Specialist - Curriculum Dev-Continuing

Michigan State University(MSU) • East Lansing, MI • 1w ago

Working/Functional Title

Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Position Summary

Michigan State University's Office of Research Innovation (ORI) seeks a founding Director to relaunch and lead the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA). This is a rare opportunity to build the office and foundational team. The Director will establish programming infrastructure, launch a new cohort-based postdoctoral scholars program, and develop a university-wide career and professional development ecosystem for MSU's approximately 550 postdoctoral researchers. The Director reports directly to the Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives within ORI and works in close collaboration with ORI's Research Development professionals, giving this role an explicit connection to MSUs federal funding competitiveness.

This position is critical to ORI's strategy for rapidly growing research discovery and translational outcomes across the university. Postdoctoral researchers serve as a vital bridge between faculty, graduate students, and external partners, contributing across the full research lifecycle from discovery through translation, and the Director will play a central role in cultivating a postdoc community that advances an outcome-driven research culture consistent with MSU's land-grant mission.

OPA's transition into ORI reflects an institutional commitment to treat postdoctoral training not only as a support function but as a strategic research asset. The Director will be expected to build accordingly. MSU aspires to set the national standard for postdoctoral career and professional development, and the Director will be expected to position OPA as a model program recognized among peer institutions and national organizations such as the National Postdoctoral Association.

The primary responsibilities for this role are:

Educational Program Leadership (50%)

Design, deliver, and evaluate a comprehensive career and professional development curriculum for MSU postdoctoral researchers. Programming should address the core competency domains recommended by the National Postdoctoral Association, reflect current federal funding priorities, and be grounded in ongoing needs assessment.

Postdoctoral Scholar Support and Career Development (25%)

Serve as a central resource and advocate for MSU's postdoctoral community. This function will expand to include direct career coaching as office capacity grows, with the goal of building one of the most comprehensive postdoc career development models in the Big Ten.

Mentorship Program Development and Faculty Engagement (25%)

Strengthen the faculty mentorship infrastructure supporting MSU postdoctoral researchers, with particular focus on the MSU Research Foundation Postdoctoral Scholars cohort. Strong mentorship is central to ensuring postdocs can effectively bridge faculty, graduate students, and external partners across the research lifecycle.

As an institution of higher learning, Michigan State University is committed

to providing a safe environment for its students, faculty, and staff in support of its educational mission

. With this commitment, the University conducts criminal background checks and professional misconduct reviews of all applicants for employment in faculty, academic staff, and executive management searches.

Professional Misconduct Review

[A professional misconduct review is a prerequisite for a candidate to be selected for this position. Applicants will be asked to disclose whether they are subject to any pending investigation, findings or sanctions related to professional misconduct. Professional misconduct includes misconduct related to a person's employment, including, but not limited to, theft, embezzlement, research integrity ]{lang="EN-US"}

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