Employment Opportunities at USD

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The Center for Educational Excellence (CEE) is the University of San Diego’s center for pedagogical development, working to inspire and support faculty to grow in their teaching and all their interactions with students. Through a variety of opportunities, rooted in our values, we seek to inspire educators to adopt practices that lead to meaningful student learning; enhance the success of interactions between teachers and learners; and cultivate relationships among our community of educators. 

The University of San Diego, an engaged and contemporary Catholic institution, was founded by the Diocese of San Diego and the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1949. Governed by an independent board of trustees since 1972, USD remains committed to a liberal arts education grounded in the Catholic intellectual tradition and the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty. Inspired by this centuries old tradition of Catholic higher education, the University welcomes people of all faith traditions and any, or no, religious background. The future success of USD relies on the contributions of those who seek to foster the development of engaged global citizens and an earnest confrontation of humanity’s urgent challenges.

This is a full-time, temporary, benefit-based position with an anticipated end date of Jan 7, 2025. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Primary Responsibilities

The Assistant Director’s primary duties revolve around building, developing, and implementing the CEE’s programs. This requires creative imagining and responding to emerging needs and direct requests from faculty and other campus stakeholders. It also requires continual learning and expanding expertise on pedagogical best practices in higher education. This work is done in collaboration and coordination with the Director, however the Assistant Director exercises authority to formulate and implement the operational practices of CEE programming. The work entails the following activities:

Cultivating Partnerships

The Assistant Director strategically networks, meets with, and develops relationships with key campus partners such as Deans’ offices, the Core Director, the Mulvaney Center, the Urgent Challenges Collective, the Changemaker Hub, and the Center for Restorative Justice. The Assistant Director works closely with the CEE’s faculty liaisons, guiding or co-creating programs facilitated by liaisons. The Assistant Director may choose to pursue partnerships with relevant entities off campus as well, such as teaching and learning centers on other campuses. The goals of this work are to:

• Learn about emerging faculty needs and interests

• Learn new ideas for successful practices and programs

• Cultivate relationships for co-creation and collaboration on future programs

Deepening Expertise

The Assistant Director engages in ongoing professional growth activities. This might take various forms, but will center on deepening expertise in pedagogical best practices in higher education, anchored in antiracism and equity. This work will likely take such forms as: participating in conferences, retreats or other learning opportunities; reading new and established scholarship on teaching and learning; and attending seminars on current best practices for faculty development. The Assistant Director exercises discretion over their professional development budget (subject to final approval by the Director). The goals for this work are to: 

• Contribute directly to the creation and development of CEE programs

• Curate meaningful and accessible content for CEE newsletters, including Your Teaching Toolkit and The Community Builder as well as other outreach to faculty

• Guide future directions for the CEE

Innovating Programs

The Assistant Director synthesizes the ideas and knowledge from ongoing learning activities to deepen expertise with the ideas garnered from activities to cultivate partnerships in order to create new CEE programs for faculty and to innovate changes to existing programs. This work requires critical thinking, creative imagining, and a grounding in USD’s institutional culture and constraints. The work entails the following activities:

• Assist the Director with the center’s internal assessment process.

• Identify where CEE’s strategic plan is aligned with USD’s Envisioning 2024 goals.

• Develop CEE’s end-of-year report for distribution to stakeholders and Provost’s Office.

• Work with the Director in developing assessment plans and determining needs and interests for future CEE projects.

Implementing Programs

The Assistant Director directs and oversees the implementation of CEE programs, including planning, scheduling, logistics, and follow up with facilitators, speakers, and participants. The Assistant Director participates in some elements of program implementation and has the authority to determine when and which tasks are appropriate. The work entails the following activities:

• Oversee the daily management and supervision of the center’s operations and team.

• Direct and supervise the creation and integrity of the CEE’s website and the design, development, and distribution of marketing materials for print, social media, and e-publications.

• Lead meetings, such as advisory board and faculty liaison meetings, as coordinated with the Director. 

• Compose and distribute monthly program summary emails to distribute to the CEE team and advisory board members.

• Review and make decisions on faculty grant and award applications and oversee the distribution of the grants and awards.

