Faculty Writing Coach Job at The University of Oklahoma in Norman

The Faculty Writing Coach is a full-time staff position, reporting to the Director of CFE. The Faculty Writing Coach will support OU Faculty in their scholarly writing activities and projects, including research articles/manuscripts/monographs, grant and fellowship funding proposals, and other professional documents. They will do so by facilitating writing groups, retreats, workshops, and other writing-related events. They will also provide developmental feedback on documents in individual consultations.

The Faculty Writing Coach will serve as a senior member of CFE’s faculty development team, collaborating with CFE staff, VPRP centers, and others across campus to increase faculty engagement with and participation in all aspects of faculty development offered by the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE). Professionals with experience supporting writers across all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Essential Duties:

• General Support for Faculty Writing
  • Coordinate with centers/offices across campus to reach and support faculty.
  • Provides consultations and workshops for target groups, including preparing and conducting training-on-demand workshops, and develops and maintains relevant support resources and asynchronous modules on the CFE website to extend access and impact.
  • Contribute writing and editing skills as needed to support CFE activities.
  • Promote and market writing support through CFE outlets.
• Serve as a Faculty Writing Coach
  • Provide effective individual coaching for faculty around their scholarship plans.
  • Work with faculty (all tracks/ranks) to promote success with scholarly publications.
  • Offer targeted resources for faculty at various career stages.
  • Provide supportive and actionable developmental feedback on monographs, journal articles, tenure/promotion dossiers, and other documents.
• Facilitate Writing Groups, Retreats, and Workshops
  • Facilitate several weekly writing groups as well as 3-4 writing retreats throughout the year.
  • Develop workshops to share promising practices around developing and sustaining regular writing efforts.
  • Design multiple ways to support faculty writing using Universal Design principles.
  • Coordinates multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines.
  • Identifies, creates, and/or maintains evidence-based asynchronous materials to help faculty meet their professional goals.
  • Promotes evidence-based strategies for faculty to effectively complete their work in one or more core areas; teaching, research and creative activities, community engagement, leadership, and/or writing/communication.
• Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position.

Applicants: Submit your CV, cover letter, a list of three potential references, and a 2-4 page letter of application that describes how you envision supporting faculty writers across all disciplines and career stages in these areas as well as your motivations, skills, and experience that prepare you to excel in the position. Your letter should address four main questions:

1. What motivates you to support faculty writers?
2. What methods will you employ to engage and support faculty writers?
3. How will you support faculty writers across all disciplines, ranks, backgrounds, and perspectives?
4. What skills and experience do you bring to the role- what prepares you to be successful supporting faculty writers?