Instructional Library Faculty - Adjunct - Spokane Falls Community College

Location: Spokane Falls Main Campus Spokane

Department: SFCC Library

Open until filled.

Starting salary for this position is: $42.05 - $89.48 per hour based on workload category.

This is an adjunct (part-time) position. Compensation will be pro-rated according to the amount of workload assigned. Spokane Colleges reserves the right to cancel this recruitment without notice. Academic employees are represented by the Association of Higher Education (AHE), which is affiliated with NEA and WEA. Membership is optional.

Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) is a beautiful campus located in the inland Pacific Northwest, on the ancestral home of the Spokane Tribe, near the Spokane River. Our campus is not far from the urban center of Spokane, a mid-sized city with a high quality of life and quick access to the outdoors.

SFCC is one of two accredited community colleges that comprise Spokane Colleges. Serving about 6,000 students, SFCC endeavors to be an educational leader and a responsive partner with the community and region, offering access to relevant programs of the highest quality. We offer a large liberal arts/transfer program (approximately 75% of total enrollment), as well as state‑of‑the‑art professional technical programs (about 25%).

In addition to serving the urban and suburban population in greater Spokane, Spokane Colleges provides educational services to rural communities throughout a 12,302 square mile region in Eastern Washington. This region includes all of Spokane, Stevens, Whitman, Ferry, and Pend Oreille Counties as well as portions of Lincoln County.

SFCC’s mission is to provide all students with an excellent education that transforms lives and expands their opportunities. We fulfill this mission by embracing Guided Pathways, whereby all students discover and engage their passions and get on the path to achieve their educational goals in a cost‑effective and focused way. We foster equity and inclusion by addressing every student’s unique needs.

We celebrate the opportunity to meet individual students where they are and provide them with excellent education and holistic support to reach their full potential.

Spokane College seeks qualified candidates for the position of a part‑time Adjunct Teaching Librarian. Duties for this particular adjunct position are to teach mostly one‑shot information literacy lessons across various curriculums in multiple modalities; create and update instructional materials in various formats (including videos, research guides, and online course content). Other responsibilities include providing research assistance to students and other library users at the SFCC Library reference desk and online, collection development work, and other projects as assigned.

This work predominantly occurs in person at the SFCC Library. The position has designated office space, may allow for some remote work for lesson preparation, and will also work in an active public space when providing “on the spot” research assistance to library users.

The hours allotted for this position typically occur at SFCC Library during the library’s hours of operation, Monday‑Thursday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m and Friday 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Schedule has some flexibility in modality and location based on class schedules. The Adjunct Instructional Librarian can anticipate approximately 14 hours of work per week during fall quarter.

• Partner with subject matter faculty across various academic programs to develop and teach information literacy lessons (in person, synchronously online and asynchronously online) relevant to their coursework.
• Create instructional materials in a variety of formats (with an emphasis on accessible digital content) and in collaboration with the library faculty members and subject matter faculty.
• Provide 1:1 research and reference services to our community college community and the public, via multiple modalities (e.g., in‑person, via video conference, email, chat, or phone).
• Develop, maintain, and promote the library’s collections and initiatives in…