Professor, University Professor, Academic

Position Overview

Be an Eagle - Where Purpose Takes Flight!

At North Carolina Central University (NCCU), we are more than an institution — we are a community rooted in a legacy of excellence and transformation. A historically Black university located in Durham, North Carolina, NCCU has been a cornerstone of education since 1910, fostering innovation and progress. Join our team and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package and exclusive perks designed to support your work‑life balance.

At NCCU, your professional growth will be nurtured, and your contributions will help shape the future for our students and the community we serve.

The ideal candidate will serve as a senior faculty member with expectations of teaching, research, and service. A senior candidate with experience in the management of academic units will additionally be considered for the position of department chair. In collaboration with the faculty, the chair will establish the overall vision for the department in regard to teaching, research, and the general development of students, faculty, and staff.

The chair serves as mentor to faculty colleagues, shapes the department by managing and evaluating faculty and staff, collaborates with other college administrative officers, interprets college policy, advocates for the department from a perspective of the best overall interests of the College, leads faculty in important processes that shape the curriculum and the learning of students, and effectively articulates department and college missions to internal and external constituencies.

Additional responsibilities include managing departmental meetings and committees, keeping department members informed, seeking student feedback, and providing leadership for systematic review of assessment and program reviews.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and a commitment to shared governance.

• Ability to create an engaging teaching, learning, and research environment that promotes creativity, innovation, and the discovery of new knowledge.

• Commitment to student success, including recruitment, retention, graduation, and placement of undergraduate and graduate students.

• Open, collegial style of communication and management.

• Commitment to North Carolina Central University and the College of Health and Sciences mission to provide quality education to a diverse student body.

• PhD in Biological Sciences or a closely related discipline.

• Established record of effective teaching, research, and professional accomplishments consistent with the rank of full professor with tenure.

• Current and ongoing productive and funded research agenda commensurate with a senior departmental faculty member.

• For those considered for the chair: demonstrated record of leadership experience in teaching, research, service, curriculum development, program review and assessment, student and faculty administration, securing extramural funding and grantsmanship, and fiscal management.

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North Carolina Central University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.

• Chair responsibilities: seek advice from departmental faculty, conduct departmental affairs in an orderly manner, appoint committees, keep members informed, and seek student feedback. Provide leadership for systematic review of assessment and program reviews.
• Instruction: teach courses at undergraduate and graduate levels in the department’s academic programs.
• Research: secure extramural funding and grantsmanship to support research, mentor students and junior faculty in research.
• Public Service: serve on college and university committees, engage in public and community service, and be active in professional…