Associate Professor or Full Professor/ Department Chair - Engagement and Outreach Librarian

Job Summary

Central Washington University is recruiting an Associate or Full Professor/Department Chair to join our CWU Libraries team in Ellensburg, Washington. This role is an important member of our team as they enhance the vision for the University. The role is a campus-based position, which means you get to see the lives you are impacting. We're offering a competitive salary plus the awesome CWU benefits.

About the role

The Engagement and Outreach Librarian actively cultivates relationships and collaborates with university and community partners to inform, design, deliver, and promote library learning opportunities that support student success. As a member of CWU Libraries faculty, this position provides instruction, research support, and outreach services for students and faculty in a wide variety of academic disciplines.

The Libraries Department Chair, the incumbent provides leadership for a dynamic team of faculty librarians, facilitates departmental initiatives and services, and collaborates with other library units as a member of the Libraries Supervisors Team. The chair also participates in faculty and professional activities, including service on university and departmental committees and engagement with professional associations.

Responsibilities

• Provides instruction, research support, and outreach services for students and faculty in a wide variety of academic disciplines.
• Works with university and community partners to inform, design, deliver, and promote library learning opportunities that support student success.
• Facilitates departmental initiatives and services.
• Collaborates with other library units as a member of the Libraries Supervisors Team.
• Participates in faculty and professional activities, including service on university and departmental committees and engagement with professional associations.
• Serves as a member of the Libraries Supervisors Team.

Requirements

• ALA-accredited master's degree in library/information science or equivalent terminal degree.
• Associate Professor: minimum of 6 years of professional experience in an academic library.
• Professor: minimum of 10 years of professional experience in an academic library.
• Working knowledge in outreach, programming, and assessment.
• Ability to work with a wide range of faculty, students, administrators, staff and general public; experience in team building, fostering effective communication and collaboration across departments and with people with broadly varying technical skill levels.
• Evidence of flexibility, enthusiasm, and collegiality, with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities, and work effectively with faculty, students, and staff.
• Superior communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.
• Scholarship and service profile commensurate with a tenure appointment at the rank of associate or full professor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience successfully leading and implementing department changes.
• Demonstrated organizational and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain effective relationships and partnerships.
• Experience developing and implementing effective communication, outreach, or marketing materials.
• Prior supervisory experience.
• Spanish language fluency.
• Able to incorporate multicultural perspectives and issues into programming or information literacy instruction.
• Research program that demonstrates an ability to contribute to CWU's vision to be a model learning community of access and opportunity.

Qualifications

• ALA-accredited master's degree in library/information science or equivalent terminal degree.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in an academic library for Associate Professor.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in an academic library for Professor.
• Working knowledge in outreach, programming, and assessment.
• Ability to work with a wide range of faculty, students, administrators, staff and general public; experience in team building, fostering effective communication and collaboration across departments and with people with broadly varying technical skill levels.
• Evidence of flexibility, enthusiasm, and collegiality, with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities, and work effectively with faculty, students, and staff.
• Superior communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.
• Scholarship and service profile commensurate with a tenure appointment at the rank of associate or full professor.

Benefits

• Annual Salary: Associate Professor: $93,207 - $96,000 based on a full-time twelve-month appointment; Professor: $110,200 - $113,505 based on a full-time twelve-month appointment;
• Annual Chair stipend: $6,750.

Pay, Benefits, & Work Schedule

• Annual Salary: Associate Professor: $93,207 - $96,000 based on a full-time twelve-month appointment; Professor: $110,200 - $113,505 based on a full-time twelve-month appointment;
• Annual Chair stipend: $6,750.
• Appointment: Full-Time, Tenure-Track, 12 Month Appointment.
• Central Washington University is on the quarter system with appointments from mid-September through mid-June.
• Benefits: CWU offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement and optional savings plans, life and disability insurance.
• CWU Benefits, Perks & Discounts Overview.