Core Faculty Manager

Description

What if your next job wasn’t just a role, but a place where you truly felt valued, inspired, and empowered? Imagine working for a company that’s dedicated to educating, inspiring, and empowering others, while fostering a family-like atmosphere that genuinely respects and appreciates every team member. Now, imagine that this company also offers:

• A flexible hybrid work schedule
• Strong, guiding values that drive everything we do
• Outstanding benefits to support your well‑being
• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day

Does that sound like a place where you’d thrive?

If so, keep reading, because this is exactly what Westcliff University is all about. Here’s a glimpse of what makes our culture amazing:

At Westcliff, we strive to be the best in all we do, celebrating and supporting each team member as we grow and succeed together. As a global leader in innovative education, we’re known for our transformative, tech‑driven programs and our unwavering commitment to excellence, and social responsibility,

Our tagline – Educate. Inspire. Empower. – perfectly sums up our mission: to create opportunities for students and employees to achieve success through hard work and empowerment. Diversity and inclusion are at our core. At Westcliff, we embrace diversity in every form.

By joining the Westcliff team, you’ll have the chance to leave your personal mark on a growing institution, helping us shape the future of education while being part of a supportive and innovative community. Ready to feel inspired and appreciated while making a real difference? Apply now, and let’s grow and succeed together!

Core Faculty Manager

The CORE Faculty Manager provides leadership, operational oversight, and quality assurance for Westcliff University’s CORE Faculty Program and related faculty development initiatives. This role, partners with college leadership, ensures that faculty evaluation, coaching, appeals, and professional development processes are implemented consistently, effectively, and in alignment with institutional standards.

Serving as the primary operational lead for CORE Team Leads and CORE Mentors, this position bridges the Office of Faculty Affairs, Academic Operations, Program Chairs, and the LITE Center to ensure that faculty support models are not only designed well, but executed with fidelity in practice. The role emphasizes accountability, consistency, data‑informed decision‑making, and a strong, supportive faculty experience.

• Provide day‑to‑day leadership and oversight of the CORE Faculty Program, including CORE Team Leads, CORE Mentors, CORE Professional, and any additional CORE faculty roles.
• Ensure clarity of role expectations, workload balance, timelines, and accountability across CORE roles.
• Oversee evaluation cycles and mentorship assignments, ensuring timely completion and high‑quality documentation.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for CORE Faculty regarding process questions, expectations, and escalation pathways.

• Review and monitor CORE Team Lead evaluation reports to ensure consistency, calibration, and alignment with institutional rubrics and standards.
• Identify trends, risks, and areas for intervention related to faculty performance.
• Partner with Program Chairs and Academic Operations on faculty performance decisions, scheduling eligibility, and support plans.
• Support faculty appeal processes by ensuring accurate documentation, procedural alignment, and clear communication.

• Guide CORE Team Leads and Mentors in delivering constructive, growth‑focused feedback and navigating difficult conversations.
• Oversee LITE Center staff as assigned.
• Support escalation and intervention strategies when faculty performance concerns arise.
• Ensure coaching and evaluation practices align with institutional policies and frameworks, including the Faculty Handbook, Course Expectation Agreements, Faculty Competency Framework, CAPRI, Socratic Metric, Asynchronous, and GAP 2.0.

• Collaborate closely with the LITE Center to reinforce and…