Job Title: Instructor of English
Sector: College of Arts and Humanities
Department: English, World Languages, and Cultures Studies
JOB SUMMARY: The Department of English, World Languages, and Cultures Studies at Bethune‐Cookman University invites applications to fill a full‐time, non-tenure track Instructor of English position, effective January 2023. The successful candidate should have excellent written and oral communication skills. This position will require the successful candidate to teach first-year composition courses primarily, but the successful candidate may be assigned to teach upper-division writing and literature courses if he or she is qualified to teach higher-level courses in our curriculum. Applicants also should have at least one year of experience teaching writing at a college or university.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Excellence in teaching and a commitment to scholarship and service.
- The successful candidate will teach five courses each semester.
- Online teaching experience is a plus but is not required.
- The successful candidate will maintain 10 regularly scheduled office hours on a weekly basis.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:
- Qualifications include a master’s or terminal degree in English, rhetoric, writing, or a related field, with at least 18 graduate hours in English or writing.
ENVIRONMENTAL/PHYSICAL CONDITIONS:
·Working environment is a normal business office setting.
- Demands normal manual dexterity and visual and auditory acuity.
- Typically, the incumbent may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, or carrying of light items.
- Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Interested and qualified applicants should submit a cover letter and curriculum vita which includes the names of three references. References will not be contacted until later in the hiring process and candidates will receive prior notification. Interviews will begin immediately until the position is filled.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Bethune-Cookman University is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity in all phases of the employment relationship including advertising, hiring, compensation and other terms and conditions of employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran’s status, or marital status. The University is also committed to the principles of non-discrimination in its educational programs and activities. No persons shall, on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability or sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination in any program or activity of the University.