[ES_JOBS_NET] UNC Chapel Hill Water Institute Director Position Announcement

Tue Apr 10 07:11:43 MDT 2018

Department: Environmental Sciences and Engineering 

Type of Appointment: Tenure-track Faculty 

Position Title:  Water Institute Director and Professor 

Recruitment ID: 

Application Deadline: ** 

Proposed Start Date: Spring 2019

ESE Contact:  Ms. Melissa Halstead (meliss at email.unc.edu
<mailto:meliss at email.unc.edu> )

https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/137712

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), along with its
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ESE) and Gillings
School of Global Public Health, seek an innovative and entrepreneurial
leader to serve as the next Director of the UNC Water Institute
(http://waterinstitute.unc.edu). The Water Institute (WI) has a global
mission to develop public health solutions and is world renowned for its
research, collaborative projects and signature event, the annual Water and
Health Conference
(http://waterinstitute.unc.edu/conferences/waterandhealth2017/).

The successful candidate will possess a doctoral degree in a water-related
field and experience in both research and practice. The candidate could have
experience in either the academic or non-academic sectors, but will have a
record of achievement consistent with appointment at the Full or Associate
Professor level. Preference will be given to candidates whose work has had a
significant impact on policy, programmatic and professional practice. The
success of the WI will be demonstrated by generation of new knowledge and
influence on practice/policy. Applicants with expertise in areas related to
water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH), climate change and resilience, water
quality, next-generation water technologies, water resources, and
microbiology, among others, will receive full consideration. 

The Gillings School is the top public school of public health and serves as
home to ESE, a vibrant top 20 graduate program that will soon celebrate its
100th anniversary. ESE has a distinguished history of being an engineering
department within a school of public health, including a long record of
accomplishments in water and sanitation. The WI, established in 2010, has
extended this record, and used strong connections with partners such as the
USAID, UNICEF and WHO (with whom it serves as a Collaborating Center) to
influence communities of practice and expand research opportunities. It is
expected that the incoming Director will build on the tremendous success
achieved under the Institute's Founding Director, Professor Jamie Bartram,
as he moves into retirement in Summer 2019.  The successful candidate will
lead an organization that includes faculty, staff and graduate students, as
well as a robust portfolio of projects and funding (for details, see
http://waterinstitute.unc.edu/sixyearreview/).

Research themes in the WI have revolved around rigorous evaluation of the
effectiveness of interventions (including approaches to enhance learning
about effectiveness), climate change and resilience, monitoring, water
quality and sanitation. The Institute will continue building on its
considerable momentum to become an intellectual center of excellence for
many dimensions of water-related inquiry, from water availability to
consumption, with a focus on connections among water, human health, and
development. The Director will engage with academics, public policy groups
and communities of practice to advance and disseminate knowledge that
supports effective policies, programs, and decisions for water management,
with particular attention to regions of the world in which there is
insufficient access to safe water. 

There is considerable expertise in water-related science, engineering,
social science and policy within ESE, across the UNC-CH campus and in the
Research Triangle (which includes two other top-tier research institutions,
Duke University and North Carolina State University). The Institute engages
this community of scholars and facilitates interactions among international
leaders in global health and development. In addition, by integrating North
Carolina's academic, governmental and business leaders into its activities,
the Institute spans issues from local to global. Its goals include
attracting the brightest minds to UNC-CH, fostering collaborative and
interdisciplinary research, educating the next generation of researchers,
practitioners and entrepreneurs and promoting the development and
implementation of solutions to the world's most pressing water-related
challenges. 

The successful candidate will be expected to enhance the WI's strong funding
portfolio, teach WI-relevant courses, mentor graduate students and
contribute to the Gillings School's service mission. In addition to strong
evidence of intellectual contributions to a water-related field, we seek
candidates that have significant leadership/management experience, a
demonstrated ability to develop and implement real world solutions and
strong networking and communication skills. The new Director will also work
closely with the Gillings School's Advancement team to attract support from
industry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private donor
community.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in the beautiful
Research Triangle, home to three major research universities (UNC-CH, Duke,
North Carolina State) and a large and expanding high-tech sector. As the
smallest of the three population centers in the Triangle (total population 2
million), Chapel Hill is known as the "Southern Part of Heaven," possessing
all the advantages of a small college town while offering easy access to
many services (major airport) and amenities (entertainment, cultural) found
only in larger cities.

Review of applications will begin June 1, 2018 with the expectation that the
new Director will be in place by Spring 2019.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and
affirmative action employer, and qualified women and members of
underrepresented minority groups are especially encouraged to apply. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender
identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual
orientation or status as a protected veteran.

Actual Posting and to Apply: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/137712 

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