Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service seeks an innovative, strategic leader who can build upon the school’s storied history and chart a bold, visionary future. The next Dean will lead efforts to define a vision and implement a forward-looking strategy for NYU Wagner that both honors its legacy and positions the school to meet changing needs.

NYU Wagner's mission is to empower public service leaders to create and implement innovative policies and practices that advance the public good. NYU Wagner faculty, through their research, teaching, and public service, transform how society resolves complex public interest problems that defy easy solutions. Since 1938, NYU Wagner has been educating the world’s future public service leaders.

For more information about NYU Wagner, please visit: https://wagner.nyu.edu/.

The next Dean will inherit a school with a strong reputation and values; a strategically diversified program portfolio; and unique assets—including its excellent faculty and staff; the city of New York as its living laboratory; and the world-class global footprint and assets that NYU offers. From this foundation, the next Dean will harness the spirit of innovation for which NYU Wagner is known to “meet the moment.”

NYU Wagner’s commitment to interdisciplinary and experiential curriculum must remain foundational moving forward. Likewise, it is important that NYU Wagner maintains its distinction as one of the top schools in the world that prepares students for careers in public service, with academic rigor and high-impact, recognized research.

The next Dean must be a champion for the role that rigorous, relevant research plays in a school of public service. For candidates coming from the academy, this commitment would be demonstrated through a recognized record of publication, teaching, service, and impact that meets the standards for appointment as a full professor with tenure at NYU. For candidates coming from outside academia, this commitment would be demonstrated through a genuine, palpable appreciation for the importance of engaged research, and an aptitude to advance impactful scholarship.

Under the leadership of the new Dean, NYU Wagner is poised to capitalize on opportunities to serve as a hub for impactful scholarship and evidence-based engagement for all of NYU, for New York City, and for the global communities where NYU Wagner is engaged. To deliver on these mandates, the next Dean must bring exceptional leadership to catalyze this vision and strategy across a multidisciplinary, dynamic set of stakeholders and alumni.

Initial screening of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. New York University will be assisted by Jackie Zavitz, Ellen Brown Landers, Meghan Ashbrock, and Sara Szynal of Heidrick & Struggles, Inc.

Nominations and applications should be directed to: [email protected]

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $450,000-$550,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This salary represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, etc.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.