Post Doctoral Fellow - Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Honors Program

Overview

The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) at the University of Houston invites exceptional candidates to join our mission as a postdoctoral associate supporting the CLASS Honors Program. CLASS Honors serves undergraduate students across the humanities, social sciences, and health sciences, fostering an interdisciplinary community committed to scholarly exploration and socially engaged education. This is a new position that involves developing, implementing, and assessing co-curricular and extra-curricular learning opportunities for Honors students. This position offers the opportunity to mentor high-achieving students in their academic and professional development.

Responsibilities

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• Recommends changes in research, testing or experimental procedures.
• May be responsible for a single highly technical and complex piece of research equipment.
• May review and evaluate the effectiveness of personnel.
• May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control.
• Operates with latitude for unreviewed action.
• May receive general supervision conferring with higher levels only in unusual situations.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Primary Responsibilities

The postdoctoral associate will serve as the primary coordinator for program management, community-building and belonging as well as student success initiatives and providing academic advising to support student achievement and engagement. This front-facing position requires direct interaction with current and prospective students, faculty, staff, and alumni while coordinating events and executing co-curricular, and extra-curricular programming for Honors students. The role encompasses managing communications strategies and social media content to enhance program visibility, supervising the CLASS Honors Commons and classroom spaces to ensure optimal learning environments, and providing leadership and guidance to student support staff.

The position also involves maintaining comprehensive student engagement metrics and analytics, contributing to abstracts, research reports, funding proposals, operational manuals, and other institutional documentation. The postdoctoral associate will monitor and assess the effectiveness of programming initiatives, providing regular operational feedback to the Director. This position requires availability for evening and weekend events as needed to support the program's offerings.

Professional Development Opportunities

This position provides valuable experience in learning design and pedagogical innovation, program management and evaluation, academic administration, student success programming, career development initiatives, and industry engagement strategies. The role is ideally suited for individuals interested in pursuing careers within academic administration, student success, learning design, career development, community outreach and industry engagement.

Position Details

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible appointment for two years with an anticipated start date of January 5, 2026. The successful candidate will report directly to the Director of the CLASS Honors Program and will be based in Houston, Texas, United States.

Preferred Qualifications

Applicants must have completed a PhD in the humanities, social sciences, education or related interdisciplinary fields prior to the position start date and demonstrate a strong commitment to academic administration, student success programming, and program evaluation. The ideal candidate must be able to work proactively and independently while managing multiple competing projects, deadlines, and deliverables. Excellent written and verbal communication abilities with strong mentoring capabilities are essential, as is an interest in working across liberal arts and social science disciplines with students from diverse academic backgrounds.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience in program management, community-building and belonging, academic advising and proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, and background in program evaluation and assessment. Candidates with a demonstrated publication record, previous involvement in professional development or teaching-related projects, and prior program evaluation experience will receive additional consideration.

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit a resume or CV and cover letter describing their background, qualifications, future goals, and fit for the position. Applicants should be prepared to provide three professional references and a writing sample upon request. Application materials will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with a priority deadline for full consideration of October 31, 2025.

MQ : Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job-related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. No experience is required.

Equal Opportunity

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.

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