Job Summary:

The Faculty Affairs Manager supports the Associate Provost in all matters related to Faculty Affairs. Specific responsibilities include the administration of systems and processes for tenure and promotion, faculty annual review, faculty workload agreements, and Faculty180. The manager is also responsible for training faculty and administrators on the use of Faculty180, assisting the Associate Provost with data and reports, and liaising with offices across campus.

Duties & Essential Job Functions:

1. Systems & Processes: Assists the Associate Provost in planning, implementation, and evaluation of systems and processes. Troubleshoots and makes recommendations for more efficient processes and better use of technologies and software. Works proactively and collaboratively with internal and external units that provide data and/or support needed to maintain faculty affairs processes and systems.
2. Annual Processes: Manages the administration of annual processes such as annual faculty review, faculty workload, promotion, and tenure. Develops and monitors operational calendars for the university by setting and communicating deadlines, by working with academic units and deans’ offices on the submission of materials, and by communicating effectively with TCU stakeholders (deans, chairs, faculty, etc.). Serves as a liaison with the UAC and works with the Chancellor’s Office on the preparation of the promotion and tenure materials for the Board of Trustees.
3. Faculty180: Oversees and ensures the accessibility and availability of Faculty180, TCU’s faculty content management system. Develops platforms in Faculty180 and manages their administration relevant to annual processes. Ensures quality control and integrity of records and reporting within Faculty180. Provides reports based on data housed in Faculty180 as required by various constituencies. Serves as a liaison for Faculty180 by convening the Faculty180 Faculty Advisory and College Administrator Committees on a regular basis.
4. Training: Provides training for faculty and administrators annually regarding the use of Faculty180 including the processes of data entry and report generation as they relate to various annual cycles. Ensures inclusive excellence in interactions with faculty and administrators across the disciplines and fields at TCU.
5. Professionalism: Liaises with internal offices to develop and maintain working partnerships. Prepares confidential reports for use by various constituencies (internal and external) on an ongoing basis. Communicates as a representative of the Provost office by composing correspondence with the Provost's signature.
6. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5 plus years of professional experience in higher education and knowledge of university academic structure, policies and procedures.

Preferred Education & Experience:

• Experience with web-based platforms like Faculty180.

Required Licensure/Certification/Specialized Training:

• None

Preferred Licensure, Certification, and/or Specialized Training:

• None

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of faculty affairs.
• Knowledge of customer service techniques.
• Knowledge of Faculty180 system.
• Knowledge of TCU community, organization structure, policies and procedures.
• Skill in organization with strong attention to detail.
• Skill in effective oral and written communication and organizational techniques.
• Skill in analyzing and organizing information.
• Skill in writing.
• Skill in the use of Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop and Outlook.
• Skill in project management techniques and implementation.
• Ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously, while prioritizing and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to clearly communicate information.
• Ability to speak in public.
• Ability to lead training sessions in person and online.
• Ability to draft grammatically correct correspondence.
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and formulate operational improvements.
• Ability to work successfully as a member of a team serving a common goal.
• Ability to evaluate and implement processes to improve operations.
• Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy.

TCU Core Competencies:

University Core Competencies definitions may be found on the Human Resources website and in the staff performance management system.

Physical Requirements (With or Without Accommodations):

• Visual acuity to read information from computer screens, forms and other printed materials and information.
• Able to speak (enunciate) clearly in conversation and general communication.
• Hearing ability for verbal communication/conversation/responses via telephone, telephone systems, and face-to-face interactions.
• Manual dexterity for typing, writing, standing and reaching, flexibility, body movement for bending, crouching, walking, kneeling and prolonged sitting.
• Lifting and moving objects and equipment up to 10 lbs.

Work Environment:

• Work is indoors and sedentary and is subject to schedule changes and/or variable work hours.
• This role is an on-campus, in-person position.
• There are no harmful environmental conditions present for this job.
• The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate.

AA/EEO Statement:

As an AA/EEO employer, TCU recruits, hires, and promotes qualified persons in all job classifications without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ethnic origin, disability, genetic information, covered veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.