Sciences Strategic Plan and the College of Sciences Culture Charter to learn more about the College of Sciences.
NC State promotes an integrated approach to problem solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic, and technological development across North Carolina and around the world. NC State’s land grant mission of teaching, research and service is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. Applicants are encouraged to review the institution’s mission, vision and strategic plan, and consider how their background, interest and experience would enable them to support the university.
Essential Job Duties
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences
The Department of Biological Sciences seeks to achieve outstanding research, teaching, mentoring, consulting and collaborations on campus and worldwide. It does so within a cohesive department, where all students, faculty and staff receive fair and equitable treatment. The Department of Biological Sciences within the College of Sciences helps set the bar on campus for interdisciplinary scholarship and helps support many interdisciplinary units including the Center for Human Health and the Environment, and the Comparative Medicine Institute. COS also plays a key collaborative role in the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program clusters, including those in Bioinformatics, Data-Driven Science, Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security, Environmental Health Science, and Forensic Sciences, among others. Please visit the College of Sciences strategic plan and culture charter to learn more about the College of Sciences.
Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs
The Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs, a unit within the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, provides leadership, direction, and oversight for the programmatic planning and implementation of university-wide interdisciplinary programs and initiatives. The unit focuses on bringing interdisciplinary approaches to local and global societal challenges in light of long-term predictions and scenarios. This office builds on 20 Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program clusters that came out of NC State’s previous strategic plan. It also connects new and longstanding programs that include: the Biotechnology Program, the Climate Solutions Collaborative, the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative, NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Long View Project, strategic clusters, the Sustainable Futures Initiative, and the Shelton Leadership Center. These units work as a team to tackle challenges and opportunities that transcend their individual mandates.
Both the COS and the Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs play an integral role in interdisciplinary efforts on and off campus, including with the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program, the Data Science Academy, Global One Health Academy, the Integrative Sciences Initiative and Building, Museum-University Partnership, and the Plant Sciences Initiative and Building.
Genetics and Genomics Academy
The Genetics and Genomics Academy (GGA), focusing on how genetics and genomics interface with society, was established in 2021 and is part of a group of academies, including the DSA and the Global One Health Academy within the Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs. The academies work as a team to help spur interdisciplinary research, engagement, mentoring and education across campus. The team works within its subject domains, but also creates novel approaches to interdisciplinarity that can be adopted more generally and hence transcend those domains. The GGA maintains a close partnership with the Genetic Engineering and Society Center at NC State. Through this partnership, the GGA enables the university to be a global leader in the consideration of the social, policy and political dimensions of genetic engineering in particular, but also genetics more generally. This partnership facilitates close connections between GGA and social scientists and humanists on campus, a unique feature of the program.
In addition, the GGA serves as the hub connecting more than 150 faculty who engage in genetics- and genomics-centered research, or who use related tools in their research and training programs. GGA-associated faculty consider basic and applied questions, with a recognition of the land grant mission to bring science — here genetics and genomics — and its value to the people of the state, whether that is in the context of engagement, novel applications, comparative evolutionary approaches (and their applied benefits) or policy.
The Opportunity
NC State invites applications and nominations for the position of Associate Professor or Professor of Biological Sciences in the College of Sciences, and Executive Director of the Genetics and Genomics Academy. This position will require a working understanding of the broad research interests of the GGA members, a passion for interdisciplinarity, and an ability to make connections among diverse research projects, courses and engagement programs. The individual will have experience running a successful research program, building and sustaining academic programs, bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders, and supporting staff. They also will have a passion for science education and engagement on all levels and an appreciation for the history and missions of land-grant universities.
The Position
The Associate Professor/Professor in Biological Sciences and Executive Director of the Genetics and Genomics Academy must be an experienced, innovative, creative and collaborative leader who has excelled in engaged, interdisciplinary research in genetics and genomics. The executive director will work as part of a team of academy leaders, with responsibilities both for Genetics and Genomics Academy objectives and for innovation and collaboration that spans the academies. The successful candidate will have an exemplary record of working across disciplinary boundaries. They will work toward these goals with the support and collaboration of the Executive Committee of the Genetics and Genomics Academy.
The Associate Professor/Professor will be appointed in the Department of Biological Sciences and be expected to engage with faculty across NC State to lead and conduct problem oriented interdisciplinary and engaged research and participate as an active member of the department. The Executive Director of the Genetics and Genomics Academy reports to the Senior Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Programs. The Executive Director will oversee academic, administrative, development, partnership and budgetary affairs for the academy.
The primary role as Associate/Full Professor has the following responsibilities:
  • Maintaining a productive research program, whether as a PI or in concert with a collaborative team of research leaders;.
  • Connecting and synergize genetics and genomics teaching, scholarship and engagement within College of Sciences and the Genetics and Genomics Academy; and
  • Synergizing departmental and Genetics and Genomics Academy efforts in genetics and genomics.


