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July 16, 2010
Director -
Rutgers Center
for Women and
Work
Rutgers
University,
School of
Management and
Labor Relations,
invites
applications for
a senior scholar
and Director,
Center for Women
and Work, to
begin fall 2011.
We are seeking a
dynamic scholar
who can provide
intellectual and
visionary
leadership for
the Center for
Women and Work
and make a
contribution to
the teaching,
research, and
public service
mission of the
School of
Management and
Labor Relations,
with experience
and a
publication
record that
would qualify
for tenure at
the associate
professor level
or above,
subject to Board
approval.
Affiliation with
other
departments or
units within the
University is a
possibility. Of
particular
interest are
candidates who
combine academic
accomplishment
with the ability
to continue to
build the
prominence and
impact of the
Center. The
Center is
largely grant
funded, and has
projects
totaling
approximately $1
million
annually.
Demonstrated
experience with
management and
fund raising in
this type of
environment is a
must. Academic
fields of
interest
include, but are
not limited to,
gender and work,
labor and
employment
policy,
globalization
and women’s
work, labor
market
institutions,
workforce
development,
working
families, human
resource
management
and/or women’s
leadership and
advancement in
organizations.
The candidate
may have any
relevant
disciplinary
background.
The successful
candidate will
be joining a
vibrant
community of
scholars at a
leading public
research
university. With
more than 30
faculty members
from a wide
range of
disciplinary
backgrounds, the
School of
Management and
Labor Relations
(SMLR) (http://www.smlr.rutgers.edu/misc/index.html),
offers
undergraduate
majors,
professional
master’s
degrees, and a
PhD in Labor and
Employment
Relations and
Human Resource
Management. It
also provides
continuing and
executive
education
programs in its
areas of
specialization.
Founded in 1993,
the Center for
Women and Work (http://www.cww.rutgers.edu/)
within SMLR, is
an innovative
leader in
research and
programs that
promote gender
equity, a
high-skill
economy, and
reconciliation
of work and
well-being for
all. As part of
its
multi-faceted
research and
policy work, the
Center addresses
women’s
advancement in
the workplace,
conducts
cutting-edge
research on
successful
public and
workplace
policies,
provides
technical
assistance and
programs to
educators,
industry, and
governments, and
engages issues
that directly
affect the
living standards
of New Jersey’s
and the nation’s
working
families. Our
focus areas
include
education and
career
development,
innovative
training and
workforce
development,
women’s
leadership and
advancement, and
working
families. The
Center is
affiliated with
the
internationally
known Institute
for Women’s
Leadership (IWL),
an eight-unit
consortium of
research,
instructional
and outreach
units that
includes, in
addition to CWW:
the Center for
American Women
and Politics,
the Center for
Women’s Global
Leadership, the
Institute for
Research on
Women, the
Women’s & Gender
Studies
Department,
Douglass
College, the
Institute for
Women and Art,
and the Office
for the
Promotion of
Women in
Science,
Engineering and
Mathematics (http://iwl.rutgers.edu/).
Interested
candidates
should send a
cover letter,
vita, and the
names and
contact
information for
three references
to Professor
Adrienne Eaton,
SMLR, Rutgers
University, 50
Labor Center
Way, New
Brunswick, New
Jersey, 08901 or
eaton@work.rutgers.edu.
We will begin to
review
applications
October 15,
2010; however,
applications
will be accepted
until the
position is
filled.
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