From: Elliot Hirshman, Provost
Applications are invited for the position of interim vice provost for faculty affairs.
The interim vice provost will work collaboratively with the provost, vice presidents, deans, vice provosts, department chairs, Faculty Senate and administrative staff and will be responsible for development and administration of policies and programs affecting faculty members. The interim vice provost will be a member of the Council of Deans and the President’s Council.
The interim vice president’s responsibilities will include actively participating in the recruitment and orientation of full-time instructional faculty members; assisting the provost in efforts to increase the diversity of the faculty; reviewing appointments, reappointments, changes in status and several types of leave for instructional and research faculty in all academic departments and research centers; assisting the provost review of faculty members for promotion and tenure; overseeing the faculty annual report process; monitoring implementation of post-tenure review; serving as a liaison to the Faculty Senate; maintaining the faculty handbook; reviewing and ensuring accuracy of faculty data in the human resources database; preparing and coordinating faculty nominations for campus, University System of Maryland and national awards, fellowships and other honors; and overseeing the operation of the Faculty Development Center and the ADVANCE program. The vice provost supervises the ADVANCE program and Faculty Development, works closely with the Office of Institutional Research in the preparation and review of several external reports to the University System, prepares MHEC’s triennial Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Report, as well as reports that concern minority achievement and assists the provost in administration of UMBC’s Assessment Plan.
Candidates for the position must be tenured faculty members and should have a strong record of teaching, research, service and academic leadership that demonstrates excellence as a faculty member. The successful candidate should have strong written and oral communication skills; evidence of organizational and time management skills; understanding of methods for advancing faculty members’ professional development; commitment to UMBC’s traditions of shared governance; an ability to work cooperatively with faculty members, other senior administrators and staff members in all disciplines and at all levels across the campus; and significant experience in faculty affairs (for example as department chair, assistant/associate dean or leadership in faculty shared governance.)
Applications should include: a letter of interest that will include a brief discussion (some 2-3 pages) of the candidate’s understanding of the responsibilities of and issues facing the interim vice provost for Faculty Affairs and the approaches and priorities, as the candidate now sees them, of addressing those responsibilities and issues; a curriculum vitae; and three letters of recommendation. The search committee will be chaired by John W. Jeffries, dean of arts, humanities and social sciences. Applications should be submitted electronically to Terry Aylsworth in the Dean’s Office at aylswort@umbc.edu no later than noon on October 26, 2009.
We anticipate that the appointment will begin on January 1, 2010.
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