President
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is proud of its values-centered educational mission. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Joseph’s College has been faithful to the pursuit of truth and lifelong learning for 96 years.
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine invites applicants and nominations for the position of President.
Saint Joseph’s is a residential Catholic college serving 1,000 men and women of all faiths in undergraduate liberal arts and professional studies. A 33-year successful distance education division offers undergraduate and graduate degrees to 2000 adult learners. The College, with its 350-acre campus, is located on Sebago Lake just 18 miles from Portland, Maine’s largest city, and two hours north of Boston. It is the only Roman Catholic College in Maine.
Over the past ten years campus enrollment has progressively increased by 37% and we have almost doubled our physical plant adding a spectacular new academic building, an athletic and recreation center, new residence halls and two new athletic fields. The College is in a
dynamic time and has an aggressive strategic plan to continue its growth.
Saint Joseph’s College now seeks a new President who can work closely and collaboratively with the sponsoring Sisters of Mercy, the Board of Trustees, administration, faculty and students to address the challenges that have been created with the College’s success and growth.
The ideal candidate will possess the following personal and professional qualifications:
- Practicing Catholic who demonstrates values consistent with the mission of the sponsoring Sisters of Mercy and the College and who would assist in strengthening a strong Catholic Mercy identity;
- Demonstrated record of successful, academic, administrative leadership in a private college or university;
- Demonstrated academic leadership in traditional and distance education models;
- Demonstrated record of success in building a successful development program and a personal capacity to raise money;
- Strong financial management skills with the ability to create and oversee the institutional budget;
- Demonstrated competency in relationship building with internal and external constituencies;
- Exceptional communication skills.
- The President must be able to communicate effectively as a writer and speaker to many different constituencies in a variety of settings.
- An earned doctorate.
All inquiries, nominations or resumes should be submitted to:
Presidential Search Committee
c/o Janet LaFlamme
Chief Administration Officer
Saint Joseph’s College
278 Whites Bridge Road
Standish, Maine 04084
Electronic submissions may be directed to presidentialsearch@sjcme.edu
Saint Joseph’s College is an affirmative action employer; women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
For more information please visit our web site at http://www.sjcme.edu
