Colorado State University (CSU) invites applications and encourages nominations for Professor and Department Head of Animal Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences. The Department Head leads a talented group of individuals, including 60 faculty members, more than 30 staff and nearly 1,000 students who work and learn in state-of-the-art facilities. The department’s base budget exceeds $5 million and total expenditures exceed $13 million. This is a 12-month appointment focused on programmatic and administrative leadership including strategic planning and implementation. The Department Head ensures excellence in scholarship, instruction, engagement, diversity and inclusion. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to achieve complex goals and objectives, which is evidence of high-level leadership, communication, and management skills. The full consideration deadline is 11:59 p.m. on March 5, 2023. Learn more about the position, required and preferred qualifications, and how to apply at: https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/120811. CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer and conducts background checks on all final candidates.

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The Department of Animal Sciences has the unique mission of serving Colorado’s large and diverse livestock industries. Research, teaching and extension/outreach activities in the Department of Animal Sciences focus on developing industry leaders and improving profitable production of horses and food animals through the application of science and technology, resource management and food product enhancement, with emphasis on addressing societal issues concerning food safety, product quality and value, animal care and management, and environmental impacts of animal agriculture.

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