Professional Practice Assistant Professor

Overview

Utah State University’s Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI) invites applicants for a professional practice assistant professor non‑tenure‑track, full‑time, 9‑month academic‑year position. This position is primarily administrative and involves ongoing curricular and extracurricular program development. In addition to a 70% administrative role, the position offers opportunities to teach courses in political and economic development as well as region‑specific courses focused on Africa.

This position is eligible for hybrid work within the state of Utah.

• Participate in discussions related to refining and advancing curriculum and extracurricular programming.
• Assist with CAI courses, as needed.
• Work with students on professional development, including organizing workforce‑related workshops and other opportunities.
• Direct and oversee advertising, outreach, and communication to academic, government, and industry partners regarding CAI initiatives.
• Design graphics and visual advertising for CAI programming, events, and reports.
• Manage, maintain, and create content for CAI website, social media accounts, and all recruitment efforts.
• Compile, format, and submit required CAI reporting to the State of Utah.
• Work with industry partners to increase opportunities for internships, co‑ops, and work‑based learning.
• Take a lead in external engagements, as assigned.
• Represent CAI at campus events.
• Recruit, train, and supervise CAI Student Coordinator.
• Advise CAI‑related student clubs.
• Oversee CAI event management (invitations, tracking, RSVP, ticketing, etc.).
• Assist in external development efforts including identifying promising federal and state grants and seeking support from private industry and individuals.
• Lead efforts to develop alumni network.
• Ensure that applications for scholarships and student funding are offered, reviewed, and disbursed in a timely fashion and in accordance with university guidelines; track student eligibility across the life of the scholarship.
• Perform miscellaneous job‑related duties as assigned.
• Help organize, and occasionally attend, periodic weekend and evening extracurricular functions.
• Teach a course in political/economic development.
• Develop and lead international student experiences exploring successful approaches to development, growth, and resilience.
• Offer a course on African political, economic, and security issues.

Minimum:

• Master’s degree or higher in a related field.
• Teaching experience.
• Experience mentoring students.
• Experience in program‑level curricular design.
• Demonstrated success in seeking and administering grants.
• Significant international experience.
• Significant development experience.
• Experience in project management.
• Demonstrated ability to take a lead in professional engagement with external partners.
• Strong interpersonal skills that facilitate relationship‑building across campus.
• Familiarity with the US intelligence community and national security issues.
• Detail‑oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Professional communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to make administrative and procedural decisions and judgments.
• Aptitude for managing multiple lines of effort simultaneously.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member and collaborator.
• Strong autonomous work ethic.
• Willingness to learn and apply AI platforms.

Preferred:

• Skills required to manage multiple social media platforms.
• Website maintenance and upgrading skills.
• Graphic design skills.
• Event management.

Along with the online application, please attach:

• CV to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV.”
• Cover letter to be typed/pasted at the end of your application.
• Names and contact information of at least three references (requested in the online application).

Document size may not exceed 10 MB.

Minimum $65,000, commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent benefits.

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