Vice President of Academics and Professor of Biblical History and Geography

Position Summary

The Vice President of Academics, Professor of Biblical History and Geography, provides leadership to JUC by overseeing academic programs and accreditation with the objective to advance JUC’s mission to create opportunities for students—both traditional and non-traditional—to deepen understanding of God and His Word through immersive study in the ancient and modern contexts of Israel and its surrounding regions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support Office of the President
• Serve on President's Cabinet and support long range strategic planning.
• Provide President's Cabinet with insights and recommendations for improving academic programs and offerings.
• Serve as liaison and advocate for current faculty and recommend new instructors, courses, and/or field study opportunities.
• Keep president up to date with significant and/or time sensitive academic related matters.
• Oversee academic budget and recommend changes to cabinet.
• Oversee Academic Programs
• Ensure alignment flows from JUC’s mission → institutional learning objectives → program learning objectives → course learning objectives.
• Oversee development and maintenance of quality curricula and field study itineraries—this includes travel courses, semester abroad, and M.A. programs.
• Finalize and publish academic calendar for each semester.
• Work with other program chairs to appoint faculty for all courses.
• Mentor and develop new faculty members as they onboard to JUC.
• Develop and implement evaluation procedures for courses, programs, and faculty.
• Oversee annual publication of Academic Catalogue ensuring approved policies remain updated and disseminated to faculty, students, and staff.
• Oversee development and updating of course materials, notably field books, pre-course recorded lectures, and mapping materials.
• Ensure students remain informed and prepared for program requirements.
• Chair Academic Committee, responsible for program oversight, policy development and review, and Faculty Handbook.
• Oversee Academic Services
• Serve as onsite academic advisor for all semester students.
• Oversee Registrar to ensure he/she executes position description tasks with excellence for the semester and travel course students.
• Oversee staff responsible for developing and implementing online education, including summer institute, seminar events, and learning management system.
• Oversee staff / students working in Library Services to ensure library is managed with excellence, including the accession of new books recommended by faculty, the maintenance of JUC’s digital library collection, accounts, and the library reserve shelf.
• Chair Biblical History and Geography Program
• Provide ongoing evaluation and development of BHG degree program.
• Teach and/or appoint other instructors to teach courses associated with BHG M.A. degree program.
• Evaluate BHG comps and theses for M.A. students as needed.
• Oversee Accreditation
• Maintain accreditation status with Asia Theological Association (ATA).
• Research, Writing, and Personal Scholarship
• Travel to, and present research at SBL/ASOR/ETS and other conferences.
• Publish as able fresh scholarship.
• Develop opportunities for students to publish and present research.