Job location: South Hampton Roads
Employment Type: Full-time
Posted data: 2018-08-29
Req: R1469
Job Description Summary
The Department of Social Sciences is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time faculty position to teach Psychology courses at our center locations in and around the Langley AFB, Virginia Beach, Hampton, Newport News, and Chesapeake areas.
This appointment is twelve (12) months with eight (8) weeks of release time to be determined in consultation with the department chair and center director at Langley AFB along with Saint Leo Worldwide.
An exceptional candidate possessing a doctorate degree with extensive online experience may be considered at the Associate level.
The successful candidate will teach 9 courses per academic year (2 courses per 8-week term and one additional course).
This position is pending final budgetary approval
Job Description
Duties and Tasks:
- Teach 9 classes per year;
- Advise students;
- Engage in curriculum development;
- Support recruiting efforts;
- Demonstrate professional development
- Undertake community service in keeping with the school’s Benedictine values;
- Be able to teach traditional and non-traditional age students; and
- Demonstrate comfort with teaching-related technology.
- May perform other related tasks as assigned by the Department Chair, Associate Dean, Dean and/or Vice President for Academic Affairs
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge:
- Must possess a Ph.D. in psychology from a regionally accredited institution
- Must have the credentials to teach courses in area of specialization per accreditation guidelines. Area of specialization is open with the exception of experimental psychology.
Skills:
- Demonstrate excellence in teaching undergraduate students
- Experience teaching non-traditional student populations.
- Develop curriculums
- Evidence or promise of professional development and scholarly research
Abilities:
- United States citizenship. Military requirements mandate the final candidate must be a United States citizen in order to granted access to the Air Force Base.
ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are a representation of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The term “qualified individual with a disability” means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of this position.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate professionally in person, over the telephone, through email and other electronic means, move about the office and University, handle various type of media and equipment, and visually or otherwise identify, observe and assess. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 10 pounds unless otherwise specified in the job description.
NOTICE:
The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Saint Leo University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity as a critical step in ensuring employee, student and graduate success.