Ensuring Alignment with CEE’s Mission and Values

The Assistant Director routinely and systematically evaluates CEE programs and initiatives to ensure their alignment with CEE’s mission and values. The Assistant Director is charged with intervening in any stage of the process to suggest changes or to halt work entirely if the Assistant Director determines misalignment with CEE mission and values. This might occur in any phase of CEE work: creating, developing, marketing, implementing and assessing programs and initiatives.

Additional Responsibilities

Supervision

• Directly supervise, direct duties and create projects for CEE staff, including undergraduate and graduate student staff.

• Independently recruit, hire, onboard, and evaluate CEE staff.

• Exercise autonomy and discretion over the staff development budget to lead endeavors including community building activities for the entire CEE team as well as professional development opportunities for staff.

Budget

• Manage the center’s budget and expenses, and track various sources of collaborative funding.

• Advise CEE Director on budget status with regular budget reports.

• Exercise autonomy and discretion over:

  • Staff development budget

  • Assistant Director’s professional development budget, with supervisor’s approval.

Special Conditions of Employment:Effective June 1, 2023, based on CDC guidance, the University strongly encourages all campus members to stay up to date with Influenza and COVID-19 vaccination recommendations.  For more regarding information USD's COVID-19 protocols, please visit sandiego.edu/onward.

Background check:  Successful completion of a pre-employment background check.

Degree Verification Requirement: Persons offered employment in this position will be required to provide official education transcripts for degree verification purposes. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, with a minimum 3 years or more of experience in faculty development, instructional development or equivalent work experience (experience in a higher education setting preferred).

• Master’s degree in a relevant field can be substituted for work experience requirement.

• Demonstrated skills in leadership.

• Demonstrated experience in the use of Google Suite (Drive, Docs, Sheets, etc.), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), and marketing software such as Constant Contact, Salesforce, Canva, and Adobe Cloud (Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Planning and budget management experience preferred.
• Experience with staff supervision preferred.

Performance Expectations - Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Commitment to social justice, diversity, equity and inclusion, grounded in a commitment to enact inclusivity in everyday practices that foster a warm and welcoming office environment.

• Thought leadership: Organization, creativity and initiation to coordinate, oversee, and complete various projects and organizational structures that sustain the center’s long-term success.

• Ability to think under pressure, problem solve, and independently exercise judgment.

• Dedication to supervising, training, and motivating team members by prioritizing employee wellness, open communication, and effective feedback.

• Willingness to invest time and energy in one’s own personal and professional growth as part of their work schedule.

• Effective communication skills, embodying professionalism and compassion for others, both in interactions among the office team as well as with the broader campus community.

• Effective time management skills, including strategies for: prioritizing tasks; coordinating multiple events in parallel; and working independently.

• Flexibility to adapt to circumstances as they arise and respond with diplomacy and compassion.

• Willingness to build relationships with others across the campus community and to gain a working knowledge of the various units and roles within the university.

• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality of information as appropriate for a professional context in addition to university policies and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA).

• Availability to occasionally work early mornings, evenings or weekends when necessary.

$32-$34/per hour; Excellent Benefits

The University of San Diego offers a very competitive benefits package including; medical, dental, vision, a retirement contribution given to you by the University, and access to on-campus Fitness Centers.  Please visit the benefits section of our website to view all of the perks and benefits that USD has to offer.  USD: Human Resources: Benefits

The salary range provided in this posting reflects what we reasonably expect to pay for this position.  Actual compensation offered or earned is dependent on experience, education and other factors including departmental budget.

Resume and Cover Letter Required

In your cover letter please indicate your familiarity with USD's internal systems such as Concur, Workday, Torero Travel, and budgets as well as communication software such as Canva, Constant Contact, and Sales Force and google suite (namely docs, sheets, forms). 

Click the 'Apply Now' button to complete our online application. In addition, please upload a cover letter and resume to your application profile for the hiring managers’ review.  If you have any questions or difficulties please contact the Employment Services Team at jobs@sandiego.edu.

Note: This is a full-time, temporary, benefit-based position with an anticipated end date of Jan 7, 2025.

Note: Preference will be given to qualified current University of San Diego employees.

Hours: 37.5

Closing date: Open until filled 

Note: External job postings will be up for at least three days. After that time, applications will be reviewed by the hiring manager/committee throughout the posting period. A candidate may be selected at any time which could then close this posting on a date earlier than listed.

The University of San Diego is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the campus community.

The University of San Diego is a smoking and tobacco-free campus. For more information, visit www.sandiego.edu/smokefree.