Director of Mission Integration and Faculty Engagement

Director Of Mission Integration And Faculty Engagement

Loyola Marymount University seeks a visionary and collaborative leader to serve as the inaugural Director of Mission Integration and Faculty Engagement within the Office of the Provost. This role is central to the LMU faculty's enduring commitment to equity and justice through teaching, scholarship, and service, rooted in our Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount identity and our university mission. The Director will help shape and implement LMU's mission integration initiative, ensuring accountability and impact. The Director will lead initiatives focused on faculty engagement, faculty development, and interdisciplinary collaboration, while working closely with faculty, faculty affinity group leaders, and campus partners. The Director will report to the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development.

Position Specific Responsibilities / Accountabilities

Mission Integration, Faculty Hiring, and Faculty Development

• Create impactful connections between the university's mission particularly its focus on recognizing and nourishing the full person of every member of our community; of bringing people into greater connection with each other; and for guiding individual and communal efforts.
• Design and implement policies, processes and capacity building interventions to bring mission more fully into faculty hiring, onboarding and retention (the faculty lifecycle). Collaborate with campus partners in the Division of Human Resources, Division of Mission, and Center for Faculty Development as needed.
• Design interventions to support faculty in their mission-centered engagement through research and teaching activities, and the daily life of faculty members in their classrooms and departments. Focus particularly on actions and initiatives aimed at fostering and supporting faculty members' communal orientations towards their teaching, research, and service.
• Lead initiatives designed to advance the university's strategic plan commitments that align with mission-integration.

Accountability to Advancing Equity, Inclusion and Justice

Reach and Impact

Loyola Marymount University Expectations

Exhibit behavior that supports the mission, vision, and values of the university. Communicate and employ interpersonal actions that model high standards of professional, responsible, accountable, and ethical conduct. Demonstrate a commitment to outstanding customer service.

Requisite Qualifications

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this position.