The Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Development reports directly to the Executive Vice President and Provost. The VP serves as a member of the Provost’s senior administrative team to provide leadership for initiatives within the division of Academic Affairs. The VP understands the mission of the institution and the role of Faculty Affairs and Development within that mission. The VP oversees implementation of all faculty personnel processes, policies, and procedures; provides counsel and advice to the Provost on all faculty personnel matters; and provides leadership to develop new faculty personnel policies and procedures for the campus.
- Assisting departments with faculty recruiting, offer development, hiring, retirement, emeritus nominations
- Coordinate new faculty orientation across all schools
- Coordination of the promotion and/or tenure and third-year review processes
- Coordinate Faculty teaching excellence awards
- Faculty mentoring
- Faculty grievances
- Overseeing College committees (Promotion and Tenure; Instructional and Clinical Promotion; Committee on College Governance; Policy Committee)
- Aid and advise department chairs
- Faculty conflicts of interest
- Update the Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Guidelines
- Faculty entrepreneurship/intellectual property
- College Bylaws and strategic plan
- Navigate the policies and procedures in order to find ways to achieve a desirable outcome
- Everything else that comes up relating to faculty
- Provide leadership and guidance to program areas on hiring practices, search and screen policies, tenure renewal guidelines, and any related personnel matters
- Performance Management tasks
- Promotion, Tenure, and Renewal processes
- Conduct new faculty/staff orientations
- Coordinate and support faculty development and recognition processes
- Coordinate and support program area coordinator development and recognition process
- Understands the purposes and supports the academic programs of each of the school’s areas; understand how they work together and separately and how they relate to the college’s accreditation compliances, strategic plan, and mission statement
- Provide support for policy needs within the context of shared governance
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for MMC accredited CME program, ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies and alignment with institutional goals for lifelong learning, quality improvement, and health outcomes.
- Promote an institutional culture of faculty engagement and continuous learning through collaboration with key stakeholders throughout the institution; promote innovation and strong pedagogical practices and learner-centered instruction for student success.
- Provide leadership for the overall design and development, and inform chairs, administration, and others of overall faculty development needs and efforts through reporting and identifying educational opportunities for faculty to increase knowledge in their discipline(s).
- Provide resources for faculty instructional delivery options in brick-and-mortar as well as digital settings; observe faculty instruction and review instructional delivery materials; provide insight and suggestions through informal and formal reports; training faculty and staff to support delivery of instruction through appropriate preparation of materials, posting of materials on website(s), or providing availability through other means.
- Devote 20% time and effort to maintaining a Clinical Practice in his/her specialty if the selected candidate holds a M.D. degree and is board certified and licensed to practice in Tennessee or research if the selected candidate holds a Ph.D. degree.
- Devote 10% time and effort to academic service-related activities. This shall include college, school and departmental committee work, curriculum development, professional growth, and other such assignments.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Knowledge in the broad spectrum of activities that relate to faculty personnel processes
- Knowledge and experience in the area of faculty development and department chair leadership
- Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively in a highly diverse campus community
- Ability to provide leadership and to work collaboratively university-wide to support the mission of the university §
- Ability to successfully provide leadership and function effectively on the Provost’s senior leadership team
- Demonstrated ability to successfully recruit and mentor faculty
- Demonstrated ability to work successfully with faculty governance
Demonstrated ability to supervise and manage office personnel successfully
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Preferred:
Education and Experience Required:
- Terminal Degree appropriate to the applicant’s academic field of expertise preferable a MD, DDS, or Ph.D. degree.
- Successful university teaching experience and a record of research, scholarly and creative activity sufficient to merit appointment as a tenured full professor
- At least four years of successful administrative experience at or above the level of department chair or equivalent
- Experience in academic personnel administration, policies, and procedures in a collective bargaining environment
- At least eight years of successful administrative experience at the college and/or university level
Education and Experience Preferred:
Licensure, Certification or Registration Required:
- Board Certified in his or her specialty if applicable.
Licensure, Certification or Registration Preferred:
- Board Certified in his or her specialty if applicable.
This job description reflects the general duties and responsibilities necessary to describe the principal functions of the job, as identified, and shall not be considered an exhaustive list of job responsibilities which may be inherent in the job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. The responsibilities listed may be subject to change at any time and individuals may be asked to perform duties outside of their regular responsibilities to support the ongoing operations and mission Meharry Medical College and its facilities
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