The secondary role as Executive Director has the following responsibilities:
  • Working with other academy leaders to innovate interdisciplinary approaches on campus;
  • Enhancing and advancing the strong genetics and genomics research on campus through the facilitation of radical innovation across disciplines and units;
  • Supporting and strengthening the interdisciplinary Genetics and Genomics Scholars graduate student training program;
  • Supporting the development of courses and activities that will enable all NC State students, faculty and staff to become conversant in genetics and genomics;
  • Consolidating and scaling up NC State efforts to increase the understanding of genetics and genomics by North Carolina residents;
  • Working in close collaboration with other units in Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs to bring genetics and genomics centered interdisciplinary approaches to students and faculty across all ten NC State colleges;
  • Maintaining and growing the connections between Genetics and Genomics Academy and other social scientists and humanities scholars on campus;
  • Maintaining and growing the relationship with the Genetic Engineering and Society Center; and
  • Working with the Executive Director of Development and Assistant Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Initiatives to develop fundraising objectives and grow gifts associated with genetics and genomics on campus.
Other Responsibilities
  • The director will be expected to maintain a productive research program.

Qualifications


Minimum Education and Experience
  • Candidates should possess the terminal degree in their field and should be qualified for appointment as a tenured Associate or Full Professor at NC State.
Other Required Qualifications
  • Evidence of strong abilities to work effectively and collaboratively with faculty, university administration, and other constituent groups and partners both within and outside the university.
  • Record of strong commitment to teaching and research excellence.
  • Experience in leadership of interdisciplinary multi-investigator grants and/or graduate training grants.
  • Outstanding communication skills, including interpersonal, written, verbal, presentation and listening capabilities.
  • A commitment to educating students, fostering a healthy and respectful community, and recruiting and supporting all faculty, staff and students.


  • The Executive Director will supervise staff and will be assisted by an executive committee with diverse expertise. 
  • The Executive Director will report directly to the Senior Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Programs.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Beyond specific research credentials, we are looking for candidates who have a scholarly appreciation for the connections among all areas of basic and applied genetics and genomics research.
  • Leadership of interdisciplinary multi-investigator grants and/or graduate training grants is desirable.
  • The director will need a vision for leveraging NC State’s unique strengths in making discoveries at the cutting edge of the field of genetics and genomics. At the core of the GGA is graduate and postdoctoral training. Therefore, candidates for the position should have a history of excellent mentoring and use of innovative teaching methods.
Required License(s) or Certification(s)
N/A
Valid NC Driver's License required No
Commercial Driver's License required No

Recruitment Dates and Special Instructions


Job Open Date 11/07/2023
Anticipated Close Date Open Until Filled
Special Instructions to Applicants
Applications must be submitted online and include a:
  • Cover letter
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Contact information for three references
  • One-page vision statement for the future of the Genetics and Genomics Academy (other document #1)
  • Research Statement.


Please note that references will not be contacted until the candidate is notified.

Position Details


Position Number 00100073
Position Type Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (1.0 = 40 hours/week) 1.00
Appointment 12 Month Recurring
Mandatory Designation - Adverse Weather Non Mandatory - Adverse Weather
Mandatory Designation - Emergency Events Non Mandatory - Emergency Event
Department ID 172201 - Biological Sciences
AA/EEO
NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process are welcome to contact 919-515-3148 to speak with a representative at the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity.
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