"Faculty Development Specialist"

Job Details

Department: Provost & Sr. VP for Academic Affairs

Summary

The Faculty Development Specialist will manage and oversee faculty mentoring and mentorship development programs designed to promote career success at Michigan Technological University. These programs include: Early Career Management; Advanced Career Management; Instructional Track Faculty Mentoring; Guiding Growth: A Workshop for Faculty Mentors; and a Mentoring Professional Learning Community. The successful candidate for this position will also collaborate with the Assistant Provost for Faculty Development on other faculty development initiatives that align with the candidate’s professional interests and expertise.

Responsibilities and Essential Duties

1. Manage faculty mentoring programs.
   • Develop and coordinate mentoring information sessions at new faculty orientation.
   • Develop, promote, and facilitate faculty mentoring and mentor development programs.
   • Identify and invite senior faculty members to serve as mentors.
   • Provide support to faculty mentoring committees.
   • Develop and implement assessments of mentoring activities in support of continual improvement.
2. Collaborate with the Assistant Provost for Faculty Development on other faculty development initiatives.
3. Other duties as assigned
4. Commit to learning about continuous improvement strategies and applying them to everyday work. Actively engage in University continuous improvement initiatives.
5. Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.

Required Education, Certifications, Licensures

• PhD or equivalent level of experience

Required Experience

• Faculty member at the associate level or higher at Michigan Tech.
• Experience working on external grants or contracts.
• Experience publishing in academic venues.
• Experience with instructional innovation at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Desirable Education and/or Experience

• Experience managing budgets and staff.
• Experience supervising graduate students.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities

• Commitment to support and promote career success for faculty at all career stages.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people from different backgrounds and academic disciplines.
• Demonstrated excellence in organization and logistics management.
• Willingness and ability to function in different roles as part of team.
• Demonstrated commitment to contribute to a safe work environment.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities

• Prior experience as an academic administrator.
• Prior experience planning and delivering professional development activities.

Work Environment and/or Physical Demands

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Required Training and Other Conditions of Employment

As an employee at Michigan Technological University, the successful applicant will need to be up-to-date on the following four required trainings.

Required University Training:

• Employee Safety Overview
• Anti-Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation Training
• Annual Data Security Training
• Annual Title IX Training

Background Check: If a background check has not been previously completed, offers of employment are contingent upon and not considered finalized until the required background check has been performed and the results received and assessed.

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) % (1=100%): 0.25

FLSA Status: Exempt

Appointment Term: 12 months

Pay Rate/Salary: Release Time (Academic Year) & Summer Salary

Title of Position Supervisor: Assistant Provost for Faculty Development

Posting Type: Internal-Only

Dependent on Funding: No

Special Instructions to Applicants (if applicable)

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter that addresses the required and desired qualifications, CV, and list of three references by January 12, 2026. It is anticipated that the position will begin July 1, 2026.