Faculty Writing Coach

The Faculty Writing Coach is a full-time staff position reporting to the Director of CFE. The Faculty Writing Coach will support OU Faculty in their scholarly writing activities and projects including research articles/manuscripts/monographs grant and fellowship funding proposals and other professional documents. They will do so by facilitating writing groups retreats workshops and other writing-related events. They will also provide developmental feedback on documents in individual consultations.

The Faculty Writing Coach will serve as a senior member of CFEs faculty development team collaborating with CFE staff VPRP centers and others across campus to increase faculty engagement with and participation in all aspects of faculty development offered by the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE). Professionals with experience supporting writers across all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Essential Duties:

• General Support for Faculty Writing
  • Coordinate with centers/offices across campus to reach and support faculty.
  • Provides consultations and workshops for target groups including preparing and conducting training-on-demand workshops and develops and maintains relevant support resources and asynchronous modules on the CFE website to extend access and impact.
  • Contribute writing and editing skills as needed to support CFE activities.
  • Promote and market writing support through CFE outlets.
• Serve as a Faculty Writing Coach
  • Provide effective individual coaching for faculty around their scholarship plans.
  • Work with faculty (all tracks/ranks) to promote success with scholarly publications.
  • Offer targeted resources for faculty at various career stages.
  • Provide supportive and actionable developmental feedback on monographs journal articles tenure/promotion dossiers and other documents.
• Facilitate Writing Groups Retreats and Workshops
  • Facilitate several weekly writing groups as well as 3-4 writing retreats throughout the year.
  • Develop workshops to share promising practices around developing and sustaining regular writing efforts.
  • Design multiple ways to support faculty writing using Universal Design principles.
  • Coordinates multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines.
  • Identifies creates and/or maintains evidence-based asynchronous materials to help faculty meet their professional goals.
  • Promotes evidence-based strategies for faculty to effectively complete their work in one or more core areas; teaching research and creative activities community engagement leadership and/or writing/communication.
• Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position.

Applicants: Submit your CV cover letter a list of three potential references and a 2-4 page letter of application that describes how you envision supporting faculty writers across all disciplines and career stages in these areas as well as your motivations skills and experience that prepare you to excel in the position. Your letter should address four main questions:

1. What motivates you to support faculty writers
2. What methods will you employ to engage and support faculty writers
3. How will you support faculty writers across all disciplines ranks backgrounds and perspectives
4. What skills and experience do you bring to the role- what prepares you to be successful supporting faculty writers

Required Education: Masters degree AND:

• 12 months of related experience in professional development facilitation/training.

Equivalency/Substitution:Will accept 72 months of related experience in lieu of the Masters degree for a total of 84 months of related experience.

Skills:

• Experience and success in developing and facilitating professional development resources for faculty audiences.
• Demonstrated commitment to helping faculty develop and implement effective sustainable and ethical practices.
• Strong interpersonal skills that facilitate positive interactions with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
• Communicates effectively accurately and professionally in person in writing and via the telephone / videoconference.
• Able to adjust feedback resources and communications to meet the needs of multiple diverse audiences with differing priorities and perspectives.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously coordinate different groups of people and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain a strong degree of confidentiality integrity and good judgement.
• Demonstrated ability to work under minimal supervision and as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills that facilitate interactions with individuals from a range of disciplines backgrounds and perspectives.
• Strong organizational and time management skills to work on several projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Able to maintain a strong degree of confidentiality integrity and good judgement.
• Experience with writing and developmental editing of texts/documents/proposals across disciplines and across a range of publication venues such as journal articles research reports and monographs.

Certifications: None

Advertised Physical Requirements:

• Physical: Ability to engage in repetitive motion.
• Environmental: Standard office environment

Departmental Preferences:

• Terminal degree within the candidates discipline

Supervision: None

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