08/25/2025
By Julie Nash

The ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity & Resilience (OFER) invites applications for the position of Faculty Director to begin Fall 2025. The position will run for a two-year term with the possibility of renewal and comes with a $10,000 annual stipend.

The Faculty Director is responsible for providing strategic leadership to guide OFER’s multi-layered mission – mentoring, personnel practices, workplace norms, and institutional policies and practices - and works closely with the OFER full-time Program Director, the OFER faculty Leadership Team, and other campus stakeholders to build an equitable, inclusive and empowering faculty environment.

This faculty-led initiative collaborates with and reports administratively to the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, while its mission, vision, and decision-making remain firmly rooted in its “by faculty, for faculty” identity.

We welcome applications from any full-time UMass Lowell faculty member, with a preference for applicants who are well established at UML and are at the level of associate or full professor (teaching, clinical or tenure-stream).

Other qualifications:

  • Experience leading efforts to create equitable, inclusive, and supportive work or learning environments
  • An understanding of the dynamics of systemic organizational change, including the ability to promote change at multiple levels
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, including experience motivating a team and promoting collaborative working relationships
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to work effectively with varied campus constituencies

Please apply by Sept. 1 2025.

Please direct all questions to Brita Dean at ADVANCE_Office@uml.edu and/or to Julie_Nash@uml.edu.