Job Title: Assistant Professor - Chemistry

JOB DESCRIPTION/DUTIES:

The Neumann University School of Nursing & Health Sciences is seeking candidates with a background in physical, inorganic, or analytical chemistry and with university-level teaching experience for a full-time, 9-month faculty position at the Instructor or Assistant Professor rank in Chemistry to begin in August 2024. We are hoping to hire a colleague who can contribute in substantive ways to our biology and health science programs.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• The successful candidate will prepare and teach lecture and laboratory classes in introductory-level chemistry courses for biology and health sciences majors as well as other chemistry courses as needed.

• The standard teaching load at Neumann University is twelve credits per academic semester, consisting of a mixture of three-credit lectures and two-credit labs.

• Neumann expects full-time faculty to engage in scholarship and research on an ongoing basis, to perform committee service and academic advising, and to engage in community service, broadly defined.

Required Qualifications:

• Candidates must possess a Masters (Ph.D. preferred) in Chemistry with a background in Inorganic, Physical, or Biochemistry.

• Candidates enrolled in a doctoral degree program with a confirmed graduation/defense date will be considered.

• Candidates must possess an appreciation for, congruence with, and commitment to the Franciscan mission of the University that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Faculty Protocol:

• Candidates should be aware that Neumann University does not have a system of tenure, but instead offers faculty a policy-governed system of promotion and increasingly extended contracts with faculty seniority.

For full consideration, applications must include the following materials:

• A letter of interest that addresses the candidate's experience teaching undergraduate courses as well as the candidate's appreciation for, and congruence with, the Catholic Franciscan mission of the University.

• A current curriculum vitae or resume.

• Copies of graduate and undergraduate transcripts (official copies will be required at the time of hire).

• If applicable, teaching evaluations, a sample syllabus, and/or other evidence of demonstrated excellence in undergraduate instruction.

• Names, phone numbers, and email address of at least three references. References will be contacted for all finalist candidates.

Review of applications will begin in May 2024 and continue until the position is filled. For full consideration, candidates should submit materials by May 15, 2024.