Executive Director, Office of Creative Propulsion
Full Time
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Posted
Job description
Position Number 7242 Posting Number F2168 Position Type Administrative and Professional Faculty Position Status Full Time College/Division College of Visual and Performing Arts Department 100767 - Office of Creative Propulsion Pay Rate Commensurate with Experience Specify Range or Amount Is this a JMU only position? No Is this a grant-funded position? No Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position? No
Position Summary Information
About James Madison University
Mission
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.
Vision
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.
Who We Are
Located in the heart of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. With a population of just over 53,000, Harrisonburg is one of the most diverse communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.
JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. The university is committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.
Vision
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.
Who We Are
Located in the heart of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. With a population of just over 53,000, Harrisonburg is one of the most diverse communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.
JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. The university is committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.
General Information
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) at James Madison University is searching for an Executive Director to lead its recently reorganized Office of Creative Propulsion (OCP). This is a 12-month Administrative and Professional faculty position that involves overseeing OCP and providing physical, curricular, co-curricular, financial, and mentoring support to students and faculty who wish to ideate, launch, and create arts-based projects that promote more equitable and inclusive opportunities for meaningful arts engagement. The OCP is responsible for facilitating integrative courses, multidisciplinary collaborations, community engagement initiatives, and participatory arts experiences that challenge traditional practices, push artistic boundaries, and empower students to create their own unique paths in a bold, just, and inclusive manner.
With over 200 full-time faculty and staff, and over 1,200 full-time majors, CVPA brings together Schools of Art, Design, and Art History (SADAH); Music (SOM); Theatre and Dance (STAD); and the Office of Creative Propulsion, which also houses the Madison Art Collection and Lisanby Museum. CVPA and the OCP believe that equity, access, and inclusion are moral imperatives and artistic/design obligations. Diversity—in the stories we represent, students we serve, and audiences we engage—is vital for the health and relevance of contemporary arts and design practice. CVPA, therefore, welcomes diversity of perspective, ethnicity, race, religion, socio-economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ability.
Duties and Responsibilities
The successful candidate will report directly to CVPA’s Dean and sit on the CVPA Academic Council. Their efforts will complement and expand CVPA strengths in anti-bias/anti-racist pedagogy, artmaking, arts and technology, community engagement, culturally sustaining practice, design justice, design thinking, educator preparation, entrepreneurial thinking, and design- or arts-based research. Additionally, the Executive Director will support intra-, inter-, and cross-disciplinary efforts of the members of the
CVPA
Integrative Arts Cohort Hire.
Applicants will have the potential for vibrant, collaborative, and visionary leadership and will exhibit particularly compelling records of achievement in academia, industry, and/or non-profit settings. Please visit jmu.edu/arts/ocp for more information about the college and the OCP.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Ability to lead and foster arts and interdisciplinary research among faculty and students;
- Ability to engage, support, and continue development in inter-, intra-, and cross-disciplinary collaborations for CVPA faculty and broader university community, especially through supporting faculty hired into the Integrative Arts Cohort;
- Demonstrated ability to envision, coordinate, and lead strategic collaborations in entrepreneurship and engagement;
- A history of integrative and collaborative work in and beyond arts and design;
- Experience leading a team and managing budgets;
- Ability to develop measures for accountability within the Office of Creative Propulsion;
- Strong interpersonal skills and administrative acumen;
- Advanced degree or higher in a relevant discipline.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Terminal degree in a relevant discipline;
- Experience as a principal investigator on large-scale grant awards at the regional and national level;
- Experience with analysis and assessment of large-scale projects; and
- Ability to establish, collect, and disseminate relevant metrics related to research, entrepreneurship, and engagement milestones and a climate of greater inclusion.
Conditions of Employment
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check.
E-Verify Notice: After accepting employment, new hires are required to complete an I-9 form and present documentation of their identity and eligibility to work in the United States. James Madison University uses the E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.
E-Verify Notice: After accepting employment, new hires are required to complete an I-9 form and present documentation of their identity and eligibility to work in the United States. James Madison University uses the E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.
Posting Detail Information
Posting Date
04/28/2023
Beginning Review Date
05/29/2023
Closing Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Proposed Starting Date
08/01/2023
EEO Statement
James Madison University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status.
We promote access, inclusion and diversity for all students, faculty, staff, constituents and programs, believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.
Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity: (540) 568-6991.
We promote access, inclusion and diversity for all students, faculty, staff, constituents and programs, believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.
Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity: (540) 568-6991.
Reasonable Accommodation Request
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance searching or applying for jobs please contact us at (540) 568-3597 or jobs@jmu.edu. You may also visit the JMU Human Resource Office, located at 752 Ott Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 and we will be happy to assist you.
Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report
Notice of Availability – Annual Security and Fire Safety Report
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains information regarding campus security and personal safety including topics such as: crime prevention, the university police law enforcement authority, crime reporting policies, disciplinary procedures, protocols for the immediate notification of students and staff upon confirmation of a significant emergency on campus and other matters of importance related to security and safety. The report includes statistics for the most recent three-year period of reported crimes that have occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by JMU or its affiliates; and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report includes campus housing fire statistics for the most recent three-year period, a description of each on-campus student housing facility fire safety system, the number of fire drills held during the previous calendar year, policies or rules on portable electrical appliances, smoking, and open flames in student housing; and procedures for student housing evacuation in the event of fire along with other fire safety information.
The JMU Annual Security and Fire Safety Report includes the Harrisonburg campus and the three overseas branch campuses; Florence, Antwerp, and London. It is available electronically
You can obtain a copy of any of this report by contacting the Office of Public Safety, MSC 6810, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 or request that a copy be mailed to you by calling (540)568-6769/6913.
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains information regarding campus security and personal safety including topics such as: crime prevention, the university police law enforcement authority, crime reporting policies, disciplinary procedures, protocols for the immediate notification of students and staff upon confirmation of a significant emergency on campus and other matters of importance related to security and safety. The report includes statistics for the most recent three-year period of reported crimes that have occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by JMU or its affiliates; and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report includes campus housing fire statistics for the most recent three-year period, a description of each on-campus student housing facility fire safety system, the number of fire drills held during the previous calendar year, policies or rules on portable electrical appliances, smoking, and open flames in student housing; and procedures for student housing evacuation in the event of fire along with other fire safety information.
The JMU Annual Security and Fire Safety Report includes the Harrisonburg campus and the three overseas branch campuses; Florence, Antwerp, and London. It is available electronically
You can obtain a copy of any of this report by contacting the Office of Public Safety, MSC 6810, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 or request that a copy be mailed to you by calling (540)568-6769/6913.
Minimum Reference(s) Required
3
Quick Link for Direct Access to Posting
https://joblink.jmu.edu/postings/14503
Additional Posting Information
Candidates should complete the online job application and provide:
- A cover letter
- A curriculum vitae
- A Statement of Inclusive Excellence demonstrating their commitment to an equitable and inclusive environment, and highlighting their professional experiences and efforts in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion
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