UMUC Job Announcement for Associate Provost Job Description Job Title:
Associate Provost
Division:
Adelphi, MD
Job Requisition #: 002383
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Job Description:
The Associate Provost oversees all operations of the Security Studies Laboratory (SSL), and serves as the liaison between the academic security programs (graduate and undergraduate) and the laboratories, to offer support for curriculum development, laboratory development, as well as establishes vision and policies for the SSL.
Specific responsibilities include:
1. Coordinating with the academic programs and identifying program needs for curriculum growth and enhancement;
2. Supporting curriculum development, information architecture, faculty training and development, and laboratory development and support at the undergraduate and graduate levels;
3. Identifying grant opportunities, completing application packets, administering funds, supervising grant activities; soliciting external contracts and administering them;
4. Preparing and overseeing the SSL operating budget; directing preparation of all marketing materials to promote activities such as information assurance program dissemination; and planning and coordinating conferences, colloquia, workshops and webcasts on information assurance security topics; and
5. Performing other job-related duties as assigned. The Securities Studies Laboratory provides a conduit for exchanging state of the art teaching and learning environments with information assurance and security content. Its primary goal is to teach information technology professionals at the graduate and undergraduate levels using asynchronous distance learning media.
Qualifications:
The position requires a Ph.D. with relevant administrative experience In information technology and information assurance or homeland security.
The successful candidate will have a mature network of professional contacts within industry and government and either a record of success in securing external funds or strong promise of establishing such a record. An active U.S. security clearance, or the ability to gain a clearance, is desirable. Teaching experience at the undergraduate or graduate level and familiarity with the federal Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance are also required.