The Director for Academic and Professional Development works within the Center for Institutional, Faculty and Student Success to further the mission to advance the quality of teaching and learning by promoting a College culture where the VCOM community works collaboratively to champion educational excellence.  This position shares in the responsibility to provide academic information, resources and guidance to students, faculty and staff.

Under the supervision of the Executive Director for Professional Development for the Center for Institutional, Faculty, and Student Success, the Director for Academic and Professional Development will provide leadership across campus in the development, implementation, and management of college-wide faculty and staff development programs.  Professional development is integral to all academic mission areas.  The professional development process includes activities to increase, improve or refine knowledge, skills, and behaviors particular to their role, academic goals and institutional needs.  In addition to understanding effective, research-based professional development standards and delivery models, the Director of Academic and Professional Development will demonstrate knowledge of the skills necessary to meet the needs of diverse learners.  The Director supports the Department Chairs in providing faculty development resources tailored to the faculty member’s needs and providing resources for campus specific needs.  The goal of this position is to make significant contributions to the academic program by designing, delivering, and promoting high quality professional learning and communicating the college’s high expectations for faculty and staff.

Salary Range: $72,000 - $82,000

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Doctorate degree in an educational field.
• Experience: At least 5 years of experience in faculty and staff development at the higher education level, preferably in the medical education setting that should include a combination of the following:
• Knowledge of professional development as it applies to both teaching and learning.
• Work that demonstrates an understanding of nationally recognized practices, trends, and procedures for college career and life design, especially the unique needs of medical educators and clinical faculty.
• Knowledge of adult learning theory.

Other skills important to this position:

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute programs, courses, events, and content to scale impact across various constituent groups.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate closely with other peer leaders toward shared goals.
• Demonstrated ability to engage, teach, and energize various constituent groups.
• Experience in developing and implementing effective assessment methods and articulating strategic priorities.
  Ability to provide energetic leadership, with ability to develop and execute a vision.
• Excellent communication skills, including active listening and ability to listen and communicate convincingly in written and verbal formats.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a dynamic, time-sensitive work environment.
  Strong team player
• Commitment to College values
• Basic computer proficiency
• Ability for occasional travel
• Preferences are given to candidates who have worked in academic environments.

The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal history background check.

Regular, reliable or predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

Working Conditions and Efforts: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands and vision for office equipment such as computers; talk or hear; moderate telephone usage. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work environment: Office environment. Outside travel 0% to 5% of time. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal, however the reception area with frequent visitors, phone calls and discussions may be distracting.

This position is classified as an exempt position because it requires that the candidate/employee exercise independent judgement and discretion regarding matters of significance.

Employment with VCOM is “at-will”. This means employment is for an indefinite period of time and it is subject to termination by the employee or by VCOM, with or without cause, with or without notice, and at any time. Nothing in this position description or any other policy of VCOM shall be interpreted to be in conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way, the “at-will” employment status of VCOM employees.

VCOM Core Values: The employee is expected to adhere to all VCOM policies. As the environment is a professional college, VCOM faculty / staff are expected to dress and behave in a professional manner at work. VCOM faculty / staff are expected as VCOM employees, to be a person who obeys all laws and professional expectations of an upstanding citizen of the community. VCOM expects all employees to maintain a positive attitude in all working relationships with all VCOM departments, employees, medical students, prospective medical students, interns, and residents and to treat all other engaged in the duties of the employment, with mutual respect.

I am notified that the College is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or disability.