Milano, a division of The New School for Management and Urban Policy, seeks a faculty member for Fall 2009 in the area of social entrepreneurship. Our interest is primarily at the assistant professor level, but others at more senior levels will be considered.
The Milano School (
http://www.newschool.edu/milano/Default.aspx), where the positions are housed, offers masters degree programs in nonprofit management, urban policy, and organization change management as well as a Ph.D. program. Our nonprofit management program was among the first created in the U.S.
The New School is a comprehensive university, consisting of eight divisions, including Milano The New School of Management and Urban Policy and the Parsons School of Design. The university context which bridges management and design provides unique opportunities for researching, creating, and studying socially focused ventures. Students in our masters programs have won or placed in the top three teams in the JP Morgan Chase Community Development competition in each of the past five years.
http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/local_work/gulf_coast/chase_competition.asp We are open to traditional academics (for tenure track) as well as those whose professional expertise might make a term appointment more appropriate.
Would you please distribute this information to any potentially interested parties?
Mary Watson
1) Full-time faculty position in Social Entrepreneurship (Tenure-Track or renewable term)
The New School seeks an expert in Social Entrepreneurship to create and/or study viable social ventures in the private and non-profit sectors and to teach others how to do the same. The successful candidate will bring knowledge of social finance, social enterprise, corporate social responsibility, capital markets, and/or socially responsible business-either in the U.S. or international settings. He or she should have practical and/or scholarly expertise in creating and sustaining social ventures, including design, implementation, management and deal structuring. The position will be housed in Milano the New School for Management and Urban Policy.
The successful candidate will participate in both 1) the design and launch of an undergraduate management and/or business program strongly shaped by the values inherent in social entrepreneurship and 2) the development of a social finance area of specialization in Milano. We are looking for someone who can provide intellectual and curricular leadership in the area and work collaboratively across disciplines and fields to build bridges to other Divisions in the University, including for example programs in design and management, international affairs, community development, urban studies, and business.
Teaching will include students in Milano's masters programs (Non-profit Management, Organizational Change Management, and Urban Policy Analysis & Management), and newly designed undergraduate management programs housed both in Milano and in other Divisions of the University. The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to work with and understand the complex relations between investors, other funders, students, entrepreneurs, government agencies, and community/advocacy organizations. Understanding how public policies can impact social entrepreneurship is important, too.
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in a relevant field or another terminal graduate degree coupled with significant experience. Preference is for someone whose research, scholarship and/or creative practice would merit consideration for a tenure-track position. Consideration will also be given to those whose careers and significant accomplishments as practitioners would make a renewable term appointment more appropriate. This position is approved at the rank of "Assistant Professor"; senior candidates with outstanding records, accomplishments and reputations may also be considered. This position is dependent on final budget approval from the Office of the Provost.
Applications should include a cover letter, C.V., and the names and contact information for at least three references from whom the committee may solicit letters, and should be emailed to
gersh@newschool.edu and/or mailed to Alec Gershberg, Milano: THE NEW SCHOOL for Management & Urban Policy, 72 Fifth Avenue, 5th floor, New York, NY 10011. Applications will be reviewed as received, and until the position is filled, but those arriving before December 5th will receive priority.
The New School, as well as its individual academic divisions, is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in all its activities and programs, including employment and promotion. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, physical disabilities, veteran or marital status.