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Department/Program Description: The Department of African and African American Studies (DAAAS) was officially launched in January 2024. The department focuses on the core principles of furthering excellence, encouraging critique, and pursuing the positive social transformation of people of African descent in Africa and the diaspora not only through multiple scholarly perspectives and models, but also through the study of art practices and the creation of art works. The department offers an undergraduate degree to provide students with an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of African, African American, and of African descended people all over the world as a central component of American and world culture. Courses in the major promote research across disciplinary and departmental boundaries in the arts and humanities and will provide students with research training and community service-learning opportunities. Courses of study are drawn from art, art history, cultural anthropology, economics, education, film, dance, performance studies and theatre, literature and literary studies, history, languages, linguistics, music, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and gender & sexuality studies, among others. The department currently has 7 faculty and is in the process of searching for and appointing new faculty who are expected to join the department from Academic Year 2025, Read more about the department here:
Position Summary: The Department of African and African American Studies is seeking a Faculty Affairs Coordinator to support the operational processes relating to searches and appointing faculty and other teaching staff. The Faculty Affairs Coordinator will work under general supervision of the Director of Finance and Operations (DFO) and must possess and demonstrate a positive outlook on continuous process improvement efforts while maintaining a team-based and customer-focused mindset. It is critical that this position exhibit the abilities to practice sound judgment and decision-making, effective written & oral communication, strong attention to detail and respectful relationship management. This position must also exhibit a strong desire to continuously learn new and unfamiliar business topics, policies and procedures as they relate to Faculty Affairs Coordinator role- the ability to translate this information into operational successes will be critical.
This is a 50% FTE, six-month fixed term non-exempt position. This position will be based on the Stanford campus and will be considered for an option of telecommuting (hybrid of working on-site and off-site), subject to operational need
If you believe that this opportunity is a match for your knowledge, skills and abilities, we encourage you to apply. Thank you for considering employment opportunities with the School of Humanities and Sciences.
CORE DUTIES :
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :
Associate degree and one year of experience working with administrative processes, or combination of education and relevant experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES :
WORKING CONDITIONS:
The position may or may not have occasional extended hours.WORK STANDARDS:
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