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[i_am_moving]

I'm a fairly new tenure-track faculty member at a teaching university. So far, my first year has been going well. One of the program directors in the department is retiring at the end of the academic year, and we will be doing a search for her position. Before I took this job, I worked in a position with the same capacity as the program director's. I'm actually interested in the job, but I feel like it's too early for me to apply for it because I'm new and I'm still learning a lot about how the department works.

Should I tell someone in the department about my interest for the job, should I apply when the job opens, or should I just wait for the right time when I'm more acquainted with the department?

[chronanon]

If you want to earn tenure, you should keep your head down and not apply for the job.

[larryc]

The OP double posted this, and got good answers on the other thread: http://chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,83682.msg2013232.html#msg2013232