Director of Faculty Affairs

Role Overview

Director of Faculty Affairs at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), located in Doha. This is a 3-year term position, eligible for renewal.

Company Overview

Georgetown University comprises two unique campuses in the nation's capital: the Hilltop Campus in the historic Georgetown neighborhood, and the Capitol Campus minutes from the U.S. Capitol and U.S. Supreme Court. The community is driven by intellectual inquiry, commitment to social justice, and dedication to making a difference in the world. GU-Q extends this mission to Doha, offering rigorous academic programs and a global perspective.

Role Purpose

Oversee faculty recruitment, appointments, reappointments, promotions, and key academic administration and compliance processes. Serve as second-in-command to the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, supporting academic decision-making and departmental leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Faculty Recruitment and Appointments

• Oversee processes for recruitment, appointment, reappointment, and promotion of full-time core and teaching faculty.
• Recruit and appoint adjunct faculty in consultation with the Dean, Associate Dean, Faculty Chair, and curricular field chairs.
• Coordinate full-time faculty searches in consultation with the Dean, Associate Dean, and Faculty Chair.
• Manage appointment processes for and support of visiting faculty, including from the main campus in Washington, DC, in consultation with curricular field chairs, the Faculty Chair, the Associate Dean, and the Dean.
• Collaborate with other units to ensure effective academic onboarding and orientation of new faculty.

Academic Administration and Compliance

• Communicate and advise faculty on relevant university policies and procedures.
• Assist the Associate Dean in tracking compliance.
• Oversee and coordinate a high volume of administrative processes, including those related to promotion, reappointment, research leave, faculty merit, overload teaching, and course banking.
• Work with the Office of the Dean, Faculty Chair, and Provost Office to ensure timely and efficient initiation and completion of reappointment and promotion processes as mandated in the Faculty Framework.
• Review faculty travel requests in consultation with the Associate Dean and Faculty Chair.
• Ensure that all faculty meet workload standards in support of the Dean, Associate Dean, and Faculty Chair.

Financial and Resources Management

• Oversee curricular activities fund and curricular group funding, ensuring usage of funds is in accordance with their respective policies.
• Collaborate with the Office of Research to manage certain administrative aspects of research programs and processes, including summer supplement, such as collecting and tracking proposals and overseeing payouts.

Faculty Development and Recognition

• Manage collection of Faculty Annual Reports and work with faculty to secure timely and complete submissions.
• Work with the Faculty Merit Committee to ensure timely reporting of annual faculty merit scores; work with HR to issue merit letters.
• Facilitate faculty requests for research leaves and, in collaboration with the Associate Dean and Faculty Chair, make sabbatical recommendations to the Dean; oversee issuance of leave letters.

Communications and Reporting

• Support the Communications unit in collecting accurate data about faculty activities, publications, and research for public dissemination.

Events and Operations

• Oversee all curricular and faculty events.

Team Leadership

• Manage and oversee the work of direct reports, including setting and reviewing performance goals as well as identifying training and development needs.
• Liaise with Human Resources to manage recruitment, hiring, onboarding and offboarding of direct reports, as required.

Additional Duties

• Respond to urgent requests and concerns via email, texts, and phone calls outside of normal working hours.
• Contribute to the curriculum by teaching when possible or necessary.
• Perform other similar duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

• Master's degree, preferably in the humanities or social sciences.
• PhD preferred.
• 8 or more years of relevant work experience.
• Record of excellence in teaching, research, and service, or significant experience as a senior academic administrator.
• Experience managing teams and working with university academic and administrative departments.
• Experience developing and implementing academic policies and procedures.

Skills & Competencies

• Familiarity with the culture of academia and research institutions.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups of faculty, staff, and other stakeholders across various cultural and institutional environments.
• Outstanding communication skills, including editing and writing.
• Excellent organizational, administrative, and coordination skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Proficiency in MS Office.

Additional Information

Expatriate Benefits and Relocation Support

GU-Q offers a highly competitive expatriate benefits package including a monthly transportation and home leave travel allowance, worldwide health insurance, and generous private school tuition support for accompanying children, along with other benefits.

Relocation support includes assistance with visa processing, arranging travel to Qatar, fully furnished temporary accommodation, transportation upon arrival, and campus orientation, helping new employees and their families settle into life in Qatar and the GU-Q community.

General Benefits

Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options.