Vice Dean for Education (tenured-track)

Position description

The University of California, Los Angeles invites applicants and nominations for a nationally recognized leader to join the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) as the Vice Dean for Education. The successful incumbent would be considered for the Maxine and Eugene Rosenfeld Endowed Chair in Medical Education, a term endowed chair. The purpose of the Chair is to support the teaching and research activities of outstanding faculty and help advance medical education by supporting the further development of new and emerging leaders in the medical education enterprise.

Reporting to the Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine, the Vice Dean for Education (VDE) has responsibility for developing, managing and implementing strategies, initiatives and innovative programs to promote and support education and training across the DGSOM and strengthening UCLA’s position as a national leader in academic health sciences.

The VDE provides strategic oversight of all educational programs at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, spanning undergraduate medical education (UME), MD admissions, graduate medical education (GME), continuing medical education (CME), Graduate Programs in Bioscience, the Medical Scientist Training Program, postdoctoral programs, and the Donated Body Program.

The VDE leads efforts to maintain excellence and foster innovation across these programs, while also overseeing accreditation processes (LCME, ACGME, and ACCME) and educational affiliations. Additionally, the VDE promotes interprofessional education and provides leadership and support to Associate and Assistant Deans within the Office of the Vice Dean for Education.

The VDE must be highly proactive in creating and deploying infrastructure and supporting programs that enhance and expand UCLA’s already widely recognized reputation for excellence in research, education, clinical care, and community outreach. Working with Health Sciences faculty and administrative leadership, the Vice Dean needs to anticipate and act upon opportunities to enhance health sciences education, leverage UCLA’s unique strengths, and position the School to play a leadership role in building the future of medicine through leading edge programs in education and training.

All candidates must have an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree and the appropriate academic credentials for a faculty appointment within the DGSOM at UCLA at the rank of associate or full professor, a deep commitment to the academic mission, the ability to build trust with faculty, staff, students, and trainees, the capacity for objective review and decision-making, and an unwavering moral and ethical compass in alignment with the values and mission of the DGSOM.

Confidential inquiries, nominations, or submissions of interest (a curriculum vitae and informative personal statement) are invited and will be considered until an appointment is made :

Stephen Cannon, MD, PhD and Jodi Friedman, MD

c / o Caitlin Hargadon

Senior Executive Recruitment Consultant

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The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at .

We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to the University of California’s commitment to excellence. We welcome applications from candidates with diverse experiences and commitment to serve all the people of California, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.

All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

MD, PhD, or equivalent

Preferred qualifications

Possess academic credentials for a faculty appointment within the DGSOM at UCLA at the rank of associate or full professor

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Cover Letter

Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the

UCLA Mission Statement - As the nation's premier public research university, UC's mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of the state of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.

The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows :

Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles

Expand our reach as a global university

Enhance our research and creative activities

Elevate how we teach

Become a more effective institution

Prompt for candidates for recruitment :

Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA's mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service

Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements

Referencing will be done with candidate permissions at the appropriate time in the search process.

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About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and / or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

• “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

Job location

Los Angeles, CA