Remote Faculty Manager — First-Year Experience

Socket.dev; Connecticut; Remote; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Post University seeks a Faculty Manager to supervise Associate Faculty within a First-Year Experience program, ensuring consistent instructional quality and an extraordinary student experience across assigned course sections.

The role includes reviewing performance, coaching, and collaboration with Course Chairs to support faculty development, retention, and staffing, while teaching four First-Year Experience courses annually.

Qualifications

• Master's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of three years of higher education teaching experience.
• Experience supervising, coaching, mentoring, or supporting faculty or instructional staff.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage data, analytics, and performance metrics to inform decisions and drive improvement.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support assigned Associate Faculty.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for faculty questions, concerns, and day-to-day support.
• Monitor faculty performance and provide timely feedback and coaching.
• Address performance concerns and document coaching or improvement plans as needed.
• Partner with Course Chairs on faculty evaluations, performance concerns, retention, and staffing decisions.
• Recognize and share strong teaching practices.
• Review approximately 50 active course sections each week for instructional quality, faculty engagement, grading, student outreach, and adherence to faculty expectations.
• Hold Associate Faculty accountable for meeting established faculty expectations and delivering a consistent, high-quality student experience.
• Review student success and faculty performance data to identify strengths, concerns, and trends.
• Conduct course reviews and classroom observations as needed.
• Analyze course-level metrics including participation rates, assignment completion, persistence indicators, outreach activity, and student outcomes.
• Provide actionable feedback and recommendations to improve instructional practices and student success results.
• Escalate significant instructional concerns to the Course Chair or appropriate academic leader.
• Support the onboarding and development of new Associate Faculty.
• Provide individualized coaching based on course observations, performance data, and student outcomes.
• Identify faculty development needs and coordinate appropriate learning opportunities.
• Promote evidence-based teaching practices, instructional technologies, and student engagement strategies.
• Collaborate with the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) on faculty development initiatives.
• Collaborate with Course Chairs, advising, academic leaders, and student support teams to improve retention, persistence, and student achievement.
• Share data-informed recommendations related to faculty effectiveness and instructional quality.
• Participate in strategic initiatives focused on first-year student success and educational effectiveness.
• Teach four courses annually within the First-Year Experience program.
• Serve as a model of excellent instruction by consistently demonstrating faculty expectations, effective teaching practices, strong student engagement, and instructional excellence.
• Use direct teaching experience to inform faculty support, professional development, and continuous program improvement.
• Demonstrate through direct teaching the level of care, engagement, responsiveness, and instructional quality expected to provide First-Year Experience students with an extraordinary experience at Post.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Data analytics

Communication

Time management

Collaboration

Instructional feedback

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Blackboard

AI tools

Job description

Post University seeks a Faculty Manager to supervise Associate Faculty within a First-Year Experience program, ensuring consistent instructional quality and an extraordinary student experience across assigned course sections.

The role includes reviewing performance, coaching, and collaboration with Course Chairs to support faculty development, retention, and staffing, while teaching four First-Year Experience courses annually.