Director, School of Natural Resources and the Environment

The University of Arizona (UArizona), Arizona's flagship and land-grant university, seeks an energetic, innovative, and entrepreneurial Director of the School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE). This directorship will also be accompanied by a Tenured Professorship commensurate to the rank and qualifications of the applicant.

The SNRE Director will work closely with nine college academic unit heads, academic unit heads in other colleges, seven associate/assistant deans, the Extension Director, Director of International Initiatives, Associate VP Advancement, Advocacy, Alumni Affairs, & Corporate Relations, the Dean of the Rogers College of Law, and the Vice President & Dean of CALS.

SNRE is larger and more complex than many UA colleges with more than 250 employees, including 37 faculty (including four Extension specialists), 292 undergraduate majors and 76 graduate students. Current course enrollment is >3100 undergraduate and >300 graduate students annually.

Teaching and research program areas include: Natural Resources; Conservation Biology; Climate Change and Society; Ecology, Management, and Restoration of Rangelands; Fisheries Conservation and Management; Global Change Ecology and Management; Geographic Information Science and Technology; Watershed Management and Ecohydrology; Water, Society & Policy; Wildlife Conservation and Management.

https://snre.arizona.edu/academics/program-areas
 

Cooperative Extension Programing includes: Animal Foraging Behavior and Distribution; Climate Change Adaptation Planning; Climate Services; Community-Based Sustainable Rangeland Livestock Production; Improving Range Management on Public Lands: Planning, Analysis, and Monitoring; Noxious, Invasive Plants; Rangeland and Natural Resource Ecology and Management - https://snre.arizona.edu/extension-outreach/extension-programs.  As such, SNRE’s teaching, research, and extension programs address today’s critical natural resources and environmental challenges.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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