Fire and Emergency Services Online Adjunct Faculty

Liberty University; Lynchburg (VA); Remote; USD 1,102,000 - 1,653,000; Part time

Job summary

Liberty University is seeking an online Fire and Emergency Services Adjunct to teach per the Helms School of Government standards. The role involves instructing students from approved curriculum, providing timely feedback, and maintaining grades and attendance.

The position is part-time with remote location, reporting to an Instructional Mentor as director supervisor. Applicants should hold a PhD in related fields and demonstrate strong teaching and mentoring at the graduate level.

Qualifications

• PhD or terminal degree from an accredited institution in Public Administration, Public Policy, Emergency Management or related fields.
• Experience teaching graduate students and mentoring is required.
• Proven ability to develop engaging online courses.

Responsibilities

• Teach online courses in Fire and Emergency Services per approved curriculum.
• Provide timely feedback on assignments and respond to student inquiries.
• Maintain student grades and attendance and complete administrative obligations.

Skills

Graduate level teaching

Mentoring

Interpersonal communication

Online teaching experience

Education

PhD in Public Administration or Public Policy or Emergency Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Learning Management Systems

Job description

Adjuncts are essential to Liberty University’s mission of TrainingChampions for Christ. It is expected that an adjunct membermodels 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. Adjuncts 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 Fire and Emergency Services Adjunct position isconsidered an Online Adjunct Professor position with theHelms School of Government and is expected to instruct students inaccordance with on the university standards of instruction andfulfill all administrative obligations. This position will beassigned an Instructional Mentor as director supervisor. Furtherdetails regarding job duties and expectations are as follows in theadditional job description section:

Instruction

• Conduct all instructional activities in accordance with theuniversity standards of instruction.
• Teach from the material within the approved curriculum onschedule.
• Provide timely feedback on assignments and replies to studentcorrespondence.
• Maintain and report student grades and attendance.

Administrative

• Inform HSOG of availably to be assigned courses in each subtermusing the schools proscribed methods.
• Maintain up-to-date personnel and professional data in theuniversity’s databases.
• Conduct self-evaluations as part of the professional evaluationprocess.
• Monitor the HSOG Communication Center and assigned InstructionalMentor’s channel.
• Complete FERPA, Title IX, and all other assigned training ontime.
• Support Subject Matter Experts and Program Directors incurriculum development and conduct assessment activities asassigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• PhD, Doctorate (other than Juris Doctor), or similar terminaldegree from an institution accredited by an accrediting agencyrecognized by the U.S. Department of Education in PublicAdministration, Public Policy, Emergency Management, specialized doctorates such as Doctor of Fire IntegratedResearch or other related disciplines.

Other Qualifications

• Publication record in relevant discipline
• Demonstrated strengths in teaching and mentoring at thegraduate level.
• Appropriate mentoring and interpersonal skills.
• Organizational skills that facilitate the completion ofassignments and tasks in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and inwriting
• Familiarity with of Microsoft Office suite and online LearningManagement Systems

Target Hire Date

2026-12-1

Time Type

Part time

Location

Remote Location

Time Type

Part time

Location

Remote Location

Pay Rate

Courses are typically paid at $800 per load hour.

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe itis our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility ofensuring 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 promoting forall 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 therequirements 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.

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 promoting forall 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 therequirements 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.