EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS

Position - Senior academic administrative position—with faculty status (rank open) and reporting directly to the provost—to provide the executive leadership to enhance existing campus leadership programs such as the Reagan Leadership Program, to initiate the development of new leadership programs, and to establish a new undergraduate leadership institute that will become nationally recognized in scope and interest.

The College - Eureka is a small residential liberal arts college located equidistant between the cities of Peoria and Bloomington/Normal. The campus is situated on 112 wooded acres with 24 academic and residential buildings in the city of Eureka, Illinois. Focused on “excellence in learning, service, and leadership,” Eureka graduates include forty-two college presidents, seven governors and members of Congress, and the 40th President of the United States. Eureka currently has almost 700 students enrolled in 30 degree programs and has over 5,000 living alumni.  The College is cited as one of fifty national “All-American Colleges” by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Chartered in 1855 to provide a “non-sectarian liberal arts” education by abolitionists who were members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Eureka was the first college in Illinois and the third in the nation to admit men and women on an equal basis (click for additional information about the Christian Church and the affiliation with Eureka College).

Position Requirements - Earned doctorate in Organizational Leadership, Organizational Development, Organizational Behavior, or a related field, as well as professional experience with the development of leadership in applied settings.

This new position will be partially administrative directing the degree-completion program in Organizational Leadership; and partially teaching, in the Organizational Leadership Program, including supervising internships, as well as teaching other undergraduate courses related to candidate’s area of expertise. Preference will be given to candidates who have documented success in developing new programs, fundraising through grants or corporate sponsorships, promoting service learning, and mentoring undergraduates in liberal arts college settings.

Eureka College values excellent teaching at the college level that employs a variety of methods to enable all learners in the classroom. The small college reality requires professors who can be interdisciplinary and generalist in approach while still engaged in, and engaging about, their specific discipline.

Application Materials - Send curriculum vitae, letter of application, reference list, and two page statement on leadership and the liberal arts electronically in WORD format to employment@eureka.edu (please put “Director of Leadership Programs” in the subject line).

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.   If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Irene Burgess, Provost, at iburgess@eureka.edu or (309)467-6301.