Assistant Dean of Academic Programming and Faculty Support, Center for the Core Curriculum

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $85,000 - $90,000 Annually

Position Summary

The Assistant Dean of Academic Programming and Faculty Support is responsible for planning and executing outreach, trainings, lectures, workshops, and special events related to the Columbia Core Curriculum; providing assistance to faculty teaching in the Core; and enhancing the undergraduate academic experience more broadly. The incumbent will also organize programming about the content of the Core Curriculum and about the undergraduate academic experience for a range of activities and events involving Columbia faculty, students, alumni, staff, and the general public.

Responsibilities

Trainings and workshops

• Coordinates the visits from expert lecturers from the Columbia and Barnard communities and from other institutions of higher education for the weekly faculty meetings of the faculty of the Core Curriculum.
• Working closely with Columbia’s Center for Teaching and Learning, organizes and coordinates trainings and professional development workshops for instructors of Core Curriculum courses, including orientations for new graduate Preceptors and general pedagogical support for faculty.
• Collaborating with the Director of the Center for the Core Curriculum and with faculty Core Chairs, develops and runs workshops for students in Core Curriculum courses that support the development of academic skills applicable to their work in Core courses.

Faculty Support

• Working closely with the Director of the Center for the Core, the Assistant Dean will provide individualized pedagogical support to faculty teaching in the Core Curriculum. This may include connecting faculty with pedagogical resources, responding to faculty inquiries, and assisting faculty with day-to-day challenges that arise in their sections throughout the academic year.

 Curricular and co-curricular events for the Columbia community

• Manages and coordinates all course-wide lectures designed for faculty and students in the Core Curriculum courses.
• Identifies cultural events in New York City related to the content and experience of the Core Curriculum courses; coordinates course-related outings to theaters, dance companies, musical groups, museums, and other cultural institutions; establishes and cultivates relationships with artists and cultural institutions throughout New York City.

Intellectual programming for alumni, parents, and the general public

• Working closely with Alumni Relations, organizes regular intellectual programming centered on or extending from the undergraduate Core Curriculum, including “Mini-Core Classes,” faculty expert lectures for Reunion and other events throughout the year, including Café Columbia events (including book salons, museum tours, and other cultural programs led by Columbia faculty) and “Core Conversations” virtual book clubs.
• Collaborates with Alumni and Development and Communications staff to innovate, design and execute new intellectual programming opportunities for alumni.
• Working closely with the office of Admissions and the office of Student and Family Support, coordinates faculty expert lectures for prospective students and for parents during Days on Campus, Family Days, and other events throughout the year.
• Manages outreach to and programming in partnership with other organizations within Columbia, including the Holder Initiative, the Justice in Education program, Columbia Community Service, and the Double Discovery Center, as well as for external constituencies, including other institutions in higher education and high schools.

 Related academic programming

• Plans and/or coordinates programs for faculty, students, staff, and alumni promoting and highlighting the academic experience of undergraduate students.
• Provides support for programs, information sessions, and workshops for students that connect their studies in the Core Curriculum to other elements of their academic experience–e.g., to their majors, to research opportunities, or to fellowship opportunities.

 Other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• A minimum of 4-6 years  related experience working with faculty and students in higher education in one or more of the following areas is required: teaching in Columbia’s Core Curriculum or a college curriculum with similar content and learning goals, faculty support, academic advising, and/or supportive academic programs.
• Excellent communication, organizational, interpersonal, and administrative skills.
• Excellent judgment, flexibility and an ability to work well with a broad constituency.
• Must be able to work autonomously and collaboratively under deadline pressures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree or PhD degree preferred.
• Academic administrative experience preferred.

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