Position Number: 001364 Department: College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences (Col) Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time Months Per Year: 9 Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric & Digital Studies ( WRDS ) invites applications for an Associate Director of the Writing Resources Center ( WRC ) to begin Fall 2025. The WRC Associate Director position will be hired as a non-tenure track ( NTT ) teaching faculty member at the rank of Senior Lecturer or Associate Teaching Professor. The successful applicant will join a vibrant and collegial degree-granting writing department located on the beautiful 1,000-acre campus of North Carolina’s urban research university. The WRC Associate Director can expect the following responsibilities in collaboration with the WRC Director: + Co-teaching the annual tutor education course + Recruiting, mentoring, and training tutors and WRC staff + Supervising graduate teaching assistants from the English Department + Creating tutoring schedules + Contributing to program development, research projects, and program assessment The WRC Associate Director can also expect to teach two courses per semester (including the tutor education course). The WRDS curriculum is guided by a set of first-year writing student learning outcomes (https://writing.charlotte.edu/about/student-learning-outcomes/) and a set of upper-division outcomes, (https://writing.charlotte.edu/writing-rhetoric-digital-studies/student-learning-outcomes/) and all WRDS courses are informed by the diverse and interdisciplinary expertise of WRDS Faculty. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to use innovative writing pedagogies to teach UNC Charlotte’s unique student body, which includes first-generation college students and multilingual speakers from various backgrounds. WRDS NTT teaching faculty regularly engage in department stewardship, including curricular development, promotion of the WRDS major/minor, and departmental self-governance. WRDS faculty and WPAs also engage in community-engaged and public-facing work across campus and the larger Charlotte region. Minimum Experience / Education: UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned masters and/or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline. Preferred Education Skills and Experience: Required Qualifications: + Master’s degree (for a senior lecturer) or terminal degree (for an associate teaching professor) in Rhetoric and Composition or closely-related field + At least 18 months experience teaching first-year writing + At least 60 months full-time teaching at the college level + At least 9 months experience as a writing center tutor and/or administrator + Familiarity with current writing pedagogy + Experience in departmental leadership, administration, curricular development, or special initiatives. + Experience engaging in service activities (e.g. committee participation, extracurricular clubs or organization participation, grant/manuscript reviewing, fundraising, etc.) + Demonstrated engagement with professional development related to writing studies or a closely-related field Preferred Qualifications + Demonstrated ability in scholarly engagement with writing centers, writing across the curriculum ( WAC ), writing program administration ( WPA ), or writing in the disciplines ( WID ). + Demonstrated excellence in teaching first-year writing + Experience in the administration of writing programs and / or writing centers.