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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, invites nominations and applications for the position of Director for its Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL).

This position, reporting to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, offers an individual committed to advancing the status of women within and outside the University a highly visible platform from which to foster programs and initiatives that further scholarship, education, policy, and practice with respect to diversity, feminism, and women’s leadership.

Institute for Women’s Leadership

The Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers is a consortium of eight units based at the Rutgers- New Brunswick campus and dedicated to the study of women and gender, to advocacy on behalf of gender equity, and to the promotion of women’s leadership locally, nationally, and globally.  Established in 1991, the Institute for Women’s Leadership connects its member units in the mission to examine and advance women’s leadership in education, research, the arts, sciences, business, politics and government, human rights, the workplace, and the world. The Institute supports member units’ missions, promotes a collective focus on women’s leadership for social change, and leads in the creation of initiatives that further women’s leadership in all arenas.

The IWL leads activities in three broad areas: model leadership programs for women in the public and private sectors; interdisciplinary research on women’s leadership; and collaborative programs that utilize the expertise of unit members for the benefit of the consortium. The strategic focus of the Institute is to develop leaders committed to a new vision of leadership, dedicated to improving people’s lives and creating a world with human rights and justice for everyone. Priorities include creating new knowledge about women’s leadership, developing leaders and fostering environments receptive to women’s leadership, and maintaining the Institute as a model of collaborative leadership.

The IWL complex on the Douglass Campus in New Brunswick provides a geographical focus where women leaders—grass roots activists, policy advocates, politicians, elected officials, and business and corporate executives—can connect with scholars and researchers to envision and help create a more equitable future. Linking diverse constituencies, the IWL is a site for creative problem solving and social change, and is poised to become a global leader in the study of women’s lives and the advancement
of women’s leadership.

The Institute for Women’s Leadership consortium presently includes the following research, education, and advocacy units:
• Douglass Residential College, the only public undergraduate residential college for women in the country;
• Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary department with both undergraduate and graduate programs and one of the most highly-ranked such departments in the U.S.;
• Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics and the nation’s leading authority on the status of women in government;
• Institute for Research on Women, a national leader in advancing feminist scholarship through annual interdisciplinary research seminars, distinguished lecture series, and scholarly publications;
• Center for Women’s Global Leadership, a central player in the worldwide movement to define and achieve women’s human rights;
• Center for Women and Work, a unit of the School of Management and Labor Relations, linking research, policymakers, and working women in addressing issues of women and work in New Jersey, the U.S., and globally;
• Institute for Women and Art, supporting research, programming and exhibitions related to women and art and promoting policies and strategies to redress gender inequities in the arts;
• Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, home of Rutgers’ NSF-ADVANCE grant, creating and sustaining transformative initiatives to increase and support undergraduate, graduate, and faculty women in science, technology, and engineering fields.

Members of the IWL consortium pursue distinctive programs of their own, while also working together on a range of joint initiatives and ventures.  Their wide-ranging activity has made Rutgers a magnet for talented faculty in many fields who recognize the richness and collective value of the consortial arrangement. Additional opportunities exist for broadening IWL’s activities to Rutgers’ Newark and Camden campuses, where individual scholars already participate in IWL activities.

Director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership

The Director is the intellectual and administrative leader of the consortium. As the primary spokesperson for the IWL, the Director is responsible for the development of scholarly inquiry, programs, and initiatives to foster women’s leadership, and for increasing the national and international eminence of the consortium. Through compelling personal vision and collaborative work with constitutive units as well as with other areas of the University, the Director will shape the direction, define the purposes, and set the broad-based agendas of the IWL for the next decade. The Director will identify and champion the issues that concern women and gender, women’s leadership, and other newly identified areas, as well as focusing on those issues central to the work of the members of the IWL. The Director will be a leading advocate for the advancement of women, a university-wide influence, and someone who will bring national prominence to the work done through the IWL at Rutgers.

IWL’s annual budget is approximately one million dollars, half of which is raised from external gifts, grants, and fees. In addition, the IWL has an endowment of approximately $3 million. The generation of additional resources through external fundraising is an important part of the Director’s responsibilities.

Qualifications
The successful candidate will possess a Ph.D. or other terminal degree in an academic or professional field, and will be a scholar of national reputation or will have had equivalent professional leadership experience in areas related to issues of significance to women.

The Director will be a visionary leader who can build on IWL’s previous and current accomplishments to build an agenda for the next decade. The capacity to articulate and build consensus around a strategic vision, as well as to implement policies and initiatives to achieve that vision, are critical.

The next Director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership must have the ability to:
• Articulate a clear and inspired vision for the future and identify strategic goals that will ensure the ongoing success and vitality of the Institute, advance its programs nationally and internationally, and foster diversity as a means of enhancing educational excellence;
• Form partnerships with varied constituencies within and beyond Rutgers, including administration, faculty, deans, directors, staff, alumni, graduate and undergraduate students, community leaders and organizations, and political representatives;
• Manage effectively in an academic environment while reaching out to women and organizations outside of academe in areas such as government, the corporate and business worlds, secondary education, foundations, and non-profit organizations;
• Create and sustain a collegial environment for education and research that is innovative and rigorous;
• Contribute to the University’s teaching and research missions through IWL programs and initiatives;
• Foster and deepen understandings of feminist scholarship as it intersects with issues of race, ethnicity, nationality, and sexual orientation
• Serve as mentor and role model for undergraduate students seeking to develop their leadership capabilities;
• Increase visibility and support for IWL initiatives within Rutgers, among the political leadership of New Jersey, and with other diverse constituencies and communities;
• Expand the reach of IWL beyond the current members and organizational foci, to bring new areas of expertise and interest into the consortium, to use the resources of Rutgers, the current members of the IWL, and those who would partner with it to the fullest potential;
• Maintain and enhance cross-departmental, cross-unit collaborations which make the IWL consortium so effective as an organization.

Personal Characteristics
The ideal candidate for this position will be:
• A relationship-builder who operates through mutual respect, with aptitude and demonstrated enthusiasm for fund-raising and capital development;
• An institution-builder, with an expansiveness that brings and holds people together;
• An intellectual who enjoys public life and who thrives in a high visibility position;
• A spokesperson for the Institute, for Rutgers, and for women’s education and leadership in and beyond New Jersey;
• Familiar and comfortable with academe, its administrative mechanisms, and its educational and political culture;
• Able to participate in the research and educational missions of the university, which include undergraduate as well as graduate and professional education.

The ideal candidate will possess the following personal characteristics:
• Passionate commitment to diversity, women’s leadership, and the mission of the IWL at Rutgers;
• Ability to seize opportunities where they exist and create them where they do not; to be open to ideas from others, and to offer and implement self-generated initiatives;
• Ability to communicate comfortably, effectively and responsively with colleagues, students, faculty, staff, alumni, the media, and external constituents;
• Talent for collaborative leadership and strategic thinking;
• Excellent, imaginative, and effective organizational and management skills.

Nominations/Applications/Inquiries
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey has retained the services of Auerbach Associates to assist with the search for the Director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership. Nominations and applications,
accompanied by a letter discussing the candidate’s relevant experience and accomplishments, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references including their telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, should be submitted to:

Judith A. Auerbach and Kit J. Nichols
Auerbach Associates, Inc.
385 Concord Avenue
Suite 103
Belmont, MA 02478
617. 451.0095 (phone)
617. 489.9111 (fax)
Vicki@auerbach-assc.com (email)

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