Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs & Inclusion (College of Health Sciences) (Associate/Full Professor)

Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee programs that promote faculty experience and professional development, leadership development, and mentoring opportunities for faculty. This includes development and delivery of orientation programs, ongoing opportunities, educational meetings, and the implementation of programs to recognize and honor faculty.
• Oversee the process of faculty actions (e.g., appointments, promotions, tenure, non-tenure volunteer faculty, sabbatical, and leave requests), including guiding a faculty-led promotion and tenure committee. This includes oversight of faculty appeals processes related to promotion and tenure decisions as well as decisions related to misconduct and assisting with the resolution of faculty grievances.
• Organizes, supervises and prioritizes Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development office workload. Maintains communication and collaboration between Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development, Finance, Human Resources, and Provost's office.
• Provides Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development office representation on college wide faculty committees, and provides guidance to deans, department chairs and faculty for recruitment, academic performance reviews, retention, budget, timelines, policies, and performance evaluation tools.
• Develop a faculty development program that could be utilized by various stakeholders throughout the State of Arizona. The program should offer continuing medical education (CME) credit.
• Develop and implement instructional development, including assisting faculty in integrating technology in learning/teaching experiences.
• Lead and oversee the implementation of the school’s educational governance structure and provide ongoing support and review of this structure.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders both in the United States and internationally.
• Develop resources and materials for faculty on a continuing basis to guide teaching and/or assessment practices.
• Serve as an available resource to clinical teaching faculty and other instructors, both virtually and in person.
• Manage the scheduled periodic reviews of faculty including the five-year administrative review process for all department chair and center directors at the COHS.
• Develop and lead initiatives supporting the recruitment, retention, and development of faculty to foster a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Provide search committee orientation training keeping them up to date with institutional (and national) recruitment policies including unconscious bias training.
• Lead efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion of faculty, including overseeing efforts to diversify COHS faculty, and supporting programs and initiatives that advance COHS faculty diversity goals.
• Plan, guide, and oversee streamlined processes for communicating faculty affairs priorities, standards and activities across the college to foster awareness of and engagement with the faculty affairs program.
• Guide efforts to maximize alignment across units, including leading and supporting efforts to share ‘best practices’ in a growing college.
• Develop strategies to periodically assess faculty interests and faculty professional development needs, including assessing the current state of mentoring. Use this information to inform existing and future programming.
• Ensure a transparent and equitable process for Standing Committee Elections and Faculty Awards/Recognition.
• Review program operations and implementation of the COHS policies to ensure the program and policies achieve goals.
• Supervises and assesses database needs and process flow for the office and supervises preparation of all faculty affairs, faculty development and inclusion reporting for credentialing bodies in coordination with the COHS Assistant Dean for Information Technology.
• Overall management, planning, and budgetary responsibility for the office.
• Develop relevant reports and metrics to measure and monitor the impact of faculty professional development programs.
• Oversee UA Vitae for all College affiliated faculty.
• Other duties assigned by the COHS Dean.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Exemplary verbal and written communications skills as well as strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent team building, organizational, and collaborative skills.
• Strong leadership skills to advance faculty excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.
• Demonstrated experience in advancing a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Ability to act deliberately in sensitive situations.
• Demonstrate strong conflict management skills.
• Possess sound judgment and ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

Minimum Qualifications

• MD or DO degree.
• At least five (5) years prior administrative and leadership experience in health sciences, medical, and/or health professions education.
• At least five (5) years of progressively responsible work experience demonstrating expertise in faculty instructional and professional development programming.

Preferred QualificationsFLSAExemptFull Time/Part TimeTo be DeterminedNumber of Hours Worked per Week32 - 40Job FTE0.80 - 1.0Work CalendarFiscalJob CategoryFacultyBenefits EligibleYes - Full BenefitsRate of PayDOECompensation Typesalary at 1.0 full-time equivalency (FTE)Type of criminal background check required:Fingerprint criminal background check (security sensitive due to title or department)Number of Vacancies1Target Hire DateExpected End DateContact Information for CandidatesSara Saeed | hr-uahs@arizona.eduOpen Date4/17/2024Open Until FilledYesDocuments Needed to ApplyCurriculum Vitae (CV) and Cover LetterSpecial Instructions to ApplicantDiversity StatementAt the University of Arizona, we value our inclusive climate because we know that diversity in experiences and perspectives is vital to advancing innovation, critical thinking, solving complex problems, and creating an inclusive academic community. As a Hispanic-serving institution, we translate these values into action by seeking individuals who have experience and expertise working with diverse students, colleagues, and constituencies. Because we seek a workforce with a wide range of perspectives and experiences, we provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. As an Employer of National Service, we also welcome alumni of AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service programs and others who will help us advance our Inclusive Excellence initiative aimed at creating a university that values student, staff and faculty engagement in addressing issues of diversity and inclusiveness.Notice of Availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety ReportIn compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), each year the University of Arizona releases an for each of the University’s campuses. These reports disclose information including Clery crime statistics for the previous three calendar years and policies, procedures, and programs the University uses to keep students and employees safe, including how to report crimes or other emergencies and resources for crime victims. As a campus with residential housing facilities, the Main Campus ASR also includes a combined Annual Fire Safety report with information on fire statistics and fire safety systems, policies, and procedures.
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