The School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo (UW), Canada, invites nominations and applications for the position of Director of the School. Candidates are expected to have a distinguished record of teaching, professional practice, and research, together with demonstrated success in leadership and administration. He/she should be eligible for appointment to a faculty position, normally at the level of Full Professor. The successful candidate will be responsible for completing the start-up phase of the School and leading the next stage of growth as it reaches its full faculty, staff, and student complement. The Director will set the academic tone for the School as well as be responsible for relationship-building between the School and the broader health care community while playing a lead role in the academic planning and management process within the Faculty of Science. Furthermore, successful candidates must have experience in developing methods to recognize and support excellence in teaching, research, and clinical practice. The Director should provide leadership in pharmacy practice and academia, increase research funding/infrastructure, and foster growth of the School.

The first class of pharmacy undergraduates began studies in January 2008. At full operation, the School is expected to have 480 undergraduates, 70 graduate students, 24 faculty members, and 20 staff. A key defining feature for the School of Pharmacy is that, consistent with practice at UW, it offers a co-op Pharmacy program, the first of its kind in Canada.

The UW School of Pharmacy is the anchor institution for UW’s new Downtown Kitchener Health Sciences Campus, located about 5 km south of the main campus in Waterloo. The Health Sciences Campus is also home to a regional program of McMaster University’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and is a satellite of the UW School of Optometry’s teaching clinic, creating unique opportunities for interprofessional, collaborative learning and patient care. A full-service family health team, seeing around 200 patients per day, is also situated on the site.

The University of Waterloo is annually ranked the institution in Canada that is the “most innovative” and the most likely to “produce leaders of tomorrow.” It is also well known for attracting entrepreneurial, dynamic faculty. Living in Kitchener/Waterloo, one of Canada’s fastest growing communities, means you are likely to have a very short commute to work; enjoy the best of vibrant city life and scenic country charm; interact with employees from entrepreneurial companies such as RIM—the maker of BlackBerry—and Open Text; and benefit from diverse ethnic and cultural activities, recreational facilities, and thriving creative clusters. This is the community whose unprecedented civic investment established the School of Pharmacy. Additional information on the School of Pharmacy is available at www.pharmacy.uwaterloo.ca

Applications and nominations should include a detailed resume, the names and contact information of three individuals willing to provide references, and a statement of capabilities and qualifications. For full consideration, applications should be received before April 30, 2010.