Senior/Principal Faculty Specialist OR Associate Professor/Professor OR Senior/Principal Agent AND Hughes Center Director
Position Description:
The Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology seeks a visionary leader to serve as the Center’s next Director. Building on the Center’s twenty-five-year legacy of providing leadership to address the complex issues facing Maryland’s agriculture and forestry communities through research, outreach, and collaborative partnerships, the new Director has a unique opportunity to expand the Center’s growth, visibility, and impact.
Reporting to the Associate Dean for Research and Associate Director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) and the Hughes Center Board, the Director is the outward face of the Hughes Center and the leader of the Center’s team serving as the primary contact with the Board, external stakeholders, leadership at the University of Maryland, and the Center’s team. The Director will maintain existing relationships while seeking new partnerships and opportunities to broaden the Center’s reach and impact.
The next Director of the Hughes Center joins the Center at an exciting time. The successful candidate for this position will possess the leadership skills to build on the Center’s past while leading boldly. We seek a director who is an organized and detail-oriented self-starter with demonstrated ability to set and manage multiple priorities while simultaneously working independently and leading a team.
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