Assistant Professor - Director of Student Excellence & Achievement

Position: Assistant Professor - Director of Student Excellence & Achievement (0076346)
Description

Title:

Assistant Professor (Director of Student Excellence and Achievement) Position Number: 0076346 Hiring Unit: UH - West O'ahu, Student Affairs

Location:

Kapolei, Hawai'i Posting Date: 02/02/2026 Closing Date: 03/04/2026 Salary Information: F-3, salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Monthly Type: 11-month Tenure Track:
Tenure Full Time/Part Time:
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Permanent Funding:
General Funds Classification of Faculty:
Percent-of-effort as 60% Service; 20% Research; 20% Teaching This position serves as the Director of Student Excellence and Achievement within the Student Affairs Division. It is a progressively responsible position with overall responsibility for providing leadership, vision, support, and coordination for a variety of programs, projects, activities, and services within the Division. This position will work under the direction of and on behalf of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs (VCSA), collaborating with section heads and unit leads to foster students' attainment of educational objectives, persistence toward graduation, and intellectual and interpersonal success.

This position will provide leadership and the vision for serving the developmental and programmatic needs of assigned target groups through the crafting, planning, and implementation of a variety of learning experiences that teach students critical thinking, purposeful reflection, effective communication, leadership, and planning skills. The primary purpose of this position is to promote and maintain a positive campus environment that supports and promotes student learning, student success, and student growth through proactive and purposeful student affairs programs and services by leading, supporting, and coordinating the efforts of section heads and unit leads within the Division.

Included in this leadership and support will be the complete cycle of program development from ideation, implementation, and evaluation, strategic and long-range to short-range planning, collaborative problem-solving, etc. Support may be in any areas of student affairs as assigned including enrollment management services to recruit, admit, and financially support student enrollment; student academic success initiatives including academic advising, first-year/sophomore year experiences, college success support programs for under-represented groups and other target groups;

student health& wellness programs including psychological services, health education, & medical services; student life including chartered student organizations, registered clubs and organizations, campus center operations, leadership education, student programming, etc.; and career development services,among others.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Teaching, Research & Specialized Educational Service (40%)
* Teach post-secondary level courses on college student success, including student learning, student development, and student growth, in various modes of instruction (in-person, online, hybrid, etc.) as assigned.
* Teach, counsel, and advise assigned student groups as they navigate the college experience, including providing instructional coaching to students on how best to advocate on their own behalf with faculty, peers, and others.
* Teach and advise students, in both instructional and co-curricular settings, about the value and benefits of co-curricular involvement, engagement, and employment opportunities.
* Teach and advise students to use online and in-person resources and tools offered by the campus, which empower them in making academic progress towards timely degree completion, in problem-solving issues and concerns that arise, in self-directing towards resolution, and in charting their pathways toward successful degree completion and interpersonal growth.
* Create, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive variety of quality and proactive instructional activities and educational experiences through individual, group, and other program interventions. These activities and experiences include orientation workshops, first-year transition advising seminars, satisfactory progress consulting interventions, student success courses and workshops, student development instruction, senior project/internship coaching, etc., to support students in creating a meaningful matriculation and developmental college experience.

* Partner in the development, implementation, and evaluation of marketing and outreach approaches to communicate University policies and procedures about college traditions and academic expectations, as well as to ensure that students are taught and advised about the intent, rationale, and philosophical approach underlying such policies and procedures. This involves, but is not limited to, researching relevant literature in higher education and student affairs, and reviewing and analyzing best practices from peer and benchmark institutions.

* Design, implement, and evaluate a variety of training and…