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Associate Director for Engineering Faculty Advancement

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NC State University
Location
Raleigh, NC

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Posting Number:

PG191958EP

Internal Recruitment :

No

Working Title:

Associate Director for Engineering Faculty Advancement

Anticipated Hiring Range:

Commensurate with education and experience

Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday; 8-5 with overtime as needed

Job Location:

Raleigh, NC

Department :

College of Engineering

About the Department:

About the College of Engineering
The College of Engineering is one of the world’s finest engineering and computer science schools dedicated to creating an environment in which our faculty and students can excel.

The mission of the College is to provide a premier education experience for our students and world-class environment for faculty that supports and prepares them for addressing the engineering and computer science challenges and opportunities that exist and await them in the 21st century. We want our students and faculty to be global leaders in discovery, learning and innovation across the broad, exciting and diverse work of engineering and computer science. In so doing, it is our expectation that our faculty and students will convert ideas to reality, provide solutions to societal needs and enhance the economic development and quality of life of the citizens of North Carolina, our nation and human kind.

About the College of Engineering Office of Faculty Advancement
The Faculty Advancement unit provides over 300 faculty with the tools needed to succeed and excel at all levels and intersections of their careers. It utilizes traditional resources, as well as innovative techniques to encourage outstanding research, teaching and professional development by providing transformational faculty development programs, directly impacting the research productivity, teaching effectiveness and the extension mission of COE faculty and department heads.

The Office’s mission is to recruit, promote and retain excellent faculty across the College; actively engage faculty, administrators and staff across departments; and celebrate faculty success, achievement and promotion.

Essential Job Duties:

The Associate Director (AD) reports to the Associate Dean of Engineering Faculty Advancement (ADEFA) at NC State University. The Associate Director will regularly collaborate/cooperate with the Associate Dean of Engineering Faculty Advancement to help deliver high quality support to our faculty in COE at all levels. This includes developing, implementing, assessing, and delivering a range of programs that provide professional development of individual faculty and academic leaders, as well as supporting the implementation of institution-wide initiatives and administrative policies related to faculty.

The associate director will be responsible for developing and delivering workshops, providing and implementing the latest pedagogy in the science of STEM education delivery, improved student learning outcomes, mentoring science and best practices for student engagement. The AD will also become a resource not only to faculty at NC State, but will also share these best practices and latest research in faculty advancement and student/faculty engagement nationally at conferences and in peer reviewed journals.

The Associate Director will collaborate closely with other members of the faculty advancement staff, the dean’s office, faculty, and maintain working relationships and communication with the NC State Provost’s office, and colleges across the NC State community.

Primary duties include, but are not limited to:

  • Collaborate with the associate dean to develop and promote a shared vision that drives faculty advancement short and long-term strategic planning.
  • Provides leadership in the development, implementation, and management of faculty development programming that focuses on faculty needs at all career stages and faculty appointment types and roles.
  • Create and deliver lecture materials and workshops on best practices in the realms of faculty responsibilities and professional development including best practices for faculty/student engagement and success, research best practices and developing a successful graduate research program, and teaching delivery and student learning.
  • Conduct applied research and contribute to the literature related to the science and scholarship of faculty development and success
  • Responsible for the development and continuous improvement of faculty programming by leading departmental assessment and evaluation efforts with specific goals and measurable outcomes.
  • Represent associate dean and unit on university and community committees, task force, and work groups.
  • Facilitate collaboration and development of relationships and strategic partnerships across the college and campus, including colleges such as Colleges of Science, Natural Resources and others, OIED, Finance, Information Technology, and Communications.
  • Collaborate with Associate Dean in the review and development of unit initiatives and practices to increase access for diverse populations and ensure an inclusive work environment.
  • Manage and develop strategies for the marketing and communications operation of the unit, to increase program participation and increase brand awareness for college and campus constituencies.

Specific responsibilities for the Associate Director, Faculty Advancement include:
  • Supervision of staff, website developer, postdocs, PhD graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars coach
  • Design and deliver faculty development programs to support faculty success in research, scholarship and creative activities, and faculty productivity.
  • Collection and management of data related to program history, participation, and outcomes.
  • Author articles that would be placed in the EFA Newsletter and any that would be important to share at the national level
  • Represent College on external professional society engagement
  • Leadership in collaborative programming and scheduling for engineering graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, programming with consideration of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Assessment and reporting of initiatives and programming to ensure relevant content that meet faculty needs and ensure maintenance of excellence.
  • Collaborate with Associate Dean on development of budget needed for personnel and programmatic initiatives.
  • Create EFA website content;; coordinate with website developers.
  • Implementation of collaborative programming marketing plans.

