The Associate Director (AD) reports to the Associate Dean of Engineering Faculty Advancement (ADEFA) at NC State University. The Associate Director will regularly collaborate/cooperate with the Associate Dean of Engineering Faculty Advancement to help deliver high quality support to our faculty in COE at all levels. This includes developing, implementing, assessing, and delivering a range of programs that provide professional development of individual faculty and academic leaders, as well as supporting the implementation of institution-wide initiatives and administrative policies related to faculty. The associate director will be responsible for developing and delivering workshops, providing and implementing the latest pedagogy in the science of STEM education delivery, improved student learning outcomes, mentoring science and best practices for student engagement. The AD will also become a resource not only to faculty at NC State, but will also share these best practices and latest research in faculty advancement and student/faculty engagement nationally at conferences and in peer reviewed journals.The Associate Director will collaborate closely with other members of the faculty advancement staff, the dean’s office, faculty, and maintain working relationships and communication with the NC State Provost’s office, and colleges across the NC State community.Primary duties include, but are not limited to:Collaborate with the associate dean to develop and promote a shared vision that drives faculty advancement short and long-term strategic planning.Provides leadership in the development, implementation, and management of faculty development programming that focuses on faculty needs at all career stages and faculty appointment types and roles.Create and deliver lecture materials and workshops on best practices in the realms of faculty responsibilities and professional development including best practices for faculty/student engagement and success, research best practices and developing a successful graduate research program, and teaching delivery and student learning.Conduct applied research and contribute to the literature related to the science and scholarship of faculty development and successResponsible for the development and continuous improvement of faculty programming by leading departmental assessment and evaluation efforts with specific goals and measurable outcomes.Represent associate dean and unit on university and community committees, task force, and work groups.Facilitate collaboration and development of relationships and strategic partnerships across the college and campus, including colleges such as Colleges of Science, Natural Resources and others, OIED, Finance, Information Technology, and Communications.Collaborate with Associate Dean in the review and development of unit initiatives and practices to increase access for diverse populations and ensure an inclusive work environment.Manage and develop strategies for the marketing and communications operation of the unit, to increase program participation and increase brand awareness for college and campus constituencies.Specific responsibilities for the Associate Director, Faculty Advancement include:Supervision of staff, website developer, postdocs, PhD graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars coachDesign and deliver faculty development programs to support faculty success in research, scholarship and creative activities, and faculty productivity.Collection and management of data related to program history, participation, and outcomes.Author articles that would be placed in the EFA Newsletter and any that would be important to share at the national levelRepresent College on external professional society engagementLeadership in collaborative programming and scheduling for engineering graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, programming with consideration of diversity, equity, and inclusion.Assessment and reporting of initiatives and programming to ensure relevant content that meet faculty needs and ensure maintenance of excellence.Collaborate with Associate Dean on development of budget needed for personnel and programmatic initiatives.Create EFA website content;; coordinate with website developers.Implementation of collaborative programming marketing plans.