Job no: 493131
Work type: Staff Full Time - Full Year
Location: Lewiston, ME
Categories: Academic Affairs: Academic Programs and Departments
Title: Assistant Director - Center for Inclusive Teaching & Learning
Position Purpose:
The Assistant Director will lead efforts to coordinate and develop advising curricula, training, and assessment for faculty and staff educators. The Assistant Director will act as a core member of the CITL team designing, facilitating, and evaluating a wide range of professional development programming that supports inclusive pedagogy and student success across the institution.
*Review of applications will begin on July 17th*
Job Duties:
General Educator Development & CITL Programming:
- Contribute to the design, facilitation, and evaluation of a comprehensive suite of professional development programming, including workshops, faculty learning communities, book clubs, panel discussions, and invited speaker events.
- Contribute to the planning and execution of core CITL events such as the Course Design Institute and New Faculty Orientation.
- Provide confidential consultations with individual educators and groups regarding teaching, advising, and learning practices. Offer evidence-based guidance on course materials, design, and learning outcomes.
- Develop, evaluate, and update web-based resources supporting inclusive excellence in teaching, advising, and learning.
Advising Strategy and Innovation:
- Coordinate advising training and assessment for faculty and staff, supporting the development of pre-major advising curricula.
- Partner with campus stakeholders to advance a shared vision for a four-year integrated advising approach that connects academic planning with co-curricular experiences.
- Stay current with national trends in both pedagogy and academic advising, including holistic and equity-minded approaches, synthesizing these insights into actionable institutional strategy.
Assessment and Continuous Improvement:
- Contribute to the development and implementation of approaches to assess the effectiveness of both advising practices and general CITL programming.
- Use data and feedback to inform improvements in educator support and contribute to institutional efforts related to student success, retention, and engagement in collaboration with Institutional Research.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Serve as a bridge between CITL and key partners, particularly Student Affairs, to integrate academic advising with career development, well-being, and student support services.
- Contribute to CITL’s internal and external communications to promote resources and visibility.
- Support the overall success of the unit by performing other essential duties as identified by the Director of CITL.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education
Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, or any related field.
Experience
- Experience designing and facilitating workshops or professional development for adult learners.
- Demonstrated experience in an instructional role for adult learners.
- 3-5 years experience working with faculty or within a teaching and learning center preferred.
- Experience in a liberal arts or faculty-advising model institution preferred.
Skills and Knowledge
- Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
- Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in academic advising (holistic and integrative models) and evidence-based pedagogy.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and consulting skills.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across roles and divisions.
- High self-motivation, action-oriented initiative, and a strategic mindset.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity to build and implement new programs.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Team mentality and a willingness to share responsibilities and pitch in wherever needed.
- Ability to translate educational theory and national research into practice.
- A reflective mindset that welcomes feedback, values professional development, and interest in contributing to the broader national conversation on teaching and learning through professional organizations.
- Familiarity with assessment of advising or student success initiatives preferred.
Benefits:
Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits (health, dental, sick leave, 24 days of vacation, 2 personal days, 13 paid holidays, dependent care subsidy, free parking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug and smoke-free workplace.
Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $65,775 - $75,000. Placement within the range depends on experience and other factors.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.
Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at [email protected].
About Bates:
Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.
Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.
Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.
Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.
The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.
Advertised: 25 Jun 2026
Applications Close: 17 Jul 2026
