Full Professor in Organizational Leadership – Renewable Contract - 530633

The University of Alabama•Alabama, AL

About The Position

The University of Alabama School of Leadership and Policy invites applications for one or more Professor of Practice positions in Public Policy or Organizational Leadership, beginning August 2027. These renewable-contract appointments are for experienced professionals with distinguished careers outside academia who want to prepare the next generation. Professors of Practice provide practice-oriented teaching that complements the work of tenure-track and renewable-contract faculty. Appointments are made only at the rank of full professor and do not carry a promotion path. Research is not a condition of appointment. In addition to teaching, faculty support students and develop the school's relationships with organizations that host and hire them. Depending on school needs and faculty strengths, work may include career advising and mentoring, supervising internships, developing experiential-learning programs and courses, identifying internship sites, recruiting community organizations as capstone clients, and connecting students with employers. Organizational Leadership assignments may also include teaching in executive leadership programs. The school is being established as a new college-level unit, offering faculty the opportunity to help build its curriculum and programs. Appointments are for three-year terms and are renewable. Reappointment depends on documented meritorious performance of assigned duties, satisfactory service to the school, continued need, and continued availability of funding. The University offers a competitive salary and relocation assistance.

Requirements

Significant professional experience and a record of distinction in a profession outside academia, in the public, private, nonprofit, or military sector.
Demonstrated capacity for effective, practice-oriented undergraduate teaching.
Demonstrated capacity to mentor students.
Appointment is at the rank of full professor; candidates should have reached a senior level in their field.

Nice To Haves

For Public Policy positions, ability to teach the school's public policy curriculum at undergraduate and graduate levels, including courses such as Economics of Public Policy, Policy Analysis and Evaluation, Research Methods in Public Policy, and the Policymaking Process.
Experience directing or teaching a public policy capstone course.
For Organizational Leadership positions, ability to teach the school's leadership curriculum, including Foundations of Leadership, Team Dynamics, Ethics in Leadership, and the Capstone in Organizational Leadership.
Experience in executive education or leadership development.
Teaching, training, or professional instruction experience in a university or professional setting.
Experience developing courses that reflect professional expertise and experience.
For Public Policy candidates, experience leading the design, adoption, implementation, or evaluation of public policy.
For Organizational Leadership candidates, experience leading organizations, major units, or significant change efforts.
Experience relevant to challenges facing Alabama and its communities.
Evidence of commitment to student development through teaching, advising, supervising, coaching, or developing junior colleagues.
Professional contacts who could serve as employers, internship hosts, capstone clients, or guest speakers.
Experience creating and running a program, course sequence, internship or fellowship program, training curriculum, or leadership development program.

Responsibilities

Provide practice-oriented teaching in Public Policy or Organizational Leadership.
Mentor and support students, including through career advising.
Supervise student internships and develop experiential-learning programs and courses, as assigned.
Identify internship sites and recruit community organizations to serve as capstone course clients.
Connect students with employers and other professional contacts.
Teach in executive leadership programs when relevant to Organizational Leadership assignments.
Help develop courses and build the school's curriculum and programs.
Carry out assigned duties and provide satisfactory service to the school.