Assistant Professor - Master of Social Work Program (Online)

Job Description:

Assistant Professor - Master of Social Work Program (Online)

Job ID: 286721
Company: Alliant University

Starting Salary: $74,369.09 annualized Step 1 (Exempt)

Benefits Plans Include: Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Voluntary Benefit Plans: Accident, Critical Illness, or Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Legal Plan, Transportation Spending Account, Employee Tuition Waiver.

Application Instructions:
Please submit a resume/CV and cover letter (in part, describing your interest in and fit for the position). Applicants invited to interview should be prepared to provide three (3) professional references, research agenda, teaching philosophy and teaching evaluations.

Minimum Qualifications for the statistics/research design position:
Education: Master of Social Work from a CSWE accredited program, and a Doctoral degree in Social Work, or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university.
Experience: 2 - 3 years of teaching experience, familiarity with social work at the graduate level; experience in facilitating learning.
Certifications, Licenses, etc.: None.

Duties & Responsibilities:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Faculty Activities/Responsibilities
- Facilitating Learning
- Facilitating Classroom and Distance/Distributed Learning
- Course and syllabus preparation
- Class curriculum coordination and planning
- Assessment and evaluation of learners
- Student selection, orientation, and assessment
- Mentoring and advising students
- Research/scholarship mentoring and supervision

Scholarship - Scholarship/research reflecting the generation, integration, dissemination, and application of knowledge, as well as creative and original contributions to one’s field commensurate with academic rank.

Service - All faculty engage in service to the University, Community and Profession commensurate with academic rank.

Examples in each category include:
Service to the University
- Hiring and evaluating faculty
- Participating in developing, revising, and coordinating curriculum as well as maintaining program vitality
- Participating in processes to improve academic program quality
- Participating in processes to improve quality of School, campus, and University faculty experience
- Participating in faculty governance

Service to the Community
- Contributions at the local, state, and national levels involve one’s professional expertise to the public, to organizations, and to governmental entities

Service to the Profession
- Participation in and leadership of professional organizations
- Reviewing for journals, conferences, and research grant panels

Other Duties & Responsibilities Required of All Faculty
- Active participation in campus life to sustain a high level of facilitated learning
- Participation in program governance, including program-based committees
- Active participation in program and campus activities (including scheduled and impromptu meetings of faculty, staff, and students)
- Picking up and promptly responding to paper, voice and electronic mail and messages
- Visibility and accessibility supporting a sense of community
- Regular accessibility either by person, by telephone and/or virtually to students, colleagues, and the greater University community
- Posting of teaching schedules, office hours, and procedures for making appointments on the faculty member’s door, online and on syllabi
- Attendance and participation in program, department, and faculty meetings
- Responding in a timely fashion to students’ requests for meetings, to telephone calls, and to e-mail communications
- Carrying an advising load of up to fourteen students (depending on size of the program and the judgment of the Program Director)
- Participation in hiring faculty
- Participation in developing, revising, and coordinating curriculum and maintaining program vitality
- Participation in processes to improve quality of school/college, campus, and University faculty experience
- Participation in, selection, admission, and retention of new students, including attendance at admissions open houses, participating in admission interviews, new student orientation, and advising of students
- Submittal of grades, attendance, syllabi, and textbook orders in compliance with University established procedures and deadlines
- Perform other related tasks, duties and responsibilities as required, assigned, or directed

Skills:
- Proficient computer skills
- The ability to work independently and be self-motivated
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail and the ability to problem solve
- The ability to explain complex requirements in clear and concise terms
- The ability to be flexible with workflow to meet the needs of the department and students and to manage multiple tasks per required deadlines
- The drive to encourage, direct, hold accountable and guide students toward task completion
- Must demonstrate the ability to work as an effective team member and develop trusting relationships with students and University employees
- Culturally competent and ability to communicate and interact effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and/or experiences
- Highly motivated, focused and results oriented
- Ability to exercise discretion and tact in all interpersonal interactions, and to maintain confidentiality
- Collaboration and partnering with other university stakeholders to support candidate success
- Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments

Background Check Requirements:
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check (including criminal, prior employment and education verification). Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current University employees who apply for the position.

Additional Information:
Alliant University is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Offers of employment are contingent upon the presentation of documents that demonstrate a person's identity and authorization to work in the United States
Applicants with disabilities and applicants who require assistance completing an application may contact Office of People & Culture at peopleandculture@alliant.edu or 858-635-4509.