Other Responsibilities:

The Associate Director has a leadership role in the College representing the Associate Dean in key discussions with both faculty and college level leadership (e.g., department heads, assistant and associate deans)

The Associate Director also communicates on behalf of the Associate Dean, as appropriate to the Dean and Provost offices on university level initiatives (e.g., Faculty Scholars, Cluster hires, Diversity initiatives).

General responsibilities include:

Strategic planning:

  • Faculty Advancement programs and special initiatives supportive of professional COE faculty professional development; initiatives for pre-tenure, women and URM faculty; PURPOSE Institute; ADVANCE-Eng Women Engineering Faculty; other NSF ADVANCE programs at NCSU
  • Generate ideas for planning processes and programming that include workshops, funding agency visits, and events that enrich faculty career development
  • Plan initiatives that encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and relationships
  • Generate activities that impact the development and success of students in Mentoring Incubator initiative
  • Attend and participate in collaboration meetings to work on funding ideas and publications
  • Develop surveys, work w/professional assessor to develop assessment plan to measure effectiveness of Faculty Advancement programs and their benefit to faculty

Financial and Budgetary oversight:
  • Management of unit budget resources; create and maintain budgets for programs and initiatives, personnel; oversee and approve expenditures to ensure compliance with balanced budgets; ensure that final reports completed and submitted on time
  • Management of Associate Dean’s grant budget resources; create budgets for projects; oversee and approve expenditures to ensure compliance with balanced budgets; fiscal responsibility for oversight of budgets including purchases, payroll, no cost extensions; ensure that final reports on grants are completed and submitted on time
  • Play critical role in decisions regarding resource allocation and management based on strategic objectives; ensure accurate compliant and timely expenditures and reporting
  • Maintain contract execution and compensation for outside consultants and speakers
  • Evaluate effectiveness of programs by developing surveys and data collecting plans, including keeping track of funding generated due to faculty participation in programs.
  • Play critical role in decisions regarding resource allocation and management based on strategic objectives; ensure accurate and timely expenditures

Personnel and Project Support:
  • Leadership in recruitment and hiring project based personnel
  • Supervising and direct event coordinator, communications coordinator, student interns and web development team
  • Liaison and primary communicator between Associate Dean and team
  • Convey an inclusive work environment that fosters teamwork
  • Ongoing relationship building and interaction with and support of faculty
  • Direct implementation of website development for the Faculty Advancement unit and for PURPOSE Institute; train and supervise personnel to keep website updated

Specific responsibilities include providing logistical support and leading as appropriate aspects of the following projects and initiatives:
  • New Faculty Orientation Workshop (NFOW) coordinator: Responsibilities include developing 9-month timeline for planning and execution of tasks for successful orchestration of the event; convening NFOW administrators meetings; collecting new hire data from COE departments; offering suggestions and insights; disseminating invitations; communicating with speakers; oversight for completion and execution of workshop logistics; compiling final report.
  • Faculty Advancement Programmatic Assessment: Maintains comprehensive historical documents and analysis reports of Faculty Advancement efforts, programs, initiatives; collaboration with external evaluator on data analysis for assessment of impact and relevancy for the purpose of continually improving effectiveness of program outcomes; also create surveys and direct and indirect measure for past actions and future strategic planning, further development and improvement of program and program outcomes.
  • Contributing authorship: on papers and proposals in the realm of research and scholarship; collaborate on creation and approval of Institutional Research Board (IRB) applications as needed in unit.
  • Attends COE Research Committee meetings to report on Faculty Advancement programming and glean content for relevant research programming
  • Broadening participation: providing leadership Mentoring Incubator. This includes student mentoring, media development and connections with external constituencies (e.g., national lab personnel). Work as needed on Broadening Participation collaborations at K-12, undergraduate and graduate levels ( e.g., with Minority Engineering Program office)
  • Extension and Engagement with Constituencies outside the University: This position also supports the direction of the PURPOSE Institute for Minority Faculty Development and work on underrepresented student development via established or emerging formal or informal mentoring programs.
  • Student support, i.e., coordinate student hiring (e.g., initial paperwork and background checks); student mentoring and development; attend students’ poster sessions;
  • Travel: represent Associate Dean and College and University at national professional conferences to contribute and glean information relevant to aspects of faculty development, diversity and broadening participation that contribute to the University’s, College’s and unit’s strategic plan and vision for the success of the faculty and institution. Plan and accompany faculty on funding agency visits.

