Human Services Program - Non-Tenure Track Faculty Pool

Overview

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Human Services Program - Non-Tenure Track Faculty Vacancy Pool

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo.

Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master’s-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive.

In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

The Woodring College of Education and the Department of Health and Community Studies support Western’s mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

The Human Services Program (HSP) offers a baccalaureate degree in Human Services in Bellingham and Distance-Learning. For more information please visit the Department of Health and Community Studies webpage.

Woodring College of Education, Department of Health and Community Studies is seeking exceptionally qualified faculty at the rank of Instructor in the Human Services undergraduate program.

Teaching positions are assigned for the quarter (fall, winter, spring and summer) and are temporary and typically part-time, based upon the needs of the Program.

Courses may include face to face, online and hybrid instruction.

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution
• Relevant experience in the human services profession
• Previous successful teaching experience
• Experience working with diverse populations
• Basic competency in word processing and communication tools

• Doctorate from an accredited institution
• Successful teaching experience in higher education
• Experience with instructional technology
• Experience teaching via distance education (web based instruction)

All employees must comply with our Immunization policies, including the proof of Rubeola Measles Immunity within 60 days of hire. Please reach out to HR at WWU if you need information regarding medical or religious exemption and applicable accommodations.

$1,078-$1,418 per credit, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

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