Department Head, Performing Arts and Technology

🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Administrator 🗓️ November 11th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

North Carolina State University is hiring a Department Head, Performing Arts and Technology. The department head serves as academic leader and administrative officer for a department of more than 50 faculty and staff covering arts entrepreneurship, dance, music, and music technology, and reports to the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The department is moving into that college during the 2026-2027 academic year, and the role sets the department's vision, leads its academic and creative work, and directs its operations and budget.

Highlights

Provide strategic leadership and a shared vision for the department, serving as its ambassador within the college and university.
Lead departmental academic, research, creative artistry, and engagement activities, and promote excellence in faculty research, teaching, mentoring, and service.
Recruit and hire faculty and staff, complete performance evaluations for all direct reports, and make recommendations on retention, promotion, tenure, and salaries.
Manage course scheduling, curriculum assessment and revision, faculty committee assignments, and resolution of student academic problems.
Plan and manage the department's fiscal resources, including space allocation and fiscal year close-out, and work alongside staff who run day-to-day operations, facilities, labs, and marketing.
Build interdisciplinary partnerships across the college and university, and support college development staff in connecting with donors and alumni.
Doctoral degree, Master of Fine Arts, or other terminal degree in music, dance, arts entrepreneurship, music technology, performing arts, or a related field, with eligibility for appointment with tenure at associate professor or professor rank.
Record of scholarly or creative artistry excellence, administrative experience in budgets, resource allocation, and personnel management, and evidence of collaborative, values-driven leadership.
Preferred: prior experience as a department head or chair, or academic management experience, along with data-informed strategic planning and a record of managing departmental growth.
Full-time, 12-month appointment in Raleigh, Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm with some evenings and weekends as needed.