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

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.