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Faculty Talent Manager: Tickle College of Engineering - UTK

Position Number: 6432431
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Position Type: Human Resources

Faculty Talent Manager: Tickle College of Engineering - UTK
Knoxville, TN, United States

Job Identification: 4234
Job Category: Human Resources
Posting Date: 07/28/2025
Job Schedule: Full Time
Locations: 823 Neyland Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, US (On-site)

Job Description
The Faculty Talent Manager in the Tickle College of Engineering is responsible for developing and maintaining comprehensive faculty talent management programs. This position drives professional development, compensation strategies, external awards nominations, and faculty recruitment and retention efforts.

Reporting to the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, the Faculty Talent Manager will develop strategies to attract, retain, and develop faculty talent within the Tickle College of Engineering. This role leads initiatives and creates the program for faculty professional development, oversees compensation structures and strategies, coordinates faculty award nominations, and supports recruitment processes.

Responsibilities
Faculty Recruitment: Develop and implement strategies for attracting top-tier faculty candidates. Collaborate with departments to ensure alignment with institutional goals.

Retention Initiatives: Design programs and initiatives aimed at retaining high-performing faculty members. Provide resources for career advancement and professional development. Utilize data-driven approaches to assess faculty needs and measure the effectiveness of talent management strategies.

Professional Development: Organize workshops, seminars, and training sessions to support faculty growth in areas such as pedagogy, career planning, student mentorship, networking and collaboration, project management, and leadership skills.

Compensation and Rewards: Utilize data-driven approaches to assess compensation through including but not limited to compiling data on startup funds, curating salary surveys, developing/refining an award program, and retention strategies.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in any field.

Experience: Minimum of 5 years combined experience in higher education, program development, program management, program analytics, and/or HR talent management.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Ability to use databases and analytical tools. Skill in presenting data graphically. Proficiency in computer-based and online search tools to conduct effective searches for desired information. Knowledge of higher education faculty and compensation processes.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment visa status.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Master's degree in Human Resources or Higher Education Administration.

Experience: 5 years working directly with higher education faculty on professional development.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Knowledge of methods of teaching in higher education and assessment of faculty teaching effectiveness. Knowledge of metrics used to evaluate faculty performance. Ability to use databases of faculty information to analyze faculty performance metrics. Ability to use on-line search tools and software to identify high performing faculty across the US.

Work Location

Location: Knoxville, TN
Onsite

Compensation and Benefits

UT market range: 09
Anticipated hiring range: $65,000 - $70,000
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Application Instructions

To express interest, please submit an application with the noted below attachments. To be assured of full consideration, completed applications with all requested materials.

Resume
Cover Letter
List of 3 Professional References

About The College

The Tickle College of Engineering is in the midst of an unprecedented period of growth and success including adding over 30 new faculty as part of ambitious cluster hiring campaigns led by Chancellor Donde Plowman and Dean Matthew Mench. Since 2021, the college has set records in research expenditures, enrollment, incoming student GPA, intellectual property development, and USNWR rank. New facilities include the state-of-the art Zeanah Engineering Complex, the University of Tennessee Manufacturing and Design Enterprise (TN-MADE) facility, and the Innovation South building which houses UTK's Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility (FCMF). TCE currently has 208 Tenure/Tenure Track and 65 Non-Tenure Track faculty in its nine academic departments and offers 13 undergraduate, 16 MS, and 15 PhD degree programs. Affiliated with TCE and located in Tullahoma, Tennessee, the UT Space Institute is a hub of aerospace and defense research. The college is also home to eight research centers and three interdisciplinary institutes. With approximately 4,300 undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students, the college sits 29th among public universities in the most recent U.S. News and World Report graduate rankings. Faculty in the college have won 29 early career awards (NSF, DoE, DARPA, AFOSR, and ARO) since 2016. In FY24, the college had NSF HERD research expenditures of $121 million.

About Us
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees-the Volunteers-who uphold the university's tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee's flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy's largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices that attract and retain a diverse community and that support a culture where everyone matters and belongs.

The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as "Best Employer for New Graduates," "One of America's Best Large Employers," and "Best Workplace for Women," and has been designated as "Best Place for Working Parents" by Forbes Magazine.

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