Director of Instructor Engagement and Educational Development

Position overview

Position title :

Director of Instructor Engagement and Educational Development

Salary range : $131,906-$185,208

Review timeline : November 30, 2025

Application Window

Open date : October 10, 2025

Next review date : Sunday, Nov 30, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date : Sunday, Nov 30, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) was established in August 2023 to support UCLA's educational mission to engage a university-wide community of scholars composed of educators and the diverse learners they serve in a collaborative process to discover and advance knowledge and practice across the disciplines both in and beyond the classroom. The TLC is a key driver of innovation and excellence in teaching across UCLA's broad academic landscape, a campus resource for programming in support of inclusive and evidence-based teaching practices, and a champion of pedagogical research and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

The TLC is recruiting a Director of Instructor Engagement and Educational Development (IEED), who reports to the Executive Director of the Teaching and Learning Center and serves as a key leader in supporting instructors of record, including Senate faculty, Lecturers, Academic Administrators, and Graduate Student Instructors. The Director leads the design, implementation, and assessment of professional learning opportunities that promote student-centered, inclusive, and effective instructional practices. This role oversees educational development programs, consultation services, and digital resources that equip instructors to engage diverse learners, foster equitable student outcomes, and adapt to evolving modes of teaching and learning.

The Director manages a portfolio of campus-wide teaching events, professional learning programs, and educational and faculty development initiatives, including the TLC's teaching symposia, academies, and communities of practice. In addition, the Director collaborates with campus partners to launch and sustain new initiatives that encourage reflective practice, purposeful instructional innovation, and the use of enabling technologies to support effective pedagogy. As a core member of the TLC leadership team, the Director supervises professional and student staff, oversees unit operations and assessment, contributes to strategic planning, and represents the TLC at UCLA, UC systemwide, and national levels.

Core responsibilities include but are not limited to leading the design and facilitation of educational development programs and workshops; managing teaching consultation services to support adoption of evidence-based practices; overseeing strategic assessment and continuous improvement of programs; building and sustaining instructor communities of practice; and advancing scholarly teaching and pedagogical research.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• As a normal requirement, the appointee should have the terminal or top degree in the appointee's field or the highest degree that is commonly expected for appointment in the activity.
• Demonstrated experience (5 years) in academic administration in college or university setting.
• Experience in teaching (in person and online) and curriculum development at the university level; ability to teach courses as needed and / or assigned by VPTL.

Additional qualifications

Preferred qualifications

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Cover Letter

Statement of Research (Optional)

Statement of Teaching

Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

UCLA Mission Statement - As the nation's premier public research university, UC's mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of the state of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.

The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows :

Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles

Expand our reach as a global university

Enhance our research and creative activities

Elevate how we teach

Become a more effective institution

Prompt for candidates for recruitment :

Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA's mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service

Statement of EDI (Optional)

Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements

Applicants will be contacted when letter of recommendation is needed.

Apply link :

https : / / recruit.apo.ucla.edu / JPF10633

Help contact : mtabarez@teaching.ucla.edu

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and / or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

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Job location

Los Angeles, CA