Vice Provost for Faculty Success

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Portal•Birmingham, AL

18h

About The Position

The Vice Provost for Faculty Success works with the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for comprehensive faculty development initiatives across UAB. The role implements and assesses programs that support faculty success at all career stages, including new faculty onboarding, ongoing professional development, evaluation, tenure, post-tenure review, and faculty recognition. It collaborates with academic units and campus partners to identify development needs, deliver programming, and foster continuous growth and excellence. The Vice Provost assists with initiatives such as new faculty orientation, workshops and learning communities, faculty engagement events, leadership development, post-tenure review, and recognition programs. The position ensures effective communication, resource management, and program assessment, leads strategic event planning, strengthens campus partnerships, and supports institutional priorities through faculty development programming that enhances teaching, scholarship, service, student success, and professional development.

Requirements

UAB tenured associate or full professor with a doctoral degree.
Minimum 3 years of experience in a leadership position tied to faculty success, such as Department Chair, Assistant/Associate Dean, or Division Director.
Demonstrated knowledge of UAB faculty policies and procedures.
Proven ability to work effectively and collaboratively with multiple constituents across a complex academic organization.
Exceptional judgment, discretion, communication, and relationship-building skills.

Nice To Haves

Evidence of national recognition as an educator, leader, or scholar.
Experience working closely with faculty affairs, faculty development, human resources, faculty wellbeing, or related faculty support functions.
Record of leading institutional change, organizational improvement, or culture-building initiatives in academic environments.
Experience aligning faculty initiatives with institutional strategy, academic priorities, and long-term workforce needs.

Responsibilities

Design and implement comprehensive faculty development and mentoring initiatives across career stages.
Coordinate professional development workshops, seminars, and learning communities.
Collaborate with campus partners to identify and address faculty development needs.
Track and assess the effectiveness of development programming through surveys and feedback.
Coordinate New Faculty orientation activities and resources.
Collaborate with Faculty Affairs, HR, and academic units to manage new faculty orientation assignments through various platforms.
Create digital resources and promotional materials for new faculty support.
Support campus-wide faculty lifecycle management, faculty activity reporting, and systems and workflows for faculty evaluation, promotion and tenure, and post-tenure review.
Plan and execute Faculty Affairs and Office of the Provost faculty and leadership events.
Oversee comprehensive faculty celebration programming.
Collect and coordinate university-level and college faculty awards and recognition.
Partner with academic units to highlight faculty achievements.
Design communication materials that celebrate and promote faculty excellence.
Manage internal communications focused on faculty affairs.
Maintain current website content highlighting development resources and achievements.