Interim Director of Curricular Innovation​/VPAI

Interim Director of Curricular Innovation / VPAI

Interim Director of Curricular Innovation / VPAI

Posting Number - F001435P

Internal Posting? - This Search is Open to Current University of Idaho Employees Only

Advertising Pay Range - $125,000-$130,000 DOE

Location
- Moscow

Primary Division/College
- Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives

Primary Unit
- Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives

Employee Category
- Faculty

Classification Group Title
- Program Dir/Dist Dir/Super

Position Control Number - 6668

Suffix - 01

Contingency Code - 5

FTE - 1.0

Contract Basis
- Fiscal Year

Anticipated Contract Start Date - 08/02/2026

FLSA Status
- Exempt

Tenure Tracking
- Negotiable (must be justified)

Rank
- Negotiable (must be justified)

Extension Type
- Not Applicable

Administrative Appointment Type
- Interim

Administrative Appointment End Date (if applicable) - 06/18/2027

University Service & Leadership - 100%

This temporary (one-year) appointment is available to current UI faculty, either tenure or non-tenure track, at open rank. The administrative duties occur over the entire fiscal year. Those on fiscal year appointment will have the duties included in their positions. Those on academic year contracts will have a 2028 summer contract negotiated. The faculty base salary will be bought out and the stipend will be funded by VPAI for AY26-27.

The director of curricular innovation supports efforts to improve the academic quality, financial viability, and efficiency of academic curricula, particularly degree programs. These efforts focus on improving academic achievement levels, time to degree, and degree conferral rates for UI students, as well as cost efficiency. To achieve these goals, the director supports curricular revisions to incorporate lower- and upper-division opportunities for experiential learning and to ensure that learning objectives are sequenced to support timely progress through the degree program.

The director furthers efforts to build an entrepreneurial culture among UI faculty and academic leaders to ensure that the university's portfolio of academic programs remains financially sustainable. In addition, the director helps to streamline the curricular proposal and approval processes to improve UI's competitiveness and ensure proposals are both academically rigorous and financially viable. All efforts are guided by the vice provost for academic initiatives (VPAI), to whom the director reports.

To achieve these goals, the director collaborates extensively with colleagues in and outside the VPAI team.

This administrative appointment or the administrative portion of the faculty appointment is temporary. Employee acknowledges and agrees that in the event there is no longer a need for the administrative assignment, as determined by University in its sole discretion, University may change this Agreement and remove the administrative salary and/or course release during the contract year and employee may return to their faculty appointment, upon 60 days written notice.

Teaching & Advising - 0%

Scholarship & Creative Activity - 0%

Outreach & Extension - 0%

Minimum Education /Degree Required
- Listed degree qualification is required at time of application.

Required Qualifications
- Terminal Degree Current University of Idaho faculty, tenure or non-tenure track, open rank

Preferred Qualifications
- At least three years of academic leadership experience, e.g., as a department chair/head or associate chair, associate dean, etc. A track record of successfully engaging faculty and other colleagues in improving curricula and instruction to support students' academic success and degree completion. Experience developing and obtaining internal and external approvals for academic degree programs. Experience with relevant tools and platforms, such as Curricular Analytics, Course Inventory Management (CIM), etc.

Knowledge of relevant internal and external policies and experience proposing and obtaining approval for policy revisions. Expertise in engaging faculty and other colleagues in culture change, particularly regarding academic curricula and related matters. Familiarity with relevant data, e.g., Idaho, regional, and national labor market data; information on competing institutions' programs; and measures of academic programs' quality, financial viability, and cost efficiency.

Knowledge of curricular innovations being tested across higher education providers and understanding of the industry's current and projected challenges, market conditions, and opportunities. Experience leading and/or supporting faculty and other colleagues to innovate in ways that address these challenges and make constructive use of opportunities. Demonstrated initiative, creativity, problem-solving, and effectiveness.

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Background Check Statement
- Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.

EEO Statement
- The University of Idaho is an equal…