Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Liberty University; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, invites applications for an Assistant Professor. This full-time, onsite faculty position emphasizes teaching in the candidate’s area of expertise and upholding high standards for instruction and curriculum.

The role may include research or scholarship based on departmental expectations. Rank is based on scholarly and professional achievements; a terminal degree is preferred but not required.

Qualifications

• Earned doctoral degree or terminal master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Teach in their area of expertise and maintain the integrity of course and instructional programs.
• Engage in research/scholarship or creative activity as required by the college or school.
• Aid in curriculum development for residential and distance education environments.

Education

Doctoral degree or terminal master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Faculty are essential to Liberty University’s mission of TrainingChampions for Christ. It is expected that a faculty membermodel a personal commitment to the goals and values of LibertyUniversity, engage in an active commitment to, and experienceof, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informedChristian worldview. Faculty should view their teaching,engagement with students, and scholarship as a means to asignificant educational end. They should strive to employ avariety of techniques for the development of good learningconditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofaras it is possible, provide for individual differences,abilities, and interests.

The Assistant Professor’s primary role is to teach in their areasof expertise, maintain the integrity of course andinstructional programs, and to ensure that their delivery is inalignment with the University mission and vision for thestudent experience. As such, faculty are responsible for creatingan academic atmosphere of mutual respect and considerationfor individual dignity. Faculty members may be asked to aid inthe development of curriculum in the residential and distanceeducation environments, as well as engage inresearch/scholarship or creative activity that varies dependingupon the expectations of their respective college or schooland any additional activities involving service to students andtheir professional discipline.

Faculty attain the rank of Assistant Professor based upon scholarlyand professional achievements. An earned doctoral degree or aterminal master’s degree at an accredited institution in an arearelevant to the faculty member’s area of teaching or aprofessional certificate (e.g., CPA) is preferred but notrequired.

Assistant Professors are contracted for 10, 11, or 12 months (30,33, or 36 load hours, respectively). Release from contractedteaching load is determined each semester by the Dean, per LibertyUniversity Faculty Handbook.

Time Type

Full time

Location

Onsite

Pay Range

Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salaryrange. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidatemay vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which mayinclude the successful candidate's rank, contract length, skills,work experience, internal equity, market conditions,education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined bythe University.

The position may also be eligible for comprehensivebenefits , including health insurance, retirement plans, andtuition assistance.

$72,000.00 - $115,000.00

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe itis our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility offensuring that all management practices regarding employees areconducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with TitleVII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal andstate statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promotingforall job classifications will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including state of employment protectedclasses. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate allemployees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such ascompensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments,working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs,and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions andprivileges of employment will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including all applicable state ofemployment protected classes. The University is a Christianreligious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject toreligious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiringpractices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliancewith both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exceptionto the “religion” component of the employment discrimination lawsfor religious organizations (including educational institutions),and permits them to give employment practice preference to membersof their own religious beliefs.