Workforce and Organizational Development Assistant/Associate Professor

Posting Details

Posting Details

Job Title

Workforce and Organizational Development Assistant/Associate
Professor (Non-Tenured,F0586A)

Department

ED FOUNDATIONS & LEADERSHIP

Position Number

F0586A

Job Description

Old Dominion University’s Department of Educational Leadership
& Workforce Development seeks applications for a full-time
Assistant/Associate Professor (10-month appointment with summer
employment) in the Workforce & Organizational Development
(graduate) program beginning July 2027. Candidates with expertise
in human resource development and training, workforce development,
and career and technical education are encouraged to apply. The
salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

A Ph.D. or Ed.D. is required in a field related to human resource
development-training, workforce and organizational development,
career and technical education, or equivalent that will enable the
candidate to teach graduate courses, advise MS students, and serve
on dissertation committees. Responsibilities include:

• Teaching and developing graduate level online courses,
• Advising and directing graduate student coursework,
• Mentoring graduate student research, and
• Support administrative functions of the MS Workforce and Talent

Development program.

Previous college teaching and/or business and industry experience
in the following fields is preferred: career and technical
education, business and industry training/adult education;
organizational and workforce development; organizational
performance improvement; program evaluation and assessment; project
management; consulting; and learning analytics.

Position Type

FullTime

Type of Recruitment

General Public

Type of Recruitment

General Public

Minimum required education and/or special licenses,
registrations, trainings, or certifications

A Ph.D. or Ed.D. is required in a field related to Human Resource
Development-Training, Career and Technical Education, Workforce
& Organizational Development, or an equivalent that will enable
the candidate to specialize in an area of research, teaching, and
service.

Minimum required level and type of experience, knowledge,
skills, and abilities

• Proven ability to teach online courses effectively.
• Experience mentoring graduate students.
• Demonstrated ability to lead academic programs.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication

skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse academic

community.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in delivering online courses in different modalities

is preferred, e.g., synchronous, asynchronous, and blended.

• The candidate is expected to demonstrate a commitment to

diversity and inclusiveness and a willingness to work in a
multicultural setting, as well as a commitment to participating in
program governance and decision-making.

• Experience with program development or curriculum design.

Scholarly writing experience, including publishing peer reviewed
manuscripts.

• A background overlapping more than one of career and technical

education, human resources training, workforce development, and the
community college system.

Conditions of Employment

Location

Norfolk, VA

Job Open Date

11/02/2026

Application Review Date

02/15/2027

Open Until Filled

Yes

Application Instructions

Interested candidates must apply via https://jobs.odu.edu/postings/27399

and attach the following:

• A cover letter detailing relevant experience with the required

and preferred qualifications outlined in this job posting.

• A curriculum vitae.
• Unofficial graduate transcripts.
• Contact information for three professional references. When

your application is submitted, the application site will request
letters of recommendation from these individuals.

Review of applications will begin February 15, 2027, and
continue until the position is filled. For questions and inquiries,
please contact Dr. Michelle Bartlett, Search Committee Chair, at
mbartlet@odu.edu.

Telework Friendly

No

Reasonable Accommodation Request

If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable
accommodation, please contact the Division of Talent Management and
Culture at (757)683-3141.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner
discriminate against employees or applicants because they have
inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of
another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access
to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as
a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of
other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise
have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is
(a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance
of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an
investigation conducted by the employer, or consistent with
contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

About the College

https://www.odu.edu/education

About the Department

The Department of Educational Leadership & Workforce
Development is one of five departments in the Darden College of
Education and Professional Studies. The department has twenty
full-time faculty that offer graduate programs in Workforce and
Organizational Development, Community College Leadership,
Educational Leadership, and Higher Education Leadership. The
department offers an undergraduate degree in Occupational &
Technical Studies with majors in Fashion Merchandising, Industrial
Technology, Training Specialist, as well as a degree in Career
& Technical Education with majors in Marketing Education and
Technology Education.

For more information, visit: https://www.odu.edu/educational-foundations-leadership