Company Profile
Company Overview
Pursue Your Passion. Experience Excellence. Discover Drake.
More than 900 faculty and staff are part of the Bulldog pack, a close-knit community enthusiastic about providing the very best education, challenging assumptions, and welcoming new ideas and people into the fold. Drake University is not only an exceptional institution of higher learning, but also an exceptional place to work, and we are committed to attracting, retaining, and rewarding outstanding people.
Several strengths set Drake apart:
- Strong support for professional growth and development, including life long learning opportunities; internal funding for research, scholarship, and service activities; and extensive support in securing external funding
- Belief in a healthy work/life balance, as evidenced in competitive offerings of vacation, holiday, and personal time
- Dedication to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to working in a multicultural environment
- Exceptional benefits package including health, dental, tuition, and retirement planning
- Substantive involvement of faculty and staff in University governance and strategic planning through Faculty Senate and All Staff Council.
- Located in Des Moines, Iowa, a diverse and vibrant capital city that's attracted national attention
Benefits
At Drake, a comprehensive and competitive benefits package is available — one we are proud to offer our employees.
- Health Plan Highlight Summary 2016
- Wellness Incentive Program
- Dental Benefit Plan
- Group Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Plan
- Long-Term Disability Benefit
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Home Incentive Plan, rev 2016
- Tuition Benefits
- TIAA-CREF Retirement Plan
http://www.drake.edu/hr/overviewofemployeebenefits/