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Department/Organization
200023 - General Education
Rank
Associate/Full Professor
Position Summary
Serves as a senior strategic advisor reporting directly to the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, providing high-level leadership on select undergraduate education initiatives that require deep institutional knowledge, long-term continuity, and faculty governance fluency.
Detailed Position Information
Serves as a senior strategic advisor reporting directly to the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, providing high-level leadership on select undergraduate education initiatives that require deep institutional knowledge, long-term continuity, and faculty governance fluency. This role is intentionally scoped to special projects and strategic advising, not day-to-day operational management of OUE. Will offer guidance on undergraduate education priorities, long range planning, and institutional positioning. It leads select high level special projects that require cross campus credibility and faculty governance expertise, while providing counsel on how major initiatives should be framed and advanced through stakeholder structures. The position supports the development of executive briefs and planning documents, contributes historical and institutional continuity to multi year efforts, and advises on emerging opportunities, risks, and policy implications. It also informs OUE Council discussions by assessing alignment, feasibility, and sustainability, and assists with external benchmarking and national best practice analysis.
Minimum Qualifications
Current UA faculty member, tenured (associate or full professor rank)
Preferred Qualifications
N/A
Instructions And Required Materials For Application
CV, cover letter, teaching philosophy, teaching evaluations: CV and Cover letter should be attached along with references
About The Division/College/School
About the University
The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named one of Travel Leisure’s 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the U.S. As one of the nation’s premier universities, UA offers bachelor’s, master's and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree-lined academic core campus and over 300 state-of-the art facilities, UA has been ranked among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.
In Fall 2023, the Capstone set a new enrollment record with more than 39,000 students, including more than 8,200 in the freshman class. The current enrollment includes students from every county in Alabama, every state in the nation and 92 countries around the world. More than 1,100 National Merit Scholars are currently enrolled, making UA one of the largest enrolling institutions of the scholars in the country.
UA was recently recognized as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. students for the seventh time in nine years, as well as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the first time. UA is one of only 12 universities in the nation to receive both honors.
For reasons like this, the University made Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges for 2023 and Time magazine’s list of Top 50 Best Colleges for Future Leaders. It also made Princeton Review’s list of Top Value Colleges.
UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase in sponsored awards in the 2023 fiscal year.
Since 2015, UA has invested over $1.1 billion in the physical campus, adding more than 2.55 million gross square feet of space, over 150 new research-intensive faculty, signature research areas (e.g., “The Alabama Research Institutes”), and a growing number of partnerships with industry and with state and federal agencies.
The University employs nearly 2,100 faculty and over 4,500 staff, with 52 UA researchers included in the National Academy of Inventors. An additional 40 current faculty have received the NSF CAREER Award, the nation’s most prestigious recognition of top performing young scientists in disciplines ranging from nanoscience and engineering to biological sciences.
Background Investigation and EEO Statement
Background Investigation Statement: Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.
Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to any legally protected basis and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. More information is available in the EEOC’s Know Your Rights: Workplace (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) discrimination is illegal poster.
The University of Alabama affirms its longstanding commitment to institutional neutrality, free speech, and academic freedom.
200023 - General Education
Rank
Associate/Full Professor
Position Summary
Serves as a senior strategic advisor reporting directly to the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, providing high-level leadership on select undergraduate education initiatives that require deep institutional knowledge, long-term continuity, and faculty governance fluency.
Detailed Position Information
Serves as a senior strategic advisor reporting directly to the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, providing high-level leadership on select undergraduate education initiatives that require deep institutional knowledge, long-term continuity, and faculty governance fluency. This role is intentionally scoped to special projects and strategic advising, not day-to-day operational management of OUE. Will offer guidance on undergraduate education priorities, long range planning, and institutional positioning. It leads select high level special projects that require cross campus credibility and faculty governance expertise, while providing counsel on how major initiatives should be framed and advanced through stakeholder structures. The position supports the development of executive briefs and planning documents, contributes historical and institutional continuity to multi year efforts, and advises on emerging opportunities, risks, and policy implications. It also informs OUE Council discussions by assessing alignment, feasibility, and sustainability, and assists with external benchmarking and national best practice analysis.
Minimum Qualifications
Current UA faculty member, tenured (associate or full professor rank)
Preferred Qualifications
N/A
Instructions And Required Materials For Application
CV, cover letter, teaching philosophy, teaching evaluations: CV and Cover letter should be attached along with references
About The Division/College/School
About the University
The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named one of Travel Leisure’s 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the U.S. As one of the nation’s premier universities, UA offers bachelor’s, master's and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree-lined academic core campus and over 300 state-of-the art facilities, UA has been ranked among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.
In Fall 2023, the Capstone set a new enrollment record with more than 39,000 students, including more than 8,200 in the freshman class. The current enrollment includes students from every county in Alabama, every state in the nation and 92 countries around the world. More than 1,100 National Merit Scholars are currently enrolled, making UA one of the largest enrolling institutions of the scholars in the country.
UA was recently recognized as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. students for the seventh time in nine years, as well as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the first time. UA is one of only 12 universities in the nation to receive both honors.
For reasons like this, the University made Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges for 2023 and Time magazine’s list of Top 50 Best Colleges for Future Leaders. It also made Princeton Review’s list of Top Value Colleges.
UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase in sponsored awards in the 2023 fiscal year.
Since 2015, UA has invested over $1.1 billion in the physical campus, adding more than 2.55 million gross square feet of space, over 150 new research-intensive faculty, signature research areas (e.g., “The Alabama Research Institutes”), and a growing number of partnerships with industry and with state and federal agencies.
The University employs nearly 2,100 faculty and over 4,500 staff, with 52 UA researchers included in the National Academy of Inventors. An additional 40 current faculty have received the NSF CAREER Award, the nation’s most prestigious recognition of top performing young scientists in disciplines ranging from nanoscience and engineering to biological sciences.
Background Investigation and EEO Statement
Background Investigation Statement: Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.
Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to any legally protected basis and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. More information is available in the EEOC’s Know Your Rights: Workplace (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) discrimination is illegal poster.
The University of Alabama affirms its longstanding commitment to institutional neutrality, free speech, and academic freedom.