Job Description:

• Mentor social work faculty to advance their research, scholarship, grantsmanship, and service agendas within each of the three locations (Benton Harbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo).
• Actively facilitate individual or group collaborative research and professional development relationships between WMU social work faculty members and colleagues from other national and international academic institutions.
• Foster interdisciplinary, either applied or translational, research in collaboration with relevant national and international community-based organizations, agencies, and institutions.
• Advance team-based internal and external funding proposal development, proposal submission, and grant management to include each faculty from the three locations, as well as students.
• Other duties related to the position as assigned by the Director of the School of Social Work.

Short Job Description:

• A Master's of Social Work (MSW) degree from either an accredited US social work program, or from an international social work program eligible for CSWE competence equivalency (a supporting ISWDRES Equivalency Determination Letter is required).
• A Ph.D. in social work or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in effective leadership and mentorship.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of best practices regarding team development, team management, and effective communication.
• Demonstrated background in research and scholarship, with experience in diverse research methods and relevant statistical analyses expertise.
• Established track record in applying for and securing internal and external funding.
• Demonstrated cross-cultural competence and global experience through either international research expertise and/or abroad practice experience (e.g., global research partnerships, international projects, Fulbright Scholar appointments).
• Demonstrated record of building and maintaining successful academic, community, governmental, non- governmental, and/or corporate partnerships.
• Experience in being an active part of a diverse and inclusive group of faculty, staff, and student leaders, focused on advancing social, economic, racial, and environmental justice through social work practice, teaching, research, and scholarship.

Job Ref: F105P

Job Reply URL: 1356

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One of the top-100 public universities in the United States, Western Michigan University is committed to being learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged. Founded in 1903, what was once Western Michigan College became Michigan's fourth public university in 1957. Since then, WMU has undergone dramatic growth in size and stature. Today, the University offers more than 240 academic programs to students pursuing degrees through the doctoral level. More than 20 percent of its 25,000 students are enrolled in graduate course work, studying in disciplines ranging from atomic physics and graph theory to medieval literature and blind rehabilitation. Of 101 graduate offerings available, 30 lead to a doctoral degree.

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