Assistant / Associate Professor or Lecturer of Accounting

Eastern University; Chesterbrook (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastern University seeks an Assistant/Associate Professor or Lecturer of Accounting in its College of Business and Leadership. This full-time faculty role covers teaching in-person and online programs, with online curriculum development and service commitments.

Rank will be determined by credentials, offering opportunities for tenure-track or lecturer appointments. The ideal candidate demonstrates excellence in undergraduate accounting education, online teaching, and a commitment to diversity,

Qualifications

• Doctorate required for tenure-track; MBA with accounting or Master's in accounting for lecturer.
• CPA license strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated excellence teaching accounting at undergraduate level.

Responsibilities

• Prepares for and teaches course loads (typically 24 credits).
• Teaches accounting courses in various formats, on-ground and online.
• Creates online course content as assigned.
• Advises and mentors assigned students toward degree completion.
• Participates in department and college meetings and activities.
• Engages in scholarship and professional endeavors as a full-time faculty member.

Skills

Teaching accounting

Online course delivery

Curriculum development

Advising/mentoring

Diversity/inclusion

Integrity

Education

Doctorate (PhD)

MBA with accounting specialization

Master's in accounting

Tools

Online learning platforms

Video content creation

Job description

Position Description

The Assistant / Associate Professor or Lecturer of Accounting is afull-time faculty position within the University’s College ofBusiness and Leadership. The faculty member is an academic professional committed to excellence in teaching, advising, scholarship, and service, who has and maintains academic and practical competence in the accounting field. The faculty member will have teaching responsibilities in both traditional (in-person) and online programs. The teaching role also includes online curriculum development. Rank will be determined based on academic credentials.

Position Responsibilities

• Prepares for and teaches course loads (typically 24 credits) asassigned and with effectiveness.
• Teaches a variety of accounting courses in the business and accounting majors, in both on-ground and online deliveryformats.
• Creates online course content as necessary and assigned.
• Serves as a faculty advisor for assigned students, assisting inmentoring and oversight of advisees’ progression toward degreecompletion.
• Remains competent and conversant in the accounting field.
• Fulfills faculty service requirements, including universitycommittees, assignments, and functions as required of a full-timefaculty member.
• Fulfills the expectations for faculty scholarship andcreative/professional endeavor as required of a full-time facultymember.
• Participates in academic department and college meetings andactivities.
• Provides spiritual mentoring for students and support forcolleagues.
• Participates in graduation exercises as required andappropriate.
• Reviews, understands, and follows the employee expectationsenumerated in the faculty handbook.
• Understands and follows FERPA regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Academic credentials suitable for a faculty role in accounting:for a tenure-track position, this would be a doctorate. For alecturer position, this would be an MBA with a specialization inaccounting or a master’s degree in accounting.
• Professional accounting work experience and CPA license strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated excellence teaching accounting at theundergraduate level.

• Demonstrated excellence facilitating online courses forundergraduate or graduate students.
• Proficiency (or ability and willingness to acquire proficiency)with online learning tools and software platforms
• Proficiency (or ability and willingness to acquire proficiency)in providing video content for online learners.
• Demonstrated commitment to the principles of diversity, equity,and inclusion in teaching, scholarship, service, andadministration.
• Demonstrated capacity for integrity, honesty, and principledbehavior.