Minimum Education and Experience:

  • Master’s degree or equivalent experience in fields related to STEM, Communications
  • Prior staff or student supervisory experience and demonstration of superior management and sound judgment decision making ability
  • Presentation and training experience

Other Required Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated experience in programs execution, leadership, and delivery.
  • Establish and sustain positive strategic relationships with campus and community partners, and student organizations
  • Ability to work with and communicate effectively with diverse populations and as a team
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
  • Must work well with students, faculty, staff and community partners
  • Ability to build and maintain positive and effective internal and intra-college/campus relationships, as part of a team in a large, complex research university
  • Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills, with a high attention to detail
  • Self-motivated and self-starting
  • Computer literacy

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Doctoral Degree
  • Ability to develop strong partnerships across campus and within the surrounding community
  • Ability to assist the associate dean with strategic planning and provide leadership in his/her absence
  • Demonstrated flexibility and ability to adapt to dynamic environments
  • Demonstrated experience in managing and executing workshops and training programs
  • Demonstrated passion for and experience in the science related to mentoring
  • Demonstrated experience working with engineering faculty
  • An understanding of the land grant, research Tier One university environment
  • Familiarity with NC State University and college of engineering faculty, climate, and culture

Inclusiveness and diversity are integral to NC State’s commitment to excellence in research, engagement, and education. We are particularly interested in candidates who have demonstrated experience engaging with diversity through activities such as fostering an inclusive environment, working with students from diverse backgrounds, or incorporating diverse perspectives in mentoring and faculty/student engagement..

Required License(s) or Certification(s):

N/A

Valid NC Driver's License required:

No

Commercial Driver's License required:

No

Job Open Date:

08/02/2022

Special Instructions to Applicants:

In addition to your application please submit a cover letter, resume/CV, and the contact information for at least three (3) professional references.

Position Number:

00100729

Position Type:

EHRA Non-Faculty

Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (1.0 = 40 hours/week):

1.00

Appointment:

12 Month Recurring

Mandatory Designation - Adverse Weather:

Non Mandatory - Adverse Weather

Mandatory Designation - Emergency Events:

Non Mandatory - Emergency Event

Is this position partially or fully funded on ARRA stimulus monies?:

No

Department ID:

140101 - College Of Engineering-dean's

AA/EEO:

NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human Resources at (919) 515-2135 or workatncstate@ncsu.edu. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process, please call 919-515-3148.

Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. Degree(s) must be obtained prior to start date in order to meet qualifications and receive credit.

NC State University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

Organization

NC State: Think and Do

NC State was founded with a purpose: to create economic, societal and intellectual prosperity for the people of North Carolina and the country. We began as a land-grant institution teaching the agricultural and mechanical arts. Today, we're a pre-eminent research enterprise with 12 colleges excelling in all major academic fields.

NC State studentsOur 34,000 high-performing students take what they learn in the classroom and apply it in the real world by conducting research, working in internships and co-ops, and performing acts of world-changing service. That experiential education ensures that they leave here ready to lead the workforce. NC State's 13:1 student-faculty ratio is one of the reasons why we're the best college for your money in North Carolina (Money) and the No. 5 best value among public universities nationally (U.S. News & World Report).

Overcoming Challenges, Improving Lives

NC State is one of only two universities in the nation leading two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers — one developing wearable, self-powered health monitors, and the other researching smart-grid technology. We’re also leading interdisciplinary efforts to curb nuclear proliferation, help farmers confront climate change and build a new American manufacturing sector.

Our research doesn't just get published in a journal or sit on a shelf; it makes an impact. NC State is No. 6 nationwide in commercialization agreements based on university research, and we're No. 2 among universities without a medical school. Our Cooperative Extension Service provides research-based information to citizens in all 100 North Carolina counties. In addition, our industrial extension unit — Industry Expansion Solutions — has created an economic benefit for the state's manufacturers averaging $149 million per year since 2005.

Bright Minds Creating a Bold Future

NC State’s 9,000 faculty and staff are world leaders in their fields, bridging the divides between academic disciplines and training high-caliber students to meet tomorrow’s challenges. NC State students won two Goldwater scholarships, five Fulbright scholarships, one Churchill scholarship and a record-breaking 25 National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships in the 2016-2017 academic year. In addition, 25 faculty are members of the National Academies.

NC State bldg in darkOur Centennial Campus, an award-winning public-private research campus, is home to more than 70 partner organizations working alongside more than 70 NC State research and academic units. Centennial is also the location of the innovative Hunt Library, which Time magazine has dubbed “the library of the future.”

In Raleigh and Around the World

It all happens in one of the best cities in America. A top spot for job-seekers and tech professionals, Raleigh is nationally recognized as a leading urban center:

NC State building oldWith Durham and Chapel Hill, Raleigh anchors the Research Triangle, a national hotspot for high-tech enterprise. The top companies in the region — including IBM, Cisco Systems, SAS Institute, Biogen Idec and GlaxoSmithKline — are among the country’s best employers. They also lead the way in hiring new NC State graduates.

More than 130 years after its creation, NC State continues to make its founding purpose a reality. Every day, our career-ready graduates and world-leading faculty make the fruits of learning and discovery available to people across the state, throughout the nation and around the world.

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