Application Open:
Full-Time
Job Purpose:
Lead the development, review, and institutional alignment of faculty-related policies across the University. The role is responsible for translating benchmarking insights and internal audits into clear, implementable policy/guidelines frameworks, while coordinating stakeholder input and supporting leadership decision-making through structured analysis and communication. The role operates with a high degree of day-to-day independence, while ensuring that all policy/guidelines documents and faculty-facing communications are reviewed and approved by the Associate Director prior to issuance or distribution.
Key Responsibilities:
Policy/Guidelines Development and Institutional Alignment
- Lead the development of faculty-related policies, including drafting, structuring, and revising policy/guidelines documents and guidelines, for Associate Director review and approval prior to finalization
- Translate institutional priorities into formal policy/guidelines frameworks across areas such as tenure and promotion, faculty appointments, teaching load, and faculty conduct and governance
- Ensure internal consistency and alignment across faculty-related policies, identifying overlaps, gaps, and conflicts
- Support restructuring and standardization of the University’s faculty policy/guidelines architecture (e.g., faculty handbook organization, policy/guidelines/guideline categorization), with proposed changes routed through the Associate Director prior to implementation
Policy/Guidelines Audit and Benchmarking
- Conduct comprehensive audits of existing faculty-related policies/guidelines across the University
- Identify inconsistencies, redundancies, and areas requiring revision or consolidation
- Lead benchmarking exercises against peer institutions to inform faculty policy/guidelines/guideline design and updates
- Synthesize benchmarking data into actionable recommendations for leadership
Stakeholder Coordination for Policy/Guidelines Development
- Coordinate input and feedback from key stakeholders including Deans, Provost, Academic Appointments, HR, Research Office, and Senior Leadership
- Facilitate discussions and working sessions to refine faculty policy/guidelines direction and resolve ambiguities
- Track faculty policy/guidelines development timelines, approvals, and dependencies across functions
Leadership Communication and Decision Support
- Develop structured presentations, briefing materials, and reports for the Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence and Advancement
- Support internal approval processes through well-documented rationale and comparative analysis
Policy/Guidelines-Related Communications
- Draft communications related to faculty policy/guidelines updates, changes, and implementations, for Associate Director review and approval prior to distribution
- Ensure clarity, consistency, and accessibility of faculty policy/guidelines information for faculty audiences
- Collaborate with Communications/Marketing teams to align messaging and dissemination channels
- Develop templates and standardized formats for faculty policy/guidelines communication
Faculty Lifecycle Policy/Guidelines Integration
- Ensure alignment between faculty policy/guidelines frameworks and faculty lifecycle processes (orientation, reviews, career progression)
- Support integration of faculty policy/guidelines changes into existing faculty programs and institutional processes
- Provide faculty policy/guidelines input into faculty-facing initiatives where relevant
Academic Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in public policy/guidelines, higher education administration, law, or a related field
Essential
- 5 years of experience in faculty policy/guidelines development, institutional research, or academic leadership and administration
- Demonstrated experience in:
- Conducting benchmarking and translating findings into structured outputs
- Faculty policy/guidelines drafting and structuring
- Analytical thinking and synthesis
- Institutional benchmarking
- Stakeholder coordination
- Executive-level communication (written and presentation)
- Ability to translate ambiguity into structured outputs
Preferred
- Familiarity with working in higher education, international organizations and multicultural environments
