Faculty Development Manager

About the Role

We are searching for a skilled Faculty Development Manager to oversee professional growth initiatives for faculty, enhance teaching quality, promote instructional innovations, and foster academic capabilities. Positioned remotely in the United Arab Emirates, this full-time role focuses on designing and managing comprehensive programs that improve faculty expertise in teaching, curriculum design, assessment strategies, educational technologies, student involvement, academic leadership, and evidence-based educational practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and execute a faculty development strategy aligned with the institution's academic goals.
• Carry out assessments to identify faculty professional development needs across different academic fields and career phases.
• Design and maintain annual faculty development frameworks addressing teaching, assessment, curriculum, technology, research, leadership, and academic practices.
• Develop various learning formats including workshops, seminars, webinars, coaching sessions, learning communities, and resource materials.
• Organize onboarding and orientation sessions for incoming faculty members.
• Establish customized professional growth pathways for faculty at early, mid, senior, and leadership levels.
• Advise on effective teaching approaches, active learning strategies, student engagement techniques, and inclusive education methods.
• Assist faculty in creating well-structured courses with effective learning activities, assessments, and resources.
• Work collaboratively with Curriculum and Assessment teams to align learning outcomes with teaching and evaluation methods.
• Promote teaching backed by research and encourage incorporation of educational studies into instructional decisions.
• Support adoption of blended, online, hybrid, and technology-enriched teaching practices.
• Provide training on learning management systems, digital tools, virtual classroom platforms, educational technology, and emerging teaching technologies.
• Identify and implement effective uses of AI and other emerging technologies to enhance educational delivery.
• Create faculty communities of practice centered on teaching innovations, assessment, curriculum, student success, and academic leadership.
• Coordinate initiatives such as peer learning, peer observation, mentoring, coaching, and review of teaching practices.
• Produce resources, guidelines, toolkits, templates, and reference materials to bolster faculty effectiveness.
• Support design of accessible and inclusive academic experiences for diverse learners.
• Advocate universal design principles and accessibility standards within teaching and course creation.
• Manage faculty development related to academic integrity, quality assessment, student well-being, and support services.
• Develop leadership training programs for faculty assuming academic administrative roles.
• Encourage faculty research and scholarship in teaching aligned with institutional priorities.
• Establish collaborations with universities, educational bodies, professional organizations, and experts.
• Invite external trainers, speakers, and consultants for faculty development activities.
• Handle logistics for faculty development events, including scheduling, registration, communication, materials, and venue arrangements.
• Create and maintain yearly faculty development calendars ensuring efficient program delivery.
• Oversee budgets, resources, vendors, consultants, and service providers connected to faculty development.
• Track and report participation, completion rates, engagement levels, and satisfaction metrics for development programs.
• Evaluate program effectiveness using surveys, participation data, faculty feedback, learning outcomes, and other performance indicators.
• Develop dashboards and reports showing faculty development statistics and improvement priorities.
• Identify and tackle participation barriers to enhance accessibility and faculty engagement.
• Coordinate with academic leadership to embed faculty development objectives within departmental and institutional strategies.
• Maintain thorough records of faculty participation, certifications, and professional learning accomplishments.
• Set quality benchmarks for development content, facilitators, delivery methods, and learning resources.
• Compare faculty development practices with those at leading higher education institutions and professional standards.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends in pedagogy, academic technology, assessments, student engagement, and faculty learning.
• Support accreditation and quality assurance by providing evidence related to faculty development and teaching quality.
• Regularly review and refine faculty development programs based on feedback and evidence.
• Design recognition and incentive schemes to motivate faculty participation and teaching innovation.
• Ensure all development activities comply with institutional policies, academic standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide senior leadership with routine reports on program performance, engagement, outcomes, risks, and future development plans.

Performance Indicators

• Faculty participation and program completion rates.
• Engagement and attendance statistics.
• Completion rates for new faculty onboarding.
• Faculty satisfaction and evaluation of training relevance.
• Adoption levels of new teaching methods and educational technologies.
• Involvement in teaching innovations, peer-learning, and mentoring.
• Addressal of identified professional development needs.
• Average professional development hours per faculty member.
• Faculty retention and engagement trends over time.
• Improvement in teaching evaluations and student engagement outcomes.
• Completion of accessibility and academic leadership training modules.
• Budget adherence and external partnership effectiveness.
• Efficiency of workshop delivery and resource usage.
• Implementation status of continuous improvement actions.
• Accreditation and quality assurance compliance.
• Rates of faculty feedback and recommendations.

Candidate Profile

• Robust experience in faculty development, instructional design, educational leadership, or academic quality assurance within universities, colleges, or professional education sectors.
• In-depth understanding of faculty professional growth and higher education teaching methodologies.
• Proven ability in designing and managing faculty development programs.
• Strong knowledge of pedagogy, curriculum development, adult learning principles, and assessment.
• Experience supporting faculty adoption of digital learning and educational technologies.
• Excellent project and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Effective facilitation, presentation, coaching, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills for evaluating program effectiveness and needs assessment.
• Knowledge and commitment to inclusive teaching, accessibility, and student engagement principles.
• Proficiency with learning management systems and professional development platforms.
• Awareness of emerging educational technology trends, including AI-supported teaching, is highly advantageous.
• Meticulous organizational skills and ability to manage multiple initiatives concurrently.
• A mindset oriented toward continuous improvement and academic excellence.