Senior Faculty Development Consultant

CHESS; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) is seeking a Senior Faculty Development Consultant within Education and Learning to support new faculty onboarding and design, deliver, and evaluate ongoing professional development.

The role collaborates with Innovation and Instructional Support (IIS), CTL, HR and academic leadership to strengthen orientation, development initiatives, and faculty effectiveness across modalities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• Two (2) years of related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Designs, coordinates, and facilitates new faculty support and current and evolving initiatives for full-time and part-time faculty.
• Plans and leads long-term, multi-step projects while working independently and directing the work of volunteers and partners in supporting faculty directly.
• Builds and maintains a structured faculty professional development model with milestones, coordinating with academic schools, Human Resources (HR), and academic leadership, so that content reflects current policies, priorities, systems, and expectations.
• Assesses faculty professional development needs through surveys, focus groups, consultations, and institutional data.
• Develops, plans, coordinates, updates, and facilitates faculty professional development courses, webinars, trainings, workshops, events, and self-paced modules in areas such as: teaching practice, learner success, inclusive pedagogy, and professional growth.
• Coordinates and facilitates faculty learning communities, peer coaching and observations, and other mentoring and community-building opportunities for full-time and part-time faculty.
• Tracks data for participation, completion, satisfaction, and impact of faculty professional development initiatives and events.
• Evaluates effectiveness of programs, initiatives, and outcomes, and reports to leadership; and maintains faculty professional development records in compliance with CNM data policies.
• Partners with other Instructional Consultants (IC) and Learning Experience Designers (LXD) on joint offerings, and offers recommendations to ICs and LXDs on course-level design, enhancement, and quality review requests.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Job description

Compensation:

$59,500.00 - $75,900.00

CompensationType:

Salary

Employment Type:

Regular

Grade:

E08

Position Summary

The Senior Faculty Development Consultant reports to the Director of Learning & Development within Innovation and Instructional Support (IIS) under Education and Learning. This role supports new faculty onboarding and designs, delivers, and evaluates ongoing faculty professional development. The role recommends process improvements, identifies opportunities to strengthen faculty orientation and professional development, and collaborates with Innovation and Instructional Support (IIS) and the Cooperative for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to meet strategic goals. This position works with administration and cross-enterprise partners to ensure faculty are prepared, supported, and connected throughout their careers at CNM.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Designs, coordinates, and facilitates new faculty support and current and evolving initiatives for full-time and part-time faculty.
• Plans and leads long-term, multi-step projects while working independently and directing the work of volunteers and partners in supporting faculty directly.
• Builds and maintains a structured faculty professional development model with milestones, coordinating with academic schools, Human Resources (HR), and academic leadership, so that content reflects current policies, priorities, systems, and expectations.
• Assesses faculty professional development needs through surveys, focus groups, consultations, and institutional data.
• Develops, plans, coordinates, updates, and facilitates faculty professional development courses, webinars, trainings, workshops, events, and self-paced modules in areas such as: teaching practice, learner success, inclusive pedagogy, and professional growth.
• Coordinates and facilitates faculty learning communities, peer coaching and observations, and other mentoring and community-building opportunities for full-time and part-time faculty.
• Tracks data for participation, completion, satisfaction, and impact of faculty professional development initiatives and events.
• Evaluates effectiveness of programs, initiatives, and outcomes, and reports to leadership; and maintains faculty professional development records in compliance with CNM data policies.
• Partners with other Instructional Consultants (IC) and Learning Experience Designers (LXD) on joint offerings, and offers recommendations to ICs and LXDs on course-level design, enhancement, and quality review requests.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

AND

• Two (2) years of related work experience

Preferences

• Three (3) years of direct higher ed teaching experience, including direct face-to-face classroom instruction and experience teaching in at least two instructional modalities.
• Two (2) or more years of experience in faculty development, instructional coaching, or professional learning in education.
• Experience evaluating program effectiveness and reporting outcomes to leadership.
• Experience using learning management systems and e-learning authoring tools to build and deliver trainings and/or professional development.
• Demonstrated knowledge of inclusive pedagogy, adult learning principles, and evidence-based teaching practices.

Best Consideration Date/ Posting Close Date: 11/18/2026

EEO STATEMENT:

As an EEO employer, Central New Mexico Community College will not discriminate in our employment practices based on an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, serious medical condition or status as a protected veteran or spousal affiliation. Central New Mexico Community College hires only U.S. citizens and individuals lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.