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Director of Full-Time Faculty
Parsons The New School for Design

The Office of Faculty Affairs seeks a Director of Full-time The responsibilities of the Office of the Faculty Affairs include planning, development and oversight of all policies, procedures, and operations related to academic searches and the full-time faculty at Parsons.

Responsibilities:

The Director of Full-time Faculty will provide leadership in relation to a range of activities including day-to-day management of the faculty promotion process for tenure, extended employment and term faculty; oversight of all matters related to the recruitment and hiring of new full-time faculty including manage and support search committees; draft faculty contracts and renewals; manage and plan for academic leaves; manage faculty development initiatives within Parsons; liaise with the Provost Office on calendars and processes for promotions, hiring, and other full-time faculty processes; and work collaboratively with other schools within The New School on planning, implementation and assessment of faculty processes including revision of the full-time faculty handbook policies and appendices.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Ensure compliance of existing policies for Full-time Faculty accordance with the university full-time faculty handbook
Prepare and systematize information related to faculty promotion reviews and manage the process with Faculty and Deans Office and the Provost Director of Full-time Faculty;
Manage the recruitment, hiring and retention of new full-time faculty including strategies for recruitment of diverse and under-represented candidates
Work with the schools' Diversity Initiative to create more fully diverse applicant pools for faculty searches at all levels
Drafting full-time faculty contracts
Planning and approval processes for full-time faculty leaves
Manage communication between Parsons, the Provost Office, Human Resources, and the General Counsel's Office related to full-time faculty matters
Oversee assessment of full-time faculty in conjunction with Deans and Program leaders
Participate in revision of full-time faculty policies
Support faculty governance
Support the General Counsel's Office with Immigration matters
Knowledge of the University's mission and directives in regard to all full-time faculty matters

Requirements:
Minimum of three years experience in education administration
Proven organizational and multi-tasking abilities
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced environment
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
Interest in continued development of efficient management methods within the Faculty Affairs Office
Masters Degree in art or design field preferable, and work experience in a complex urban university setting is preferred

Interested candidates must directly apply online at:
careers.newschool.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51354