Senior Online Professional Faculty

University System of New Hampshire; Manchester (NH); On-site; USD 74,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The University System of New Hampshire is seeking a full-time, non-tenure-track faculty member for the Liberal Arts, Communication, and General Education Academic Center. The role focuses on leading the Credit for Prior Learning program while teaching in general education, collaborating with statewide partners, and scaling evidence-informed evaluation methods across the university.

Responsibilities include developing assessment models, aligning prior learning to degree pathways, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Master's degree and five or more years of teaching, prior learning assessment, professional development or related fields.
• Documented project management experience.
• Strong online teaching track record and demonstrated expertise with credit for prior learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic implementation of prior learning assessment across the university and statewide partners.
• Develop frameworks for portfolio assessment, examinations, certifications, and related learning evaluations.
• Ensure credit is awarded per policy, accreditation standards, and governance.
• Map prior learning to degree, certificate, and workforce pathways.
• Engage with faculty, advisors, registrars, and leadership to align credit equivalencies.
• Lead online learning communities, evaluator networks, and training teams.
• Ensure compliance with academic policy, accessibility, and applicable regulations.
• Develop integrated technology-supported processes from inquiry to credit posting and reporting.
• Make prior learning opportunities visible and understandable for students.

Skills

Teaching excellence

Online teaching

Credit for prior learning

CRM proficiency

LMS proficiency

Education

Master's degree in related field

Doctoral degree (preferred)

Tools

CRM systems

LMS

e-portfolios

Job description

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UNH College of Professional Studies Online is currently seeking a full-time faculty member for our Liberal Arts, Communication, and General Education Academic Center. This faculty will lead our Credit for Prior learning program in addition to teaching in our general education program. This role is responsible for developing and scaling evidence-informed approaches for evaluating college-level learning acquired outside traditional academic settings, including portfolio assessment, institutional and industry training, certifications, military learning, civic and workforce education, and professional development. Working within UNH as well as with statewide partners, the faculty in this role will build sustainable pathways connecting non-credit prior and ongoing learning to degree and certificate programs.

This position is non-tenure track, and will include a combined administrative and teaching function. Actual course load will vary with other responsibilities.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership and Systemwide Implementation

• Develop, lead, and scale transparent, accessible, portable, and academically rigorous assessment models across the University and with statewide partners.
• Establish frameworks and procedures for portfolio assessment, examinations, institutional and industry evaluations, certifications, military learning, apprenticeships, and civic and workforce training.
• Ensure academic credit is awarded for demonstrated college-level learning and aligned with academic policy, accreditation, faculty governance, and institutional standards.

Program and Pathway Alignment

• Lead efforts to map prior and ongoing learning to credit-bearing degree, certificate, transfer, civic, and workforce pathways.
• Collaborate with faculty and academic leaders to review, approve, document, and maintain credit equivalencies.

Faculty, Staff, and Institutional Engagement

• Partner with faculty, academic departments, advisors, registrars, admissions, student success teams, civic and workforce units, and college leadership.
• Lead online learning communities, pilot projects, faculty evaluator networks, and teams that provide training, consultation, and technical assistance.

Policy, Compliance, and Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with academic policy, accreditation standards, accessibility requirements, and applicable state and federal regulations.

• Ensure student communications clearly explain credit application, costs, timelines, appeals, residency, transfer, financial aid, and licensing considerations.

Technology, Systems, and Partnerships

• Lead the development of integrated technology-supported processes from student inquiry through evaluation, credit award, transcript posting, and reporting.
• Promote effective use of digital portfolios, credential verification tools, equivalency databases, knowledge bases, workflow systems, and analytics platforms.

Student Access and Support

• Make prior and ongoing learning opportunities visible, accessible, and understandable to prospective and enrolled students.
• Develop advising and referral processes that help students identify eligible learning assessment options, requirements, costs, timelines, and academic implications.

Data, Performance, and Continuous Improvement

• Establish reporting and key performance indicators for participation, credit awards, retention, completion, equity, student satisfaction, and program impact.

• Use data, student feedback, market research, and resource capacity to guide responsible program expansion, resource allocation, and process improvement.

Requirements:

Minimum Education & Experience:

• Master's degree and five or more years of experience in teaching, prior learning assessment, professional development or related fields is required.
• Documented project management experience

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• This position requires a commitment to teaching excellence and a high-level of student service.
• A strong record of online teaching experience and demonstrated expertise with credit for prior learning is required.
• Proficiency with current technology standards such as CRM, e-portfolios, LMS, and other higher education systems is needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctoral or terminal degree in a business related area (e.g. Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Management, Information Technology)
• PMP certification

Applications received by 5 pm on Monday, September 28, 2026 will receive priority review.

Compensation Pay Range:

$74,000-83,000

The rank of the selected candidate will depend upon the candidate's qualifications.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location:

Manchester

Salary Grade:

Faculty 01