Assistant Professor, Biology (Tenure Track)

Contra Costa Community College District; Pittsburg (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

STRS retirement

Medical insurance (Anthem/ Kaiser)

Dental and vision

Flexible spending plan

Sabbatical Leave

Travel assistance plan

Job summary

Los Medanos College, part of Contra Costa Community College District, is recruiting for a full-time tenure-track Biology professor to teach majors and non-majors in Pittsburg starting Fall 2027. Responsibilities include coordination with course leads, collaboration on embedded research, and involvement in department and campus initiatives.

The position requires a Master’s in biology or a Bachelor’s in biology plus a Master’s in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science, or the equivalent.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in any biological science OR Bachelor’s degree in any biological science AND master’s degree in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science OR The equivalent.
• Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty.

Responsibilities

• Advancing equitable student learning through dedicated, exemplary instruction in accordance with established course outlines.
• Participating in the assessment of student learning outcomes for courses and programs; developing and implementing student learning outcomes assessment processes for courses and programs.
• Collaborating in the development and revision of curriculum and in program review.
• Engaging in department program improvement initiatives.
• Participating in department, division, and college committees.
• Participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide.
• Maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/ learning strategies.
• Maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics.
• Informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements.
• Preparing and grading class assignments and examinations and informing students of their academic progress.
• Maintaining attendance, scholastic, and personnel records and submitting them according to published deadlines.
• Posting and holding sufficient and regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy.
• Participating in College’s shared governance processes.

Skills

Teaching

Collaboration

Communication

Diversity awareness

Education

Master's degree in biological sciences

Bachelor's degree in biological sciences + master's in biochemistry/biophysics/marine science

Job description

Assistant Professor, Biology (Tenure Track)

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Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Los Medanos College is recruiting to fill a Biology full-time tenure track faculty position to teach biology majors (Biosc21 Principles of Biology: Organismal) and non-major courses (Biosc7: Ecology and the Environment) on the Pittsburg campus starting in Fall 2027. For Bio7, we need a course lead who establishes and maintains the course schedule, coordinates field trips, and maintains relationships with community partners. For Bio21, the faculty member would coordinate and collaborate with the department’s course lead on embedded course research, participate in STEM symposium planning, and be a MESA liaison for our biology majors. As a member in the biology department, we look forward to your involvement in biology department business/meetings, professional development, committee work, and other parts of campus culture.

Recruitment Timeline: 1) Initial review of applications will occur December 2026. 2) Selected applicants will be contacted in January 2027 to schedule an interview. Interviews will take place in-person in February 2027. 3) Final interviews will be held February/March 2027. Applicants will be responsible for travel expenses. The college nor the District reimburses for travel expenses.

No candidate for a full-time position shall be recommended as a finalist to the President without meeting the minimum qualifications or having been verified as meeting the equivalency.

If you do not possess the exact degree listed in the minimum qualification section, you must fill out a Master’s degree equivalency form and upload in the attachment section of the online employment application to be considered.

Job Openings

Posting Number: F01357

# of Openings: 1

Initial salary placement

Initial salary placement for full-time, tenure track positions is based on academic degree(s), upper/graduate level units earned, teaching experience and/or qualifying related professional occupation experience which ranges from $68,136 to $112,848 per year (Up to $132k).

EEO Job Category

Faculty & Other Instructional Staff

Employee Group

Full-Time Faculty

Department

L5010-Biological Sciences

Discipline

Biological sciences

Duties and Responsibilities

• advancing equitable student learning through dedicated, exemplary instruction in accordance with established course outlines;
• participating in the assessment of student learning outcomes for courses and programs; developing and implementing student learning outcomes assessment processes for courses and programs;
• collaborating in the development and revision of curriculum and in program review;
• engaging in department program improvement initiatives;
• participating in department, division, and college committees;
• participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide;
• maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/ learning strategies;
• maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics;
• informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements;
• preparing and grading class assignments and examinations and informing students of their academic progress;
• maintaining attendance, scholastic, and personnel records and submitting them according to published deadlines;
• posting and holding sufficient and regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy;
• participating in College’s shared governance processes.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in any biological science OR Bachelor’s degree in any biological science AND master’s degree in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science OR The equivalent. (If you do not possess the required degree, you can submit a master’s degree equivalency form to explain how you have the equivalent background. You can find and submit the form in the attachment section of the application.)

• Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty.

Desirable Qualifications

• Excellent teaching ability and enthusiasm for working with the LMC student population.
• Experience and/or ability to teach an engaging yet rigorous course for both majors and non-majors biology, requiring an understanding of the needs and challenges at both levels.
• Experience and/or ability for teaching biology labs that include hypothesis based hands‑on lab curricula, as well as field-based experiences.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, while working collaboratively with our diverse community of coworkers and students.
• An attitude that will put students and colleagues at ease, characterized by intellectual humility, kindness, acceptance of varying points of view, patience, and a generosity of spirit.

Employment Dates

Job Open Date: 09/22/2026

Job Close Date: 11/13/2026

Open Until Filled: No

Employment Begins: Fall 2027

# of Months: 12

Employee Benefits

• Membership in State Teachers Retirement System (STRS)
• District-paid benefits (employee contributes 6%) for employee and dependents/domestic partners include: Medical (Anthem Blue Cross or Kaiser) insurance including chiropractic services
• Dental and vision
• Flexible spending (125) plan
• Life and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Deferred compensation (403b and 457)
• Sabbatical Leave
• Additional Benefits: The District also offers eligible faculty employees, travel assistance plan, retiree benefits, and employee discounts on health memberships.
• Newly hired employees may notify the respective union (Local 1 or United Faculty) if they opt to join and/or authorize payment to the union. If the newly hired employee authorizes payment to the union then the following fees apply: Local 1 has a one-time initiation fee of $45.00 and monthly contribution of 1% of gross pay +$1. United Faculty has an agency fee of .55% of gross pay plus $2.50.

Request For Reasonable Accommodation

Candidates with legally defined disabilities may request reasonable accommodations by notifying the Human Resources Department by the deadline date. Candidates will be required to supply documentation supporting the need for the accommodation when the request is made. Please complete the forms provided in the links above and email to [e-mail].

Supplemental Questions

• * Tell us how you meet the minimum job qualifications: (Open Ended Question)
• * Share how you understand and relate to community college students, staff, and faculty from different academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds. (Open Ended Question)
• * Describe how your education, skills, and experience make you the best fit for teaching ecology for non‑majors and organismal biology for majors at Los Medanos College. (Open Ended Question)
• * What experience do you have supporting research-based curriculum, and coordinating and leading field-based experiences? (Open Ended Question)
• * As an instructor at a community college in the San Francisco Bay Area, you will work with a diverse range of people - persons of diverse linguistic, cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, and academically prepared backgrounds. Please describe examples of how you foster an inclusive environment, inside and outside the classroom with students and with your colleagues from these various backgrounds. (Open Ended Question)

Required Documents

• Unofficial Transcript (must show degree(s) conferred)
• Cover Letter
• Resume/CV
• Optional Documents: Application for Equivalency
• Foreign Degree Evaluation Form (NACES Approved Agency)
• Unofficial Transcript 2
• Unofficial Transcript 3
• Unofficial Transcript 4

Contra Costa Community College District
District Office
500 Court Street
Martinez, CA 94553

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