[iris-bulk] (Job) Director, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology

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(Job) Director, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology

*HIGP Director: *The Hawaii Insitute of Geophysis and Planetology  
(HIGP) seeks applicants to serve as Director of the Institute. A  
research unit within the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and  
Earth Sciences and Technology (SOEST), HIGP conducts advanced  
research, technology development, workforce training, and service in  
oceanographic, atmospheric, geophysical, geological, and planetary  
sciences. The Institute is home to approximately 100 faculty members,  
staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students with access to  
state-of-the-art laboratories and instrumentation. Our expertise  
spans the globe from pole to pole, from the deep Earth interior to  
the upper atmosphere, and extends to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

*Duties: *HIGP seeks a dynamic individual who can provide scientific  
and technical leadership, nurture the entrepreneurial spirit of the  
Institute faculty and staff, promote and maintain a mission and  
customer oriented administrative team, and guide the Institute  
through the complexities of the modern research environment.

The Director is ultimately responsible for building the research,  
technology development, service and academic reputation of the  
Institute, ensuring it remains one of the most influential geoscience  
programs in the United States. She or he will accomplish this task by  
employing the most progressive and effective leadership and  
management skills that will have been developed in the course of a  
successful professional career.

*Minimum qualifications: *Present rank of Full Professor or  
demonstrable equivalent; experience at management level comparable to  
a department Chair or above; an earned doctorate in geosciences or  
closely-related earth- or planetary-science or engineering  
discipline; a record of strong research, scholarship, publication,  
and professional activities and achievement; demonstrated commitment  
to diversity and interest in working with multi-cultural populations;  
demonstrated fund-raising ability and experience; experience in human  
resource and financial management.

*Desirable qualifications: *Experience in an academic institution at  
the level of associate Director or higher; national recognition and  
reputation in the earth- or planetary-sciences, or engineering;  
ability to generate an academic culture conducive to excellence in  
research and education; and an ability to work effectively in a  
fluid, consensus building administrative organization.

*To apply:* Submit letter of interest, curriculum vitae, names &  
contact information (phone and e-mail address) of three professional  
references. *Application address: *School of Ocean and Earth Science  
and Technology, POST 802, 1680 East-West Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822,  
ATTN: HIGP Director Recruitment.

*Inquiries:* *Dr. Rick Rocheleau*, 808-956-8346  rochelea at hawaii.edu.  
Review of applications will begin on July 1, 2007 and will continue  
until position is filled, pending position clearance (see complete  
description at http://workatuh.hawaii.edu).

/An EEO/AA Employer. /