Professor - Medical Administration jobs in Missouri

Description

At Westminster College, we believe in immersive and enriching experiences that inspire creative thinking and problem solving. We believe in creating opportunities for several different paths to success over a lifetime and the potential to make an impact from wherever you are. For our students, we do this by providing real-world, hands-on learning opportunities, small class sizes, and talented professors dedicated to the individual. Our employees often remark that our tight-knit community creates an atmosphere fostering campus involvement that adapts to all interests. As a result, Westminster continues to be recognized for its excellence in higher education as one of the best small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.

Westminster College is seeking applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Business to serve jointly as Chair of the Department. This position requires the rank of Associate Professor, with a start date of August 15, 2024. We are seeking a broadly trained and educated individual who has demonstrated passion for leadership and teaching in a primarily residential, undergraduate, liberal arts institution. The chair provides oversight for both the on-campus and online programs.

As Chair of the Department, the successful candidate will be responsible for hiring, training, mentoring, and evaluating both full-time and part-time faculty; overseeing all curricular matters of the Department; preparing and overseeing annual budgets; overseeing annual assessment reports, periodic program reviews, and ACBSP accreditation; coordinating academic advising in the department; and attending to all duties assigned to department chairs.

At the same time, the successful candidate will have a half time teaching load consisting of various courses in Business.

Requirements

Essential Functions:

• Serve as Chair of John E. Simon Department of Business, with all the regular duties of department chairs
• Teach a wide variety of upper and lower-level courses in business
• Work with students as academic advisor
• Participate in faculty governance and committee service
• Collaboratively contribute to interdisciplinary curricular and scholarly efforts within the department as well as across the entire College
• Maintain regular office hours
• Maintain an agenda for scholarly, professional, and/or creative activity
• Participate in enrollment activities by meeting with prospective students, preparing recruitment materials, and other activities as requested

Job Requirements:

Education: Doctorate (or ABD) or Masters degree in Business or related discipline. Masters degree in a related discipline with either an earned 18 hours of graduate coursework in Business OR at least five years of professional industry experience or prior college-level teaching.   

Experience: Evidence of excellent teaching experience at the collegiate level is required.

• Ability to teach effectively using a variety of methods. (Student-centered learning, service learning, online teaching).

• Ability to relate to a diverse student population and facilitate individual student learning.

• Proven leadership experience

• Understanding of teaching at a liberal arts institution, a desire to work with undergraduate students, and a willingness to be a member of a collaborative and collegial faculty.

Application Documents:

1) Cover letter

2) Current curriculum vitae

3) Statement of teaching philosophy and research direction

4) Unofficial graduate transcripts

5) Three letters of recommendation

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision options
• Health Savings Account and/or Flex Spending Account
• Supplemental options: Short-term disability, Hospitalization, Accident, and Critical Illness
• Stand-alone EAP program
• Life, AD&D, and long-term disability
• Retirement 403(b) plan
• Tuition remission or exchange programs
• Sick and Vacation time
• Paid Holidays (15 each year)

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled or the search is closed.

Westminster College encourages and gives full consideration to all applicants for admission, financial aid, and employment. The College is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The College does not discriminate in access to, treatment of, or employment in, its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, disability, or genetic information.

Inquiries about compliance with this prohibition should be directed to:

Associate Vice President & Chief HR Officer/Title IX Coordinator

501 Westminster Ave, Washington West, 2nd floor

Fulton, MO 65251

HR@Westminster-mo.edu

573-592-5226