Clinical Lecturer - Health And Wellness (64932)

Job Details

Job Location: Bronxville

• Bronxville, NY

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: Doctoral Degree

Salary Range: $75,000.00 - $81,000.00 Salary/year

Travel Percentage: No Travel Required

Description

Clinical Lecturer

• Health and Wellness

The NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track faculty position as a Clinical Lecturer with expertise in preventative health, fitness programming, and wellness to begin in August 2024. The faculty member will demonstrate a strong commitment to excellence in teaching, a record of service, continuous professional development and work collaboratively with colleagues across the School and University. Responsibilities include serving as a faculty mentor to health and wellness majors, serving on committees at the university and school levels, maintaining office hours and providing contributions to increase the visibility, impact, and reputation of Iona University. Teaching responsibilities will include courses in anatomy and physiology and exercise science and others within the health and wellness major.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide student-centered learning environment with teaching responsibilities including in person academic instruction with virtual supplementary course delivery as needed

• Understanding of curriculum development and ability to develop and revise curriculum as needed

• Development of creative, challenging, evidence-based class/lab/service learning, and online environments that promote student learning for their future practice as allied health professionals.

• Participation in quality improvement initiatives to meet program, school, and institutional goals.

• Collection and application of learning assessment information to improve teaching and curriculum.

• Participation in recruitment, retention, and admissions activities programs and student mentorship for career and professional development.

• Actively engage in service (committees; work groups; task forces etc.) to the program, the NYP Iona School of Health Sciences and the University at large

• Supports and participates in the University's system of shared governance.

• Demonstrates professionalism and ethical behavior.

• Demonstrate appreciation and respect for Iona University, its Mission, and the heritage of the Christian Brothers, as well as the ability to establish and nurture strong collaborative relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Qualifications

Required Credentials:

• PhD in a science/health science field (exercise science/kinesiology, nutrition, health sciences)

• Current certification/credential for allied area of expertise

• Evidence of successful teaching at the undergraduate level

Required Skills/Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty, staff, and students in a multicultural/multiethnic suburban campus environment with a substantial population of first-generation students.

• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

• Flexible, proactive, visionary comfortable with the process of innovation

• Highly collaborative work style

• Student-centered and strengths-based orientation to education

• Strong computer/technology skills

About Iona University/EEO language

Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 students and an alumni base of more than 50,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice, peace and service. Iona is highly accredited, offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, nursing, and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes, engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across the School of Arts & Science; LaPenta School of Business; NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; and Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona is widely recognized in prestigious rankings, including The Princeton Review's 2024 national list of "The Best 389 Colleges" and The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse's "2024 Best Colleges in America," which ranked Iona at #66 in the nation overall and #8 in the nation among Catholic schools. Iona's LaPenta School of Business is also accredited AACSB International, a recognition awarded to just 6 percent of business schools worldwide.

Iona offers a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off. For more information on our benefits and working at Iona visit the Human Resources section of our website.

Iona University values and celebrates diversity and is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all of our employees and does not tolerate discrimination based on any legally protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local laws. As an equal opportunity employer, Iona University encourages applications from qualified candidates who reflect the wider world in which we live, and in particular from historically underrepresented groups.