Director of Faculty Center (12-Month, Full-Time)

Position: Director of the Faculty Center (12-Month, Full-Time)
Effective Date: On or about July 1, 2025
Salary Range: The Department Chair (12-Month) classification salary is $118,596 to $226,584/per year (12 monthly payments per year). The anticipated hiring range is $140,004 to $160,008/per year. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications to begin May 12, 2025. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled)

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). CSULB earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive group of colleges and universities who have been recognized for its commitment to Latine/x student success. CSULB is committed to serving diverse students and has established and actively supports the Black Excellence Collegium, dedicated to promoting Black excellence and advancing Black Student Success, and El Concilio for Latinx Success at the Beach, whose mission is to build capacity and promote inclusive servingness across initiatives and efforts for the benefit of all students. The President’s Equity and Change Commission is dedicated to achieving inclusive excellence in our community and culture and throughout the university. CSULB’s Beach 2030 University Action Plans prioritize engaging all students; expanding access to higher education; promoting intellectual achievement; building community; and cultivating resilience.

Division of Academic Affairs
Faculty Affairs

Required Qualifications:           

• Appropriate terminal degree, with successful university teaching experience, service, and a record of scholarly/creative activity that would warrant a tenured position at the Full Professor level in one of the disciplines of the university. (Notice: Associate Professor rank will be considered if candidate meets eligibility for CSULB requirements for the rank of tenured Full Professor including teaching, research, and scholarly service)
• Knowledge of models of faculty development and the range of programs in the field of professional development
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of best practices for integrating diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion into faculty development programs
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including low socioeconomic and first-generation students

Preferred Qualifications

• A record of attracting external grant funding in support of faculty professional development
• Experience creating, implementing, supervising, or overseeing faculty professional development opportunities
• Demonstrated leadership in an academic community, including the ability to work across divisions, colleges, and disciplines in a shared governance environment
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, faculty, staff, and administrators
• Knowledge of the needs and issues of a socioeconomically diverse and first-generation student body
• Demonstrated interest in fostering a supportive and nurturing academic, intellectual, and social environment for faculty development
• Leadership experience at the college level
• Demonstrated commitment to student success programs or initiatives that promote access and inclusion for underrepresented and historically marginalized students at the university level
• Understanding of the Unit 3 collective bargaining environment (e.g., California Faculty Association)

Duties

The Director reports to the Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and works with members of the Faculty Center (FC) Advisory Board, FC Project Directors, Deans, Department Chairs, and the Academic Senate Chair, and administrative staff to provide a full range of programs that support all faculty in their multiple roles and responsibilities in the University’s academic community. More specifically, the responsibilities of the Director include:

• Supervise the day-to-day operations of the FC and making it a visible and an active agent across the University that promotes faculty members’ success and well-being
• Work with the FC Advisory Board to provide leadership in the desi