The Faculty Writing Coach will create and implement professional development activities and resources to support OU faculty with scholarly writing of research articles/manuscripts/monographs, grant and fellowship proposals, promotion/tenure dossiers, book proposals, and other professional documents.  The writing support for faculty also includes facilitating writing groups, retreats, and workshops, as well as developmental feedback and individual coaching. The Faculty Writing Coach will also collaborate with CFE staff and others across campus to increase faculty engagement and participation with all aspects of faculty development offered by the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE).

The Faculty Writing Coach is a full-time staff position, reporting to the Director of CFE. The Faculty Writing Coach will engage with faculty writers, provide developmental feedback on documents, and serve as a senior member of CFE’s faculty development team.  Prior experience should include ability to respond to texts/documents/proposals across disciplines and across a range of publication venues, such as journal articles, research reports, grant applications, monographs, and public-facing scholarship. Professionals with strong writing, editing, and coaching skills and training from any discipline are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities and Duties:

General Support for Faculty Writing

• Coordinate with centers/offices across campus to connect with and support faculty
• Develop and sustain relevant writing support resources and modules on CFE website
• Contribute writing and editing skills as needed to support CFE activities
• Promote and market writing support through CFE outlets
• Contribute to CFE’s assessment plans and goals
• Contribute to CFE’s culture of inclusive excellence that welcomes and supports faculty writers from the full range of backgrounds and perspectives represented on our campus

Serve as a Faculty Writing Coach

• Provide effective individual coaching for faculty around their scholarship plans
• Work with faculty [all tracks/ranks] to promote success with scholarly publications
• Offer targeted resources for faculty at various career stages

Provide Developmental Feedback to Support Faculty

• Collaborate with CFE’s Research and Creative Activities team to support grant proposal development; review proposals prior to submission
• Provide developmental feedback on monographs, journal articles, tenure/promotion dossiers, and other documents. 

Facilitate writing groups, retreats, and workshops

• Facilitate 2-4 weekly writing groups as well as 3-4 writing retreats throughout the year.
• Develop workshops to share promising practices around developing and sustaining regular writing efforts
• Design multiple ways to support faculty writing using Universal Design principles

Required Materials: Applicants should include their c.v., a list of three potential references, and a 2–4-page letter of application that describes how you envision supporting faculty writers across all disciplines and career stages in these areas as well as your motivations, skills, and experience that prepare you to excel in the position.

Your letter should address four main questions:

1. What motivates you to support faculty writers?
2. What methods will you employ to engage and support faculty writers?
3. How will you support faculty writers across a range of disciplines, ranks, backgrounds, and perspectives?
4. What skills and experience do you bring to the role- what prepares you to be successful supporting faculty writers?