Existing employer? Sign in
Georgia Institute of Technology
Learning Catalyst, Academic Professional (Open Rank)
🇺🇸
Atlanta, Georgia
🕑
Full-Time
💰
TBD
💻
Administrator
🗓️
October 18th, 2026
Higher Ed
Edtech.com's Summary
Georgia Institute of Technology is hiring a Learning Catalyst, Academic Professional (Open Rank) for the College of Lifetime Learning in Atlanta, GA. The inaugural role leads the college's transformation into a learning organization through systems thinking and evidence-based practice. It splits time among leadership, teaching, and research on learning ecosystems.
Highlights
- Design and lead a college-wide Learning Organization Initiative built on systems thinking and continuous improvement, including communities of practice, learning laboratories, and action-learning programs
- Design and facilitate leadership development programs grounded in coaching and evidence-based decision-making
- Consult with academic and administrative units undertaking transformation efforts
- Teach credit and non-credit programs in systems thinking, organizational change, and lifelong learning
- Advance a research agenda on learning organizations and workforce learning, and develop exportable frameworks and partnerships with education, government, nonprofit, and industry organizations
- Requires a terminal degree in a related discipline and a record of leading institutional change, reporting to the Dean
Learning Catalyst, Academic Professional (Open Rank) Full Description
Learning Catalyst, Academic Professional (Open Rank)
College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | Full-Time | Job ID 304809
About the College
The College of Lifetime Learning at Georgia Tech focuses on Lifetime Learning Systems, Learning Sciences, and AI in Education: optimized environments that support learning across the arc of one’s life, spanning schools, universities, workplaces, and beyond. This search supports the college’s Strategy 2035 goals to catalyze a learning society and lead the world in learning systems research.
About the Role
The College seeks an innovative leader to serve as its inaugural Learning Catalyst. This Academic Professional faculty position will lead the transformation of the College into a learning organization that continuously improves through systems thinking, evidence-based practice, organizational learning, and innovation. The Learning Catalyst reports to the Dean or designee and serves on the college leadership team.
Responsibilities
- Learning organization leadership (60%): design and lead a college-wide Learning Organization Initiative grounded in systems thinking, organizational learning, continuous improvement, and knowledge management.
- Build communities of practice, knowledge-sharing systems, learning laboratories, innovation networks, and action-learning programs, and use dashboards and metrics to assess learning capacity.
- Design and facilitate leadership development programs that apply coaching, reflective practice, and evidence-based decision-making.
- Provide consultation and facilitation to academic and administrative units undertaking transformation efforts.
- Teaching (20%): teach credit and non-credit programs in systems thinking, learning organizations, organizational change, leadership, and lifelong learning.
- Research (20%): advance a scholarly agenda on learning organizations, workforce learning, and learning ecosystems, and publish scholarly and practitioner resources.
- Develop exportable tools, frameworks, and partnerships with education, government, nonprofit, and industry organizations.
Qualifications
- Earned terminal degree in learning sciences, education, organizational development, systems engineering, human resource development, leadership studies, or a related discipline.
- Expertise in systems thinking and organizational learning and a record of leading institutional transformation and organizational change.
- Evidence of effective teaching and learner engagement, and strong communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills.
- Preferred: ten or more years of leadership experience, experience leading change in higher education or large organizations, and experience developing executive education or workforce development programs.
Notes
Open rank, from Associate Academic Professional through Principal Academic Professional. Candidates must pass a background check.
Similar Jobs
Associate Director of Science, Technology, Arts, and Creativity (STAC)
New York University
🇺🇸 Hybrid - New York, New York
Campus Registrar
Indiana University
🇺🇸 New Albany, Indiana
Associate Registrar
University of North Texas at Dallas
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas
Student Support Manager
Savannah College of Art and Design
🇺🇸 Savannah, Georgia
UConn Hartford Student Activities Coordinator
University of Connecticut
🇺🇸 Hartford, Connecticut
