Assistant Director of Postdoctoral Development
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About The Position
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) is seeking an Assistant Director of Postdoctoral Development with experience in curriculum development, program and curriculum assessment, program management, and research and publication in higher education. The successful candidate will be independent, curious, collaborative, and creative, with a knack for learning and understanding stakeholder needs, framing key questions, and a penchant for using evaluative methods for continuous improvement. A person with a deep commitment to developing programs that empower postdocs, especially those from underrepresented groups, to thrive in academia and beyond, for creating an inclusive and welcoming community, and for robust evaluation of new curriculum and programs will have the tools and context necessary to define and influence postdoctoral training at Stanford, and in turn to influence the future academic workforce. OPA is uniquely poised to support the development of postdoctoral scholars at Stanford. We work to ensure that students from diverse backgrounds consider training at Stanford; that their onboarding and early engagement meets their specific needs and helps them find their community; that their professional and research development occur in parallel so that they are able to transition to their career; and that they are prepared to successfully step into their career of choice at the end of their training. OPA has launched multiple programs to achieve these goals and is now in need of an Assistant Director who can continue to develop, manage and assess new curriculum and programs. Program assessment includes identifying and implementing measures of success, and, together with OPA teammates, disseminating results through publication, national conferences, and grant applications.
