Director of Faculty and Academic Staff Development

MSU Internal Job Postings Details • East Lansing, MI

23h • Remote

About The Position

Michigan State University seeks to fill a 49% appointment for the administrative position of Director for Faculty and Academic Staff Development. The Director is responsible for envisioning, leading, and implementing faculty and academic staff development efforts. This work focuses on supporting the professional development goals of individuals, as well as strengthening the institutional processes and structures that promote excellence at MSU. MSU is committed to supporting individuals in ways appropriate to their career stage and appointment context. The position will be appointed and held with rank of either Associate or Full Professor in the tenure-system, depending on current rank. Faculty and academic staff development at MSU occurs in a complex, decentralized context in which university-level offices and academic units aim to provide aligned and complementary professional development support to faculty and academic staff. The Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs provides direct programmatic support to individuals and increasingly serves to support formal and informal collaborative learning experiences among academics and University administrators. The Director for Faculty and Academic Staff Development collaborates with other team members in the Office for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs, College Deans and other University partners to ensure a balanced and coordinated relationship between development experiences situated in colleges and departments and those provided centrally. Reporting to the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs, this position serves as a key leader within the FASA office, overseeing and advancing programming for faculty, academic staff, and emerging leaders, including both academic and executive roles. This position will be responsible for supervising 4-5 staff positions. This position is responsible for ensuring that the Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs team fulfills several development-specific functions: Serving as a connector or hub to help campus initiatives, units, and individuals find ways to collaborate in support of the professional growth and learning of MSU academics. Creating centralized campus-wide opportunities when needed to achieve consistent messaging, to nurture cross-institutional connections, and/or to ensure efficiencies. Supporting and scaffolding the professional development of leaders and aspiring leaders at all levels of the institution (e.g., departmental and college faculty leadership roles, program coordinators, department chairs, associate deans, deans, unit, and division heads) to help them more fully understand and enact their responsibilities in relation to supporting the growth, work, and development of those for whom they are responsible. This includes collaborating with MSU HR, the Office for Inclusive Excellence and Impact, the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation, the President’s Office, and others on programs appropriate for leaders across the organization.

Requirements

• Applications are welcome from tenure system faculty at the rank of Associate or Full Professor with a current, full-time appointment at Michigan State University.
• This is an open rank posting and the selected individual will be appointed dependent upon which rank aligns with the current rank at MSU.
• A record of accomplishments consistent with appointment as an associate or full professor in the tenure system.
• Knowledge of and personal experience planning, implementing, and assessing a range of faculty and academic staff development initiatives and programs.
• Evidence of creative leadership and experience with strategic planning to assure that program goals support University priorities and address emerging issues in higher education.
• A vision of ways to advance the faculty and academic staff development mission and expand the reach of faculty and academic staff development more widely throughout the university.
• Knowledge of and experience with the organizational complexities of a major university and demonstrated ability to work across unit lines.
• Demonstrated ability to convene and foster collaboration among individuals representing different viewpoints, interests, positions, and locations across the university context.
• Demonstrated commitment to access, opportunity, and cultural richness in the academic environment.
• Experience with planning, administration, and management of budgets and personnel.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coordinate, and supervise staff colleagues.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of and participation in professional work in the area of faculty and academic staff development at the national level.
• Knowledge of current research in the area of faculty and academic staff development.
• Knowledge of Michigan State University’s culture, structure, and organizational processes.

Responsibilities

• Program Development, Leadership, and Institutional Alignment
• Commitment to developing, assessing and/or refining a broad array of best practice programs across faculty and academic staff careers including New Faculty orientation, “Thrive” sessions early career programs, the Big 10 Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program (ALP), BTAA Executive Leadership program and administrator seminar series.
• Engaging in regular interaction with the Provost and Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs to ensure that the work is aligned with institutional priorities.
• Furthering the University’s commitment to access, opportunity, and excellence as constitutive of academic excellence through programming that reflects and reinforces the importance of integrating this commitment into the work.
• Oversee and expand honorifics within the University nationally, and internationally.
• Collaboration, External Engagement, and Staff Development
• National networking experience relevant to marketing internal development programs and obtaining external grant support.
• Participating actively in and leading national conversations about progressive and impactful faculty development efforts in higher education.
• Building, nurturing, and maintaining a robust network of relationships with leaders, academics, and units across campus in support of the development of active collaborations to advance both unit-level and cross-institution initiatives that support the professional growth of faculty and academic staff.

Benefits

• The position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree