Faculty, Biotechnology

austincc; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Community College seeks a Faculty member who will also serve as the Department Chair of Biotechnology, providing academic leadership, budget authority, and department coordination. This role begins January 2027 and includes teaching in Biotechnology and departmental service within ACC.

The position emphasizes developing curricula aligned with THECB/SACSCOC standards, managing budgets, supervising faculty, and guiding student success in a diverse, community-focused setting.

Qualifications

• Experience leading curriculum development and alignment with accrediting bodies.
• Budget management and instructional supplies oversight.
• Supervising, hiring, coaching, and evaluating faculty within college policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in developing, evaluating, and maintaining a curriculum that responds to community and industry needs and meets accrediting requirements.
• Develop and maintain the departmental budget and instructional supplies.
• Supervise, hire, coach, and evaluate faculty in alignment with College policies and employment laws.
• Ensure data-informed departmental decision making with stakeholders.
• Develop and approve course schedules and faculty assignments.
• Lead department goals through collegial decision-making and planning.
• Support grants, professional development, and research activities to stay current.
• Prepare and teach biotechnology courses to a multicultural student population.
• Evaluate student progress and provide timely feedback on outcomes.
• Mentor students in the Biotechnology program.
• Ensure non-discriminatory teaching and mentoring.
• Serve on committees and task forces within the college.

Skills

Leadership

Curriculum development

Budgeting

Faculty supervision

Data analysis

Job description

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the state of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment. - AR 4.0300.01

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each fall and spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title: Faculty, Biotechnology

Job Description Summary:

This role is a faculty position that also serves as the Department Chair of the Biotechnology department at Austin Community College. Provides academic leadership, management, and overall coordination to the Biotechnology Department. Serves as the budget authority for the department, represents the department on college councils, committees, and in college processes, uses collegial process to facilitate departmental decision making, and provides a collegewide instructional leadership environment conducive to student success. This position starts January 2027.

Job Description:

The Biotechnology Program offers a variety of cutting-edge certificates and associate degrees tailored for people wanting to enter into the bioscience and biotechnology workplace. Our degrees focus on a "hands-on" training approach spanning topics from basic laboratory skills such as micropipetting and solution preparation to more advanced skills such as quantitative PCR, HPLC and cell culture. In addition, the program prepares students to work in bioinformatics, regulatory affairs, and biomanufacturing. Our department serves high school and community college students in both in-person and online instruction.

Principal Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide leadership in developing, evaluating, and maintaining a curriculum that responds to community and industry needs, prepares students for success, and meets the stated requirements of THECB, SACSCOC, and other accrediting bodies.
• Develop and maintain the departmental budget and instructional supplies.
• Supervise, hire, coach, and evaluate faculty in alignment with College policies and employment laws.
• Ensure that departmental decision making is informed by data and involves collaboration with key stakeholders within the department and collegewide as necessary.
• Develop and approve the course schedule, as well as make faculty assignments, and maintain faculty eligibility.
• Lead and support division and department goals through active and collegial engagement in decision‑making and unit‑level planning.
• Support department‑level grants, professional development and research related activities to remain current in the field and within education.
• Prepare and teach courses in the field of Biotechnology to a multicultural student population based on the department's approved course learning outcomes, utilizing a variety of instructional strategies appropriate to the needs of community college students and the standards of the discipline.
• Evaluate student progress and provide clear, timely feedback reflecting program learning outcomes and departmental expectations.
• Serve as a mentor to students in the Biotechnology program.
• Provide teaching and mentoring services to students in a manner which does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or other protected categories.
• Serve on collegewide and departmental committees, councils, work groups, and task forces.
• Perform other related tasks as assigned by leadership.

Additional Duties

• This role will include travel to various ACC campuses and ISD's where we serve our students.

Technology

• Demonstrated proficiency using computer applications, online resources, an