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Academic Director, Faculty Support

PageUp Desc Code: FAC - Academic Director, Faculty Support

Function: FAC - Faculty Administration

Sub-function: Faculty Support

Discipline: Faculty Support

Career Track: Academic Administration

Career Track Level: Management / Leadership - Level 3


Faculty Administration: Faculty Administration supports and manages a broad range of academic processes, including curriculum development, evaluating and supporting instructional quality, and assessing the performance and advancement of faculty.

Faculty Support: Faculty Support supports and manages academic processes, including strategies employed to provide faculty with knowledge, skills, abilities and infrastructure to effectively facilitate student success. This includes resources such as staff, training, budgetary resources, equipment, and software provided to faculty to support teaching, learning, research, and assessment.

Academic Administration: Roles that are student facing or academic in nature.

Management / Leadership: Manager: The positions work is achieved through the direction of others. Managers have direct accountability for setting goals and using resources. They are responsible for administrative oversight of individuals, including conducting recommendations for hiring and termination, writing evaluations, disciplinary actions, day-to-day oversight as well as long-term goal setting and accountability for the performance and productivity of the employees. Managerial positions are reflected in the M1-M3 career track levels in the management/leadership track.

Level 3: Senior: These positions require experience and education, act independently, and may provide some team leadership.