DAFTG Director

• Implement priorities for and guide direction of AAUP's Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Governance (DAFTG) in consultation with national officers and Executive Director.
• Manage day-to-day operations of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom (CDAF) in collaboration with its Strategic Director and Program Coordinator.
• Develop and implement a robust member education program, including workshops and trainings on AAUP policies.
• Supervise DAFTG and CDAF staff, fostering teamwork, accountability, and professional growth.

This role directly defends academic freedom and faculty rights in higher education, protecting teaching and research from partisan attacks and corporate influence, and advancing the higher education labor movement.

• Demonstrated leadership on academic freedom, job security, and shared governance issues, including part-time, adjunct, contingent, and precarious employment.
• Familiarity with AAUP policy standards and institutional policies on academic freedom, due process, and shared governance.
• Strong writing, communication, research, and analytical skills; experience conducting member education and developing workshop curriculum.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced post-graduate degree preferred.

Salary range: $100,000 – $130,000. AAUP offers a generous benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance; paid sick days; paid vacation days; and 401(K).

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is a fast-growing union of higher education workers that unites and mobilizes the higher ed sector against partisan attacks, aiming to protect academic freedom, expand the labor movement, and defend democracy.