Director

Description:

The Director reports to KU's Vice Chancellor for Research, sets the strategic direction for the Institute, and oversees budgets totaling more than $15M, including $10M in grant funding, and manages a staff of 19 curators and scientists, most of whom are jointly appointed in related academic departments, 13 collections care and support professionals, 6 museum staff, 4 administrative staff, 6 postdoctoral researchers, and 35 graduate students. The Director is expected to contribute to the collective goals of the Institute & Museum:

• To maintain and improve collections to meet the research, educational, and service needs of scientists, students, the public, cultural organizations and agencies of the public.
• To enhance research and graduate education programs so they represent the breadth, scientific rigor and promise of systematic and evolutionary biology and archaeology.
• To increase participation in the relevant academic programs of the university, principally Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Geology, Anthropology and Museum Studies.
• To continue developing public education and related services in ways that encourage the public’s understanding and appreciation of the natural world.
• To increase understanding and support of the museum through public relations, membership and development programs and the activities of the Biodiversity Institute Advisory Board.
• To create an environment that supports the recruitment, retention and inclusion of a diverse faculty, staff and student body.