"Director of Student Excellence and Achievement (Assistant Professor)"

Employer: University of Hawaii West Oahu

Location: University of Hawaii, West Oahu

Salary: 11-month, Tenure-track, Full-Time, Permanent

Date posted: Feb 3, 2026

Position Type: Faculty Positions, Administrative, Student Affairs, Counseling

Employment Level: Assistant Professor

Employment Type: Full Time

Institution Type: Public Four-Year Institutions

Job Details

The primary purpose of this faculty position is to promote and maintain a positive campus environment that supports and promotes student learning, student success, and student growth through proactive and purposeful student affairs programs and services by leading, supporting, and coordinating the efforts of section heads and unit leads within the division. Included in this leadership and support will be the complete cycle of program development from ideation, implementation, and evaluation, strategic and long-range to short-range planning, collaborative problem-solving, etc.

Support may be in any areas of student affairs as assigned including enrollment management services to recruit, admit, and financially support student enrollment; student academic success initiatives including academic advising, first-year/sophomore year experiences, college success support programs for under-represented groups and other target groups; student health & wellness programs including psychological services, health education, & medical services; student life including chartered student organizations, registered clubs and organizations, campus center operations, leadership education, student programming, etc.; and career development services, among others. Specific duties and responsibilities include the following.

Teaching, Research & Specialized Educational Service (40%)

1. Teach post-secondary level courses on college student success, including student learning, student development, and student growth, in various modes of instruction (in-person, online, hybrid, etc.) as assigned.
2. Teach, counsel, and advise assigned student groups as they navigate the college experience, including providing instructional coaching to students on how best to advocate on their own behalf with faculty, peers, and others.
3. Teach and advise students, in both instructional and co-curricular settings, about the value and benefits of co-curricular involvement, engagement, and employment opportunities.
4. Teach and advise students to use online and in-person resources and tools offered by the campus, which empower them in making academic progress towards timely degree completion, in problem-solving issues and concerns that arise, in self-directing towards resolution, and in charting their pathways toward successful degree completion and interpersonal growth.
5. Create, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive variety of quality and proactive instructional activities and educational experiences through individual, group, and other program interventions. These activities and experiences include orientation workshops, first-year transition advising seminars, satisfactory progress consulting interventions, student success courses and workshops, student development instruction, senior project/internship coaching, etc., to support students in creating a meaningful matriculation and developmental college experience.
6. Partner in the development, implementation, and evaluation of marketing and outreach approaches to communicate University policies and procedures about college traditions and academic expectations, as well as to ensure that students are taught and advised about the intent, rationale, and philosophical approach underlying such policies and procedures. This involves, but is not limited to, researching relevant literature in higher education and student affairs, and reviewing and analyzing best practices from peer and benchmark institutions.
7. Design, implement, and evaluate a variety of training and instructional initiatives to regularly promote the professional and individual development of staff, faculty, and students to ensure their learning, growth, and success as leaders, college community members, and responsive citizens in order to maximize their time in the academy. This also includes teaching and advising staff, faculty, and students in all facets of issue handling, including, but not limited to: facilitating collaborative problem-solving and strategic thinking processes; comprehensively analyzing issues or challenge areas; creatively generating alternatives; identifying impacts on branch operations, policies, and practices; selecting appropriate courses of action; and developing action steps to ensure that issues or challenges are resolved.
8. Gather, interpret, analyze, and maintain data on students to evaluate the impact of Division services and institutional initiatives designed to teach students about their own self-empowerment to persist towards their educational objectives and career goals.
9. Conduct research of literature, exemplary practices, institutional approaches, etc., to consistently and intentionally serve the distinctive and changing needs of a range of student populations.
10. Conduct research that informs program practices, service development, student development, and related areas for assigned target groups, services, etc.
11. Provide consultation and other related services to students, faculty, staff, communities, and organizations in areas pertaining to educational and institutional research on student access and success. This includes, but is not limited to, serving as a resource, building capacity and development of persons and systems, conducting training, analyzing policy, offering technical assistance, and other educational outreach.
12. Assist in program evaluation efforts required for extramural as well as institutionally funded projects, including providing internal formative and summative evaluation efforts, conducting evaluations of programs and services, and publishing evaluation results in technical, analytical, and interpretive reports.

Operational, Professional & Community Services (55%)

1. Provide general administrative management of facilities, services, finances, and operations related to the Division’s activities, programs, and services as assigned.
2. Oversee the recruitment, interviewing, selection, advising, training, supervision and evaluation of paraprofessional, intern, practicum, student assistant, and volunteer peer mentor staff involved in the divisional and section activities, programs, and services.
3. Partner with others in the development, interpretation, implementation, and revision, as needed, of appropriate policies and operating procedures related to assigned Divisional services, programs, and facilities, working closely with others to review and evaluate such policies and procedures. This includes serving as the key interpreter and teacher of campus policies on behalf of the division with students, faculty, staff, and others.
4. Participate via institutional and/or personal membership in various national professional associations appropriate to the position (e.g. American College Personnel Association, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Native Hawaiian Education Association, Native Indian Education Association, Council for Opportunity in Education, National Association for Developmental Educators, National Council on Student Development, etc.).
5. Serve and provide leadership on University-wide committees, planning efforts, and programs appropriate to the position.

Other (05%)

1. Provide instructional leadership and management skills and knowledge to include serving in absence of supervisor as requested.
2. Perform other related duties as